On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:52:16 +0000 (UTC), <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
> Has anyone bothered to do accuracy
> testing like they do for actual firearms? (i.e. a particular marker will
> shoot X" groups at Y yards off a bench, etc.) I certainly haven't seen any
> data like that published in the small amount of research I have done so
> far. Or are they too innacurate to bother with things like that?
you'd need a damn big target to do that at more than 10 yards with my expirience (albeit limited and with rental equipment, but still.
> I've
> seen a couple of matches on TV, and it seemed to me like everybody basically
> took a "spray and pray" approach - lots and lots of spare ammo with
> paintballs flying everywhere.
yup. ammo is cheap and accuracy is lacking. therefore....
> : The velocity limit out of the barrel is 180'/sec as that is what most
> : paintball fields limit the velocity to.
>
>
> Just curious - do you know how they enforce/determine this? (Chronometer?)
> Or perhaps there is a time/distance rule of thumb that can be applied?
>
chronometer.
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