What paint is best suited for a 14" DYE Boomstick?

[aNtHrAx32]

See my gun below:

http://www.h2overclocking.com/images/paintball/mymag2.jpg

I currently shoot Marbs, and am not too pleased with its accuracy. What paint works best in it? Tell me from a standpoint of price being no object.

[ThaFiend]

well Marbs work great in my boomer so i don't see why yours don't....... but from what I know about the subject, the type of paintballs has jack to do with the accuracy..... It's you marker. but that does look like a super sweet mag and from what I know they are very accurate so I'm not sure what's wrong

[aNtHrAx32]

I'm not too sure either... the bolt DOES have some very slight oxidation on it, which I am going to remove with some ScotchBrite pads or something, but I don't think that would affect the performance that much, would it? It's only on the end of the bolt, nowhere else... I'll take a pic in a few minutes... But in the mean time, would a Venturi bolt or the AGD extended bolt (RT) help any?

[BOBO2]

Nice gun. Marbs should work but try Diablo inferno or Hellfire, maybe RPS Allstars, ElTigre, or Slam ball. And the barrel to paint mach is what makes a gun accurat along with the seam and roundness of the ball, it's not your gun you gun is very nice.

[aNtHrAx32]

Thanks :) . Ok, I'll give those paints a shot... but I know for a fact All-Stars are NOT the paint for my gun - the Mag is a high pressure gun, and the All-Stars are designed for low pressure guns. I also bought a 500 sack of them to play with for a couple games with a friend, and they were worse than the marbs (guess the balls were deformed when fired). One thing that would help me greatly is to know the bore size of the Boomstick, so I can match it with the appropriate paint (very slightly larger, hopefully only a couple thousandths of an inch).

[aNtHrAx32]

Oh yeah, and one more thing: I'm currently using a Pure Energy 68 ci 3000 psi tank with a fixed-output Pure Energy reg (850 psi). Would buying an adjustable reg help any? I've heard that the ReTro valve runs best at 700 psi...

[BOBO2]

most boomers are ssmall but I think they come in 3 different sizes.

[aNtHrAx32]

Do you mean 3 different lengths or 3 different bore sizes?

[Codestar20]

Since you have a higher pressure Mag, don't use Diablo Hellfire paint. Hellfire has a very brittle shell for use in low pressure guns. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if I can remember right, boomers are small to medium bore and around .689 or .690.

[BOBO2]

They come in 5 lengths and 3 bores.

[aNtHrAx32]

Hrm... if they come in 3 bore sizes, then how do I tell what size mine is?

[BOBO2]

If you didn't order it in a special size then you have the standard small bore.

[Alpha-Omega]

Well, mostly boomers are a standard bore size besides a couple you'll find out there so just blow the paint through your barrel and if it goes through with little effort its a good size and should shoot well but check the inside of the barrel carefully for scratches then if that's not if check your bolt out and if its not that check the paint but since your using marbs their shouldn't be a problem.....

[krasher]

Originally posted by ThaFiend
but from what I know about the subject, the type of paintballs has jack to do with the accuracy..... It's you marker.


The paint you shoot matters as much as the marker you use. Which means, tourney quality paint will shoot a heck of alot better than zap seconds.

[aNtHrAx32]

Well, I just performed a controlled experiment... I set up my gun on a small picnic table with sandbags (for stabilization), and a wooden board covered with butcher paper and a bright orange target in the center about 70-80 feet away... holding the gun down, I fired 20 rounds of Marbs and looked at the board, and there was about a 2' to 2.5' spread. Re-covered it and did the same thing with El Tigre paint (which I have found to be EXACTLY the same as Marbs), with no better luck. Then I tried some 32-degrees Team Colors paint, and the spread was still the same. I repeated the tests with different barrels (an 8" Minimag barrel and a 12" J&J Ceramic, a 14" Boomstick is what I used the first time around) and I still had no better accuracy (things actually seemed to get worse). I have a hunch that the velocity could be causing the problems. Even though it's chronoed to 300 fps, the balls seem to curve in their flight. I've only seen this happen when the velocity is too high and deforms the balls. I'll take it to have it re-chronoed sometime to figure this out... If I can't figure this out, I may need to send in my valve for repair.

[JDoGG]

try some diablo paint after you lower your velocity to 285-290. have u ever played in a tourney b/c u must get some hot shooting penalties if its at 300 give or take

[aNtHrAx32]

Nah, I don't play in any tournaments... just rec play at the moment. I'm sorry, I say 300 fps, but the guy said it varied from 291 to 296 fps. Anyway, I had bought an RT parts kit earlier today (official AGD) and replaced the bolt bumper (check out the pics below of the old one vs the new one, and the old one's separated inside edge). I went ahead and replaced the spring just now, and noticed that the old spring that I removed was much softer than the new one. I charged the gun, dry-fired a couple shots, and noticed that the gun sounded better, and much more swift, "alive", and responsive than it had before (very punctual, if you will). It's 10:00 PM right now, so I won't really be able to try it out until tomorrow... but do you think that the old spring could have been the cause of the problems? If not, I'll go ahead and rebuild the whole thing... I guess w00twoot never did any serious maintenance on this gun.

[aNtHrAx32]

I just found out something interesting... when I drop a Marb (or an El Tigre) into the large end of my Boomstick, the ball sticks in the small bore part of the barrel, but when I hold it up to light, I can see light almost all the way around the ball. I talked to someone about it, and it turns out I was sold a large bore Boomstick. I'll see about taking it back tomorrow...

[Silent Knight]

Originally posted by ThaFiend
but from what I know about the subject, the type of paintballs has jack to do with the accuracy..... It's you marker.

The paint to barrel match is very critical to accuracy!!! sure there are a few other factors, but with out good paint, you won't hit crap!

[aNtHrAx32]

Well, I exchanged the barrel, but it is STILL a large bore. What large-bore paints are good?

[Thead]

well standard boomsticks are medium-small. Marbs are small. Try shooting medium-small paint like Diablo Blaze or RPS/PMI Big Ball.

[aNtHrAx32]

Ok... is Big Ball very consistent? I want the best paint for this barrel... I also have a J&J 12" ceramic, and it seems to be inaccurate too (turns out to be a large bore as well).

[Thead]

i think it probably just looks big because marbs are small. I've heard big ball are pretty nice, and they're cheap...blaze, which i use, is quite nice too. I dont know of any high grade balls that are rated medium-small. Somone else will know though.

[jaguar45]

blaze is NOT large bore...i've had it roll out of my J&J ceramic 14"...it is smallish medium. nelson paint is large bore, but not really known for its quality. give it a try tho, it might work well and its cheap.

[ThaFiend]

god damn it when I said the type of paint has jack to do with the accuracy I wasn't talking about bore sizes. I was talking about the company or manufacturer, I figured thats what he was asking about.

[Saiyan_warrior]

Dont use bigball's with a large bore barrel. The only Large bore Paint I know of are Nelson Challengers and Paintball Mania First Choice.

[TRTChaoS]

i use marb with my broomstick and it is perfect

[em1freak]

well last week end i shot kickin metalics and i had NO busts or chops and i was shooting an EM1 the balls are really good with my 12" boomy but pretty much 14"and12'' are the same.i have also used proball and it is only good fresh.the bad thing on kickin is it is alot of $ but i shoot about 800 and no busting or chopping so it is good

[BOBO2]

Originally posted by TRTChaoS
i use marb with my broomstick and it is perfect

You do know it's a BOOMstick not BROOMstick right?