MacTechG4
09-29-2003, 06:47 PM
I live in Vermont (play at Hidden Sights in Middlesex), and as most of you are aware, it can get quite chilly in the fall and winter....
i'm an admitted newbie at paintball (played 2 games, love it though) and i was wondering how cold weather affects paintball markers, specifically how the paintball/barrel interaction responds
i think i've done a semidecent job of "winterizing" my M98C, adding a Tippy X-chamber, as i understand that it improves shot-to-shot consistency and cuts down on liquid CO2 entry into the marker, here's my real question, i'm using a J&J Ceramic 16", and i've read that that barrel doesn't perform as well in colder temperatures as it would in warmer weather, is there any truth to this?
basically, are some barrels more cold-freindly than others or is this not worrying about, and at what temperature do "normal" paintballs become unusable?
what is the technical differnce between cold weather paint and standard, is it just a thinner fill, or a lower freezing point?
one last side question, i play primarily woodsball and the 16 is a bit of a handful, i tend to hang back and "snipe" more than i do all-out assaults, am i going to see much difference in handling dropping to a 14", or am i wasting money just to drop 2" of barrel length?
i'm an admitted newbie at paintball (played 2 games, love it though) and i was wondering how cold weather affects paintball markers, specifically how the paintball/barrel interaction responds
i think i've done a semidecent job of "winterizing" my M98C, adding a Tippy X-chamber, as i understand that it improves shot-to-shot consistency and cuts down on liquid CO2 entry into the marker, here's my real question, i'm using a J&J Ceramic 16", and i've read that that barrel doesn't perform as well in colder temperatures as it would in warmer weather, is there any truth to this?
basically, are some barrels more cold-freindly than others or is this not worrying about, and at what temperature do "normal" paintballs become unusable?
what is the technical differnce between cold weather paint and standard, is it just a thinner fill, or a lower freezing point?
one last side question, i play primarily woodsball and the 16 is a bit of a handful, i tend to hang back and "snipe" more than i do all-out assaults, am i going to see much difference in handling dropping to a 14", or am i wasting money just to drop 2" of barrel length?