Beaver Tails

[nitza]

are beaver tails realli worth it? i'm thinkin bout making my basic rebel to rear cocking, and i wuz thinkin cuz it seems to be a bit of money, so, wut do u yall think? has one actally popped u in the mask or eye?

[scott28]

they are worth it because u dont want your hand to get smashed by the bolt but it rarley happens

[Slug]

well it prevent the bolt from smashing into your mask

[IronAsid]

Originally posted by Slug
well it prevent the bolt from smashing into your mask

yup imagin cracking ur mask in the middle of a game then paintballs start flying at it.

or image u get ur hand smashed by ur bolt flying, you ever whach the thing go back and forth sometimes it does fast as hell.

[Leper]

Bolts go at the speed of light!*

Once, playing with some friends, someone recommended that if you pressed your thumb against the cocking handle (on an M-98) when it was firing you could get it to go fully-auto. You could tell who tried it when you could hear people go "OW!" and then shake their hands about on the target range. :)

* Before anyone with a degree in physics says so, I know that they don't actually go that fast. :rolleyes:

[LordChaos]

On a rear cocking marker, pressing in on the cocking rod when firing can provide a little extra "omph" to the hammer, wich means it hits the valve harder, which releases more air, wich results in a higher velocity.... Hence why "bever tails" (or their equivelent) are required on all rear cocking markers in turniment play.

Or so it was explained to me one day many moons ago.

[Furious pb]

Definetely get a bever tail, my friend cracked his lense when he went to look down the sight rail. It's just a good idea.