KEN CRANE
01-06-2006, 08:40 AM
Q. why does my gun break paint in the cold weather?
A. the material that the shell of the paintball is made from is temperature sensitive in cold weather the shell will become less elastic and more brittle this results in the balls having less flexibility and makes them far more fragile.
Q. What can I do to help prevent this?
A. There are many things that you can do with your paint that will help, keep your paint as warm as possible when you store it and only take out what you need when you need it. Most paint manufacturers introduce a formulation change to their paint and charge the customer more for it, this paint is made to have a more flexible shell in these colder conditions and will perform way better that regular paint does.
Q. Can I do anything with my gun and other equipment that will help reduce the number of breaks I get in cold weather?
A. You can do several things to the gun that will help.
1. I would lower the velocity a fraction instead of shooting at 300fps lower it a little to 280fps, this will reduce stress on the ball.
2. Lower the loader delay time on a a speed 05 or 06 I would have the loader delay on 2 lights regardless of loader type, on an A4 fly I would put it on STD, and on a G7 or G7 fly I would have this setting on 6. This will give the ball more time to fully chamber and reduce its chance of being clipped by the bolt before it is fully chambered. In normal conditions the paintball would survive this slight clip but in a fragile condition this clip may just be enough to cause the ball to break.
3. You may want to lower the LPR pressure a fraction by removing one of the LPR shims. The LPR controls how much pressure is used to cycle the ram and bolt backwards and forwards, if the LPR is too high the bolt will strike the ball hard and because the cold conditions have made the ball more brittle the LPR pressure may cause the ball to break. Lowering the LPR pressure will reduce the impact that the bolt has on the ball reducing the risk of breaking the ball. Remember not to set the LPR too low as you will suffer from velocity drop off if you do.
4. Use a large Volumizer if you have a Speed, A4, A4Fly as this will lower the pressure that the gun uses to fire the ball and this will reduce the stress applied to the paintball.
5. Lower your MROF. In colder weather it is better to sacrifice rate of fire if it means less ball breaks. So if you have your gun set at a high rate of bounce or in a ramping mode it is better to reduce the level of ramp or bounce or to switch it off completely.
6. If you have a loader that has an adjustable speed setting put it in its lower setting ranges as this will reduce the stress that the loader put the paint under, in extreme conditions it may be required to move away from a force fed loader system to a conventional loader type.
7. Use a large bore barrel. I would recommend going to a large bore barrel something like a 0.695 or 0.693 would be best.
8. Use paint with a thinner fill if possible, that way if you should have a barrel break you stand more of a chance of being able to shoot through the break. If you should get a barrel break it is best not to try and shoot through it but instead try and squeegee it out as quickly as possible.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GUYS AT WDP AND THE MTS
A. the material that the shell of the paintball is made from is temperature sensitive in cold weather the shell will become less elastic and more brittle this results in the balls having less flexibility and makes them far more fragile.
Q. What can I do to help prevent this?
A. There are many things that you can do with your paint that will help, keep your paint as warm as possible when you store it and only take out what you need when you need it. Most paint manufacturers introduce a formulation change to their paint and charge the customer more for it, this paint is made to have a more flexible shell in these colder conditions and will perform way better that regular paint does.
Q. Can I do anything with my gun and other equipment that will help reduce the number of breaks I get in cold weather?
A. You can do several things to the gun that will help.
1. I would lower the velocity a fraction instead of shooting at 300fps lower it a little to 280fps, this will reduce stress on the ball.
2. Lower the loader delay time on a a speed 05 or 06 I would have the loader delay on 2 lights regardless of loader type, on an A4 fly I would put it on STD, and on a G7 or G7 fly I would have this setting on 6. This will give the ball more time to fully chamber and reduce its chance of being clipped by the bolt before it is fully chambered. In normal conditions the paintball would survive this slight clip but in a fragile condition this clip may just be enough to cause the ball to break.
3. You may want to lower the LPR pressure a fraction by removing one of the LPR shims. The LPR controls how much pressure is used to cycle the ram and bolt backwards and forwards, if the LPR is too high the bolt will strike the ball hard and because the cold conditions have made the ball more brittle the LPR pressure may cause the ball to break. Lowering the LPR pressure will reduce the impact that the bolt has on the ball reducing the risk of breaking the ball. Remember not to set the LPR too low as you will suffer from velocity drop off if you do.
4. Use a large Volumizer if you have a Speed, A4, A4Fly as this will lower the pressure that the gun uses to fire the ball and this will reduce the stress applied to the paintball.
5. Lower your MROF. In colder weather it is better to sacrifice rate of fire if it means less ball breaks. So if you have your gun set at a high rate of bounce or in a ramping mode it is better to reduce the level of ramp or bounce or to switch it off completely.
6. If you have a loader that has an adjustable speed setting put it in its lower setting ranges as this will reduce the stress that the loader put the paint under, in extreme conditions it may be required to move away from a force fed loader system to a conventional loader type.
7. Use a large bore barrel. I would recommend going to a large bore barrel something like a 0.695 or 0.693 would be best.
8. Use paint with a thinner fill if possible, that way if you should have a barrel break you stand more of a chance of being able to shoot through the break. If you should get a barrel break it is best not to try and shoot through it but instead try and squeegee it out as quickly as possible.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GUYS AT WDP AND THE MTS