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eukanuba
06-01-2004, 02:23 PM
I bought a mac-dev matchstik set last week and managed to get out last night and pop a couple rounds through.. I noticed that the barrel is pretty darn quiet.. not silent but didnt make a popping noise..

I specifically took it out at night to hear it more clearly as sound travels much further when its dark and quiet.. pretty impressive stuff !!

Now, there are 3 backs - which one should I use ? I know you " Should be able to blow a ball out easily " but theres 3 sizes..

where would you use all these backs ? not like we get ice and snow o'er here in perth..

- Euk.
Deadeye
06-01-2004, 02:28 PM
you use different backs depending on what size paint your shooting. Paint comes in more than 1 size.
eukanuba
06-01-2004, 03:31 PM
paint comes in .68 calibre

manufacturers just cant seem to all make em the same..

- Euk,.
GIBB
06-01-2004, 03:40 PM
LOL ya .682 .684 .686 .688 .690... all the way up to .70
eukanuba
06-01-2004, 03:55 PM
Well, anything over .686 isnt really .68 is it - thats almost a calibre higher.. and shouldnt be labled .68

Just a moot point really, I guess..
Jamie_Cracker
06-01-2004, 04:16 PM
yes it is you get paint all different sizes most manufacturers have different sized paint not by much but all the help you can get is what it is all about
eukanuba
07-01-2004, 09:56 AM
yes it is you get paint all different sizes most manufacturers have different sized paint not by much but all the help you can get is what it is all about

So is there a common sizing chart ? - so I know what size I should expect from any given manufacturer..

That, and lugging more and more crap around with me to every event is starting to annoy the crap out of me - and increases your chances of loosing parts - or having something stolen...

- Euk.
Deadeye
07-01-2004, 10:41 AM
paint size varies from batch to batch. thats why you have the barrel kit even if you shoo the one paint brand all the time. Every time you go to play and get some new paint put it in the barrel and see if you can blow a ball out, it should not roll out and it shouldn't get stuck so bad you cant blow it out. if it does try a different bore.
Rainman
07-01-2004, 10:45 AM
welcome to paintball euk.