[GCFL-discuss] Paint ball

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What's your new Marker Eric?

Hey Eagle, I too am an Eagle Scout. REcieved mine in 1997, before I went
to Jamboree that year. When did you recieve yours?

God bless you,
Lance
John 8:32 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:57:15 -0500 gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net writes:
> Eagle,
> 
> I am also an avid paintball player.  I have played with a number of
> guns using both O2 and CO2.  I had a Tippman Model 98 I used with 
> CO2
> that I kept regulated at 296 feet per second with a warm tank.  As 
> you
> shoot the tank cools down and the pressure inside drops.   It 
> dropped
> the speed down to around 230 when the tank got really cold (frosted 
> on
> the outside).  It is a noticable drop.  I only had a problem with 
> it
> when I was shooting real fast or a lot at once.  I now use O2 with 
> my
> new gun (PLEASE!!! NO GUN!! CALL IT A MARKER!) and never have any
problems.
> 
> Eric
> NY
> 
> >>> <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> 3/26/2004 10:46:19 AM >>>
> Lance,
>      Actually I have no military training.  (My SN comes from being 
> an
> Eagle
> Scout).  I have just had the rules of safe gun handling drilled 
> into
> me.
> Rule 1 "Don't point a gun at anything you do not mind destroying."  
> In
> my
> mind a marker is still a gun.
> 
>      As for my friend.  I don't think his issue is so much with
> getting
> liquid in the gun.  It is that as you shoot and are pulling gas out 
> of
> the
> tank the temperature goes down.  This drop in temp he claims makes 
> a
> noticeable drop in pressure.  I understand the chemistry behind 
> that,
> but
> how much speed (in the balls) do you really loose?  Thanks
> 
> Eagle
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