a question

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 5:36 pm

how do i make a gun automatic with a paintball hopper on the top of it without having the paintballs slide all around in the barrel?

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 5:37 pm

Well, uh. An existing paintball gun, or one you're making? Give us some details.

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 5:41 pm

making one. i ask a lot of questions

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 5:42 pm

OK I just wasn't sure about what you were trying to do. Now what do you mean without them sliding all around in the barrel? I'm not quite sure what you mean.

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 5:47 pm

well ok this is before ive made im just planning it out and before i make this i wanna know if it will work

ok the barrel would be attatched to the valve and that attached to co2 and the hopper is on top of the barrel. so i assumed that they could come down into it? i dont know. i thought about having something block each one and i could move it each time but i dont think thatd be neccasary. would it work if they were just really tight in the barrel so they dont slide around and they dont go back up or whatever?

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 5:50 pm

Well to hold them in place after they go from the hopper to the barrel you could put something in to pin it against the side of the barrel a bit. My Spyder TL-R has a small ball bearing with a spring behind it that pins the paint against the side just hard enough to keep it from rolling out, until I pull the trigger of course. You could use maybe a small piece of felt glued to the side.

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 8:34 pm

wait so the felt would make a tighter fit?

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 9:04 pm

Right, for the paintball. You're talking about keeping the paintballs from rolling out right?

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 9:08 pm

ya. ok later can i post plans on a different thing and if you want you say whats wrong with them? cause im sure there is i havent been doing this for a long time.

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 9:10 pm

Hey, that's what this place is here for man. You give us plans, we'll help you tweak them.

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 9:21 pm

alright cause i drew some plants after testing

pyromaniac · Tue May 08, 2007 9:53 pm

put the little piece of felt on the top of your barrel if you put it on the side it will cause the paintball to spin side ways causing it to be less accurate.

Also by putting the felt on top it will give it back spin making it be more acurate and have a greater distance.

paaiyan · Tue May 08, 2007 9:56 pm

Well the ball bearing in my Spyder doesn't make it spin. I suppose the felt might depending on how much friction there is between the two. Hmm. I figured it would hit the side of the barrel enough on the way down that it would negate the spin. You don't think so?

gotbass7 · Tue May 08, 2007 10:58 pm

is it possible to buy barrels with the inside spiraled?

frankrede · Tue May 08, 2007 11:34 pm

Well not that i know of.