.50 cal ballistics data

[mophead]

Pros:

1)More shots in your hopper

do you not think that could be a bad thing ?? .. tournaments, have dropped the bps limit to stop play stagnating and making paintball more spectator friendly.. however a dye rot..... i mean a turbine loader holds 418 balls, now we know because of a ramping gun any fool can hold a lane. so imagine a fool with a ramping gun holdng a lane for twice as long. Surely play is gong to slow down stagnate and become boring to watch

 

[burnzy1989]

Hi i found this video on youtube with the comparason with .68 and .50

 

[darkorb]

Accuracy test here too -

(yay my first post xD)

 

[Andygoth]

I'm pretty sure you can't shoot .5 cal paintballs at 450fps in this country.

Rap4 do .43 guns and they shoot at 350 to 450fps but they are training weapons, the recreational versions for the public shoot 270 to 300.

I can see a big advantage in a smaller calibre at higher velocity but if they are pegged to 300 then there's no point as mass will win every time.

 

[Gadget]

Accuracy test here too -

(yay my first post xD)

Aside from the accuracy, the interesting thing about that test is the lack of penetration of the .50 cal paint. Not really an issue for sup air, but for something that is, initially at least, being targeted at scenario play, I'd have thought that would be a real disadvantage. If you've got two people trying to eliminate each other in woodland, the player with a .68 would seem to have an advantage in being able to shoot through light cover (leaves, bushes etc).

Back in my woodland days I can remember cowering behind the ill advised cover of a small shrubbery while the opposing team shredded it with the effectiveness of a decent hedge trimmer until I got eliminated. Looks like Rhoddies could be as impenetrable as tree trunks for .50 users.

 

[darkorb]

Aside from the accuracy, the interesting thing about that test is the lack of penetration of the .50 cal paint.

Yea, worse grouping, a bounce and less penetration from the .50 cal... Either way it'll be interesting to see what comes up in their next vid, testing it in a real game - guess that could be a little subjective compared to the testing they have done already.

 

[Piper]

The 2 guys in the video are actually Tippman sponsored players......... Always good to have an independent video done!

 

[Richie T]

interesting how in some on the 50 cal hits only a tiny amount of paint sticks to the target.

I thought they had come up with a ingenious way to fix that?

Makes wiping easier then

 

[Piper]

interesting how in some on the 50 cal hits only a tiny amount of paint sticks to the target.

I thought they had come up with a ingenious way to fix that?

Makes wiping easier then

Read my post above your's Richie and it may explain why the data has to be taken with a pinch of salt!

 

[Gadget]

The 2 guys in the video are actually Tippman sponsored players......... Always good to have an independent video done!

That's not what the guys on MCB are saying. What makes you think they are?