Quick Question about 50 Cal

[John Dobinson]

Might sound like a total noob here but here goes
when playing 50 Cal do you use a different marker that can only use 68 cal paint or just a normal marker with smallet paint ?
Thanks

 

[Liam92]

you need a different marker or in the case of PE poppets (ego's/etek's) you can buy a drop in kit. basically the detents are too far apart, and barrel waaay to wide in diameter for a .50 to be shot through it without it breaking/wasting tons of air! the bolt also has to be smaller so that the ball contacts the middle of the bolt and not the bottom.

 

[John Dobinson]

THanks that was really helpful, however i quite enjoy 68
Whats the difference between the two as ive never played 50 cal, if that isnt too much to ask ?

 

[Liam92]

well from my experience of it, obviously the ball is alot smaller and because of that, at a distance it tends to have trouble breaking on targets. however on the upside you get a lot better air efficiency and can also hold alot more paint in the same size of loader as a standard .68. my old site contemplated changing to .50 but one thing i noticed is that the paint seems to be affected by the wind alot more. i don't know if maybe i was just picking faults and it is no worse than .68 but a colleague and i reached the same conclusion.
there is a great discussion in this section on the cost of .50 and if you check it out it'll explain alot for comparing the price to .68

overall it seems that people have had mixed experiences but generally it is agreed that it has trouble breaking on targets at any decent range (i.e. opposite ends of a supair field).