Re: Paging TriState Area Tankers [TANKS]

[Steve Edwards <sedwards-at-awger.net>]

berin1-at-optusnet.com.au wrote:

>Hi Steve,
>
>I can remember a while back you may have mentioned some 3/4 copper pipe that would 
>be OK for a barrel, have you or anyone else tried it ?
>  
>

Yup... seems to work pretty good (with compressed air, anyway). IIRC 
it's 3/4 inch schedule "L" and the inner diameter was .785 inches

>I have tried every source of copper pipe here in Oztralia and none fit well enough, 
>I'm thinking the difference may be metric vs imperial.....(how unusual) My question 
>being, if you have tried it, and if it works......can I buy some from someone 
>please ????
>  
>

Don't worry about the "perfect" fit -- paintballs are neither exactly 
.68 in diameter or perfectly round, and they swell with temperature and 
humidity.

A little bit of jiggle room is actually a good thing... paintballs 
rattle around in my 3/4 inch pipe but don't seem to have any problems 
hitting the orange square of a basketball backboard from 30+ feet. So, 
unless your name it Frank Pitelli, that should be plenty accurate.

If you *REALLY* need some, I don't at all mind shipping it, but the 
shipping charges will probably be ten times the cost of the pipe.

    - Steve "Go with what ya got" Edwards