Re: Re: Paging TriState Area Tankers [TANKS]

[berin1-at-optusnet.com.au]

Thanks for that Steve, much appreciated.
The copper pipe we have here won't fit a paintball at all.....I am using 15mm id pvc 
pipe, it is OK but a bit flexible and I have read that the best upgrade (cheap) that 
one can do to improve accuracy & power is a better barrel. After looking on eBay and 
talking to the customs dept here, I think they will add a new barrel to all of the 
other fun things that they hold....like the last gun I ordered....and ask for a 
shotgun license in order to release it (hard to get here...banned a few years ago 
now)
I will continue the search but I may have to take you up on the offer, I have no 
problem with paying more for postage than it is to buy, you get used to that here in 
the land downunder. Its a small price for living in paradise.

Thanks,

Boris "any other suggestions ...anyone ? "Harpman



> Steve Edwards <sedwards-at-awger.net> wrote:
> 
> 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