[Spitlebug]

up-chuck mcduck, on Apr 9 2009, 11:01 PM, said:

do you think a tighter bore like a 683 with that much condensation would cause more barrel breaks because te dew could cause unequal pressure breaking it or would the ball just be like a squggie

There is no doubt in my mind that a paintball will cause the majority of the condensation inside the barrel to expel.

[brycelarson]

we actually lost some data when CockerPunk's laptop died - he did some ball-as-squeegee pictures. and yes, the ball cleaned out the moisture.

[cockerpunk]

brycelarson, on Apr 10 2009, 10:11 AM, said:

we actually lost some data when CockerPunk's laptop died - he did some ball-as-squeegee pictures. and yes, the ball cleaned out the moisture.

yes, its a pretty simple test though, so ill do it again sometime.

the underbore obviously pushed more of that garbage out the muzzle then the overbore. basically shows that underbore shoots though breaks better, and tends to push all the condensation and all that crap out the muzzle.

[hudd]

I have a few questions.

1.) Did you uses the paint that was in the hopper during the first test for the second. Is there a chance that the paint could have swelled due to being exposed to that much humity while being shot in the bathroom and then they were still swelled when they were shot outside.

2. Would the results be difrent in an overbore situation. With underboring wouldnt the coeff. of friction be more of a factor than it would in a overbore. This means that you gun may be puting enough force on the ball to shove it through a underbore that the condinsation in the barrell is not noticable. But in an overbore it may be more noticable since the ball is not really making solid contact with the barrell the whole time so the added resistance from the condinsation may be more noticable.

cockerpunk, on Apr 10 2009, 10:42 AM, said:

brycelarson, on Apr 10 2009, 10:11 AM, said:

we actually lost some data when CockerPunk's laptop died - he did some ball-as-squeegee pictures. and yes, the ball cleaned out the moisture.

yes, its a pretty simple test though, so ill do it again sometime.

the underbore obviously pushed more of that garbage out the muzzle then the overbore. basically shows that underbore shoots though breaks better, and tends to push all the condensation and all that crap out the muzzle.

[cockerpunk]

hudd, on Apr 12 2009, 10:33 PM, said:

I have a few questions.

1.) Did you uses the paint that was in the hopper during the first test for the second. Is there a chance that the paint could have swelled due to being exposed to that much humity while being shot in the bathroom and then they were still swelled when they were shot outside.

2. Would the results be difrent in an overbore situation. With underboring wouldnt the coeff. of friction be more of a factor than it would in a overbore. This means that you gun may be puting enough force on the ball to shove it through a underbore that the condinsation in the barrell is not noticable. But in an overbore it may be more noticable since the ball is not really making solid contact with the barrell the whole time so the added resistance from the condinsation may be more noticable.

cockerpunk, on Apr 10 2009, 10:42 AM, said:

brycelarson, on Apr 10 2009, 10:11 AM, said:

we actually lost some data when CockerPunk's laptop died - he did some ball-as-squeegee pictures. and yes, the ball cleaned out the moisture.

yes, its a pretty simple test though, so ill do it again sometime.

the underbore obviously pushed more of that garbage out the muzzle then the overbore. basically shows that underbore shoots though breaks better, and tends to push all the condensation and all that crap out the muzzle.

1. i can't rule it out. it was sealed in a hopper and the feedneck is one piece and the whole system was never allowed open to the air. there is going to be some leakage, but its certainly a very small amount of leakage. the setup was only in the humidity for a mere 5 minutes or so total anyway.

2. in an overbore there will not be as much friction, so anything we saw in this test (basically nothing) will further be minimized. the ball is going to take the path of least resistance, so any friction is certainly going to be less.

[steadian]

I wonder what effects all that humidity would take on a marker running of of Co2, I know Co2 is outdated and everything but I think that it would still be neat to see.

Also one humidty test that I think would be neat is to take a few balls, measure them with a caliper (micrometer) then put them in the humdity for a few minutes then measure them again to see if there is any difference.

All in all though great test guys

[D.K.]

Punkworks- What about letting the paint set in a humid environment for 2+ hours before doing the humidity testing. See if that will confirm Mike's constant "hooking and curving" stories.