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Originally Posted by SuperHog
Ben Tippmann parted his ways with The Tippman Company, but look at the BT markers from Empire. Very, very similar.
http://empirepaintball.com/paintball...ntball-markers
If the blow back design is similar to a 98, and yes the kick will be harsh like a 98 blow-back paintball gun. |
Just in case your wondering the 98 is an inline poppit type valve. What makes it kick so hard is literally a chunk of metal the call a ram, however the ram they use is much bigger than you normal type of ram. It weigh some thing like 3/4 of a pound (don't quote me on that). The ram is pushed by a spring which is connected to the bolt by a rod, the reason for the huge chunk of metal is it needed to pop the valve open which had about 800 PSI behind it plus move the bolt and paint.
Now that we know you don't need so much pressure since more air at a smaller pressure is adequate and much more efficient.
the design is almost 20 years old so it's to be expected compared to the much newer designs used by companies such as Planet Eclipse or DYE.
So in all honesty it will probably be much smaller with less kick as it takes much less air and pressure to move a BB than a paintball.