Author Topic: Converting my BC to shoot Paintballs (Read 989 times)

Haywire Haywood · « **on:** May 01, 2006, 05:55:22 AM »

Ha... made ya look... that would be interesting to see at a paintball match. LOL

Ian

quickdtoo · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2006, 06:06:32 AM »

Ummm, a single shot paint ball match, novel idea!!!! A bit of pistol powder or black powder under a .458" muzzleloader sabot and a patched paintball, but only if they made paintballs in .45 caliber, all I've seen are about .690" or so.

Tim

knight0334 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2006, 06:36:08 AM »

Quote from: quickdtoo

Ummm, a single shot paint ball match, novel idea!!!! A bit of pistol powder or black powder under a .458" muzzleloader sabot and a patched paintball, but only if they made paintballs in .45 caliber, all I've seen are about .690" or so.

Tim

perfect for 12ga barrels.. allows for a patch..

myarmor · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2006, 07:16:03 AM »

Agreed, that would be a cool one. Though I am not sure the ball would hold up to the velocity..maybe I'm wrong?
But a very cool idea none the less :agree:
-Aaron

quickdtoo · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2006, 07:28:46 AM »

Load the paintball on top of a cushion wad with a mild charge of blackpowder or BP substitute and I bet it would work. I wouldn't shoot at another paintballer with it tho, but shooting targets would be fun, specially from a rifled barrel with sights!!

Tim

myarmor · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2006, 07:54:32 AM »

I wouldn't shoot another person with one either :shock: :x

But for "pesk control", shooting cans, and other unimportant stuff, It would be very cool.

cpj · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2006, 12:57:37 PM »

I bet that you could just use a magnum rifle primer without powder and it would do just fine . My dad used to have some wax bullets for his 45 acp, that used a modified case(drilled out to take 209 shot gun primers) and they would flat zing out the wax bullets.

Haywire Haywood · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2006, 11:07:01 PM »

Badnews Bob modified a 22 hornet case to accept a 209 and was shooting 22 airgun pellets out of his handi. It actually worked fairly well for under 50 yds, was just a tad loud for a makeshift airgun.

Ian

Coastwatcher · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2006, 08:04:56 PM »

I prefer to shoot at paintballs. Put'em on a golf tee and put the .17hmr to work.

Ranger J · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:06:26 AM »

Lets see, patch it and load it over just a little BP in my Brown Bess?

:wink:
RJ

rangerwillie · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2006, 12:08:31 PM »

I tried the paint ball trick in mt 12 ga with just a primer, not cute. they ripped apart in the barrel and it looked like amittyville horror. I am going to try again . this time I'll try a cushion (??) and may be covering the ball with vasiline.

myarmor · « **Reply #11 on:** May 04, 2006, 07:00:13 PM »

Thats what I was affraid of. Even in paintball guns, they occasionally bust inside the barrel. Thats under compressed CO2, just thinking what result a powder/primer would do.