FPS Question

[Maverick0]

Originally Posted by Styrak

Awww. Can't we just all get along? *hugs*

Cheesy maybe, but it gets the point accross, eh?

[Flatlander]

Originally Posted by Maverick0

Agreed, airsoft is for fun and safety shouldn't be determined by pain tolerance, as that varies from person to person. However, we have many people from multiple provinces speaking from experience saying that 350 is safe. Can you give us the 30 fps leeway so that many people won't need to tune down their guns? 30 fps shouldn't be noticeable, unless you're a chrony

The goal here should be to reach a common ground so as to all play together

Alberta - 320 or lower everywhere (that I know of)
Sask - 300 I think I heard (someone correct me?)

If it were up to me, I'd say buy a spring and I'll tune your guns down for you otherwise go to hell

In the end the decision is up to Al and we have to respect his decision. I know I'll be there playing at his hospital in July reguardless if it's 350 (I just might have to figure out working face protection!)

EDIT: I agree, I can't wait to play with the sask and MB players this summer. I'm hoping to make it back home to Regina more this summer to visit family and check out the AS scene there while I'm at it. Hopefully then I don't go ape shit when you guys light me up at the hospital at 350 :P

[ThunderCactus]

Please keep in mind, that just because our FPS limit for CQB in Manitoba is 350, that doesn't mean all our guns fire at exactly 349 fps. Just like our 400fps limit for the fields, its a limit, not a goal. My own UMP only shoots like 310
Anyway I'd like to make a big point here as a gunsmith; 330fps is your best option, as all alberta and sask players are under 330, as well as most Mb players, and most importantly it's the stock fps of a CA gun.
Sure changing a spring isn't so hard, but once you open up that gearbox there's any number of unseen things that can go wrong. Not to mention it's 25$ for labor assuming nothing goes wrong and 15$ for a weaker spring that we're never going to use again. It's unfair to have to spend 40$ on a brand new CA gun just to downgrade it for one game.
So it's not 350, and I'm sure the Sask guys don't mind having Alberta guys with a 320fps limit, so what's an extra 10fps matter to save 40$ on an already expensive trip?

Now if you can't decide on an fps limit based on our discussion, why not leave it up to vote having 300, 320, 330 and 350 as the choices?

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by ThunderCactus

Please keep in mind, that just because our FPS limit for CQB in Manitoba is 350, that doesn't mean all our guns fire at exactly 349 fps. Just like our 400fps limit for the fields, its a limit, not a goal. My own UMP only shoots like 310
Anyway I'd like to make a big point here as a gunsmith; 330fps is your best option, as all alberta and sask players are under 330, as well as most Mb players, and most importantly it's the stock fps of a CA gun.
Sure changing a spring isn't so hard, but once you open up that gearbox there's any number of unseen things that can go wrong. Not to mention it's 25$ for labor assuming nothing goes wrong and 15$ for a weaker spring that we're never going to use again. It's unfair to have to spend 40$ on a brand new CA gun just to downgrade it for one game.
So it's not 350, and I'm sure the Sask guys don't mind having Alberta guys with a 320fps limit, so what's an extra 10fps matter to save 40$ on an already expensive trip?

Now if you can't decide on an fps limit based on our discussion, why not leave it up to vote having 300, 320, 330 and 350 as the choices?

This was my point exactly. I had to switch out springs in both my guns to get them shooting under 330. Just as an example, I have a spring that shoots 330 in my AUG, but that's too high. So I had to take the stock spring out of my P90, put that spring in, and now it shoots 300, and then I'll have to put the stock P90 spring in my AUG so that it shoots lower than 330. I can do it, but it's just annoying for 10 FPS.

[TokyoSeven]

Im not sure how to really word it, so I will take my best shot at it and hopefully this makes sense to everyone.

When we played at Melville I noticed that there was an insane amount of ricocheting from bursts fired. Im sure a lower FPS would reduce the amount of ricocheting, but well how low? Probly so low that most people wouldnt feel the hit. I just wanted to make a point that when 4 or 5 people fire a burst down a hall way and the bbs are ricocheting everywhere and sometimes I found it very confusing as if what I felt was a hit or a ricochet.

I'll stick to my original comments, under 350, manditory goggles, no glasses, and very very recommended that face mask is used.

[Jayhad]

nothing over 350 on .20s
If i am forced to wear anything other then my ESS Ices I won't attend.
it's my face and I step on to the field knowing if my face gets shot it will hurt, I don't need someone enforcing mask rules for my face.

[Caped_crusadar]

Where i am, its 350 with .2, and face masks are required.

[Spa]

Originally Posted by TokyoSeven

Im not sure how to really word it, so I will take my best shot at it and hopefully this makes sense to everyone.

When we played at Melville I noticed that there was an insane amount of ricocheting from bursts fired. Im sure a lower FPS would reduce the amount of ricocheting, but well how low? Probly so low that most people wouldnt feel the hit. I just wanted to make a point that when 4 or 5 people fire a burst down a hall way and the bbs are ricocheting everywhere and sometimes I found it very confusing as if what I felt was a hit or a ricochet.

I'll stick to my original comments, under 350, manditory goggles, no glasses, and very very recommended that face mask is used.

laff, ricocheting is a very effective strategy to use when assaulting

350 limit, facemasks, full auto. Btw my gun shoots at 300 and I tell ppl not to mercy me at 350 or 400 Fps games. I tell them to shoots because its the game cAlled airsoft that I play

[TokyoSeven]

Effective I suppose. There has to be a limit though, or else one could simply blind fire bb hose like a jackass down a hall way and all his ricochetts would count? Hardly sounds sportsman like.

My gun shoots 320 with a stock spring, I mercy people out of respect because not everyone appreciates being shot point blank, its part of a game I play called airsoft.

[KEVORKIAN]

Can anybody get a voting poll started on this topic? Let's see where the numbers really are according to ASC members in Canada...people here have too much to say!

[Maverick0]

Originally Posted by TokyoSeven

Effective I suppose. There has to be a limit though, or else one could simply blind fire bb hose like a jackass down a hall way and all his ricochetts would count? Hardly sounds sportsman like.

My gun shoots 320 with a stock spring, I mercy people out of respect because not everyone appreciates being shot point blank, its part of a game I play called airsoft.

Oh, it's completely sporting, the ricochets don't count as hits obviously. It's a psych out to make you think about it, as I'm running up the hallway to mercy you

I don't mercy out of respect. I do it because it saves on ammo.. jk

[Spa]

Originally Posted by Maverick0

Oh, it's completely sporting, the ricochets don't count as hits obviously. It's a psych out to make you think about it, as I'm running up the hallway to mercy you

I don't mercy out of respect. I do it because it saves on ammo.. jk

+1

Al, i recommend to simply create another post with the different types of FPS you prefer. Ultimately, it all comes down to your decision. The sooner it is decided the better.

As Shakespeare's once wrote, "If it best be done with, it best be done with quickly."

[CamoGames]

I agree with KEVORKIAN, and Spa about the poll. I guess I should have done that in the first place. I still think even if I did the poll first there would have been the same discussion to follow.

[Amos]

Another point on the FPS thing:

... Pistols shoot 300-330 on propane...

The point where a stock pistol (excluding a few strange 500 FPS+ ones) is too hot for CQB is the point where something is really not right.

[Rukus]

I think 350 is a reasonable FPS for CQC. Though full face masks should be a requirement, not an option.