LeoGaunt Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 Hi, i'm relatively new to airsoft and looking to go to my first game this Saturday, I was wondering if anyone could help me, If my gun chronos at over 350fps (my local sites limit on non single shot guns), do they generally allow you to use a heavier weight of BB to reduce the FPS to meet the chrono limit? Does anyone have any experience of this? I heard of people downgrading the springs etc to accomidate for FPS limits, and I have wonder why they wouldn't use heavier BBs instead and therefore presumed its either not allowed (ie chrono is always done with 0.2 or something) or there is a disadvantage to heavier BBs?. Grateful for any help! Thanks!
Supporters Monty Posted September 9, 2014 Supporters Posted September 9, 2014 No, you'll need to get a weaker spring. two_zero 1
LeoGaunt Posted September 9, 2014 Author Posted September 9, 2014 Why, are they chronoed using 0.2 BBs?
Supporters jcheeseright Posted September 9, 2014 Supporters Posted September 9, 2014 chrono is normally done with a 0.20g BB, it's not measuring the speed of the BB really but it's energy. A 0.25g BB going at 350fps has 25% more energy than a 0.20g BB.
two_zero Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 do they generally allow you to use a heavier weight of BB to reduce the FPS to meet the chrono limit? Nope, and trying to do so will generally earn you a life time ban from the site. Why, are they chronoed using 0.2 BBs? Because it's the most common weight. Really it's the energy that matters, not the fps. but it's a lot easier to measure fps.
LeoGaunt Posted September 9, 2014 Author Posted September 9, 2014 Okay cool, thanks for the help guys
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