Post by 99GenX on Oct 13, 2005 14:58:24 GMT -5
Here is the claimed "propane gun":
Taken from 68Cal: www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story041193.php
Tippmann...and....LP?
No not low pressure but Propane.
Yep its confirmed from four different sources including a member of
tippmanns national headquarters R&D.
The tippmann "C3" an experimental pump action marker that runs off of
Propane.
This marker is not to be sold as of now and is just part of tippmanns
alternate power source research.
The marker barrel heats up after heavy fire [its a pump so no 30bps for
this]. It also gets very good efficiency.
No plans to release this item to the general public are being made, but at
this point further "testing and development" of this product are still an
option. Further research into this project is still to be decided. HOWEVER
if they were to release it [insert one of those tricky corporate "maybe we
will....maybe we wont" here] it would retail at around $200 USD.
One tippmann rep let this go to some people at a field that it was tested
at.
"It is pump only because when you pull the pump back it lets propane into a
combusting chamber then when the pump returns it closes the chamber and the
trigger pull ignites the propane causing the ball to fire (not sure if its
the air force or the bolt that pushes the ball) The guy said it has a safety
feature that only allows a trigger pull if the guns pump is back in the
closed position to stop the combustion from blowing the tank. He also said
the gun gets kind of warm after about 25 shots. Lastly the thing can get
around 10,000 (!!!) shots per tank, and that's only a rough guess. When it
comes out you can expect even more shots per tank."
....So in other words...
Pump marker...metal rod being slammed against more metal....heats up when
shot....and its run by propane....hmmm...bad idea?
I just want to get my hands on one to do some modifications to it....give a
whole new meaning to "afterburner" paintballs...heh...heh...heh
It seems they are showing the "C3" off as a alternative to CO2 [for people
that CO2 is hard to come by] and as a teaser for some new items they are
working on. APPARENTLY they are working on a semi-auto/mech and a
semi-auto/electro that uses the same power source...hmmm....interesting. So
they are looking to make paintball even more easily accessible by using
alternate sources of "fuel". It seems the main target of the "C3" is the
folks without access to CO2....some talk of the New Zealand area and other
overseas areas that don't have the quick access to CO2...perhaps tippmann is
making a move on becoming a large global force in paintball...however with
the current oil/gas trends one has to wonder if they are setting themselves
up for a problem, but with the prospected efficiency per tank 10k+ shots one
cant help but think that this may be a big trend.
My final thought....
Flamethrower for $200 and a few parts from Radio Shack.
Got any marshmallows?
Taken from 68Cal: www.68caliber.com/news/industry/story041193.php
Tippmann...and....LP?
No not low pressure but Propane.
Yep its confirmed from four different sources including a member of
tippmanns national headquarters R&D.
The tippmann "C3" an experimental pump action marker that runs off of
Propane.
This marker is not to be sold as of now and is just part of tippmanns
alternate power source research.
The marker barrel heats up after heavy fire [its a pump so no 30bps for
this]. It also gets very good efficiency.
No plans to release this item to the general public are being made, but at
this point further "testing and development" of this product are still an
option. Further research into this project is still to be decided. HOWEVER
if they were to release it [insert one of those tricky corporate "maybe we
will....maybe we wont" here] it would retail at around $200 USD.
One tippmann rep let this go to some people at a field that it was tested
at.
"It is pump only because when you pull the pump back it lets propane into a
combusting chamber then when the pump returns it closes the chamber and the
trigger pull ignites the propane causing the ball to fire (not sure if its
the air force or the bolt that pushes the ball) The guy said it has a safety
feature that only allows a trigger pull if the guns pump is back in the
closed position to stop the combustion from blowing the tank. He also said
the gun gets kind of warm after about 25 shots. Lastly the thing can get
around 10,000 (!!!) shots per tank, and that's only a rough guess. When it
comes out you can expect even more shots per tank."
....So in other words...
Pump marker...metal rod being slammed against more metal....heats up when
shot....and its run by propane....hmmm...bad idea?
I just want to get my hands on one to do some modifications to it....give a
whole new meaning to "afterburner" paintballs...heh...heh...heh
It seems they are showing the "C3" off as a alternative to CO2 [for people
that CO2 is hard to come by] and as a teaser for some new items they are
working on. APPARENTLY they are working on a semi-auto/mech and a
semi-auto/electro that uses the same power source...hmmm....interesting. So
they are looking to make paintball even more easily accessible by using
alternate sources of "fuel". It seems the main target of the "C3" is the
folks without access to CO2....some talk of the New Zealand area and other
overseas areas that don't have the quick access to CO2...perhaps tippmann is
making a move on becoming a large global force in paintball...however with
the current oil/gas trends one has to wonder if they are setting themselves
up for a problem, but with the prospected efficiency per tank 10k+ shots one
cant help but think that this may be a big trend.
My final thought....
Flamethrower for $200 and a few parts from Radio Shack.
Got any marshmallows?
