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[Gym]

I remember seeing paintball barrel inserts and it occurred to me that they could be useful for nerf. They come in multiple inner diameters as the linked page suggests: .679-.695 caliber. Has anyone tried fitting any fbr or other nerf darts into these? I doubt we could use these for nerf like they are used for paintball, but they may fit some darts well. I'm not really sure since I don't have any and I'm not willing to buy any without knowing if they'll work, but if anyone has a paintball barrel insert kit you should try it and report what you find. On the other hand brass tubing and petg are probably sufficient and definitely cheaper.

I searched the Modifications, Homemades, and General Nerf forums and couldn't find anything on the topic. If this topic exists in another thread please disregard this one.

[Split]

The caliber is too far off from our darts. We use .5" diameter, used to use .625, which are still way too small.

[Possemhunter]

I think that the paintball gun would be overpowered to use in a war and wouldn't you have to manually reload every shot? Why not just use paintballs? Correct me if I'm wrong though

[Gym]

Split: That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.

Possemhunter: I definitely wasn't suggesting using a paintball gun, although I've seen it done and it's incredibly intimidating (loud, fast, and pretty accurate). The idea was to use the barrel insert on a homemade or other general nerf gun. You're right though, if you're using a paintball gun for nerf you might as well just play paintball.

[Lynx]

Geniuses, the 1/2" measurements for plumbing aren't actually 1/2 inch. The best way to find out is to go to a paintball store, asking to see one, and using a few darts for a blowgun/drop test.

Edited by Lynx, 13 August 2009 - 03:37 PM.

[Talio]

The smallest I've ever seen is .678 caliber. That's caliber people, not inches. It won't work. End of discussion.