Madbull Target Only BB's

[ThatblokewiththeScar.]

These look interesting.

I understand why the Glass ones would be fround upon for game days but why should the Aluminium ones not be used in game?

[jagillham]

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I think the last thing we need is people to think we shoot glass and metal at each other.

[amandla36]

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Due to the damage they would cause to people, perhaps?
Dunno, just a guess

[private parts]

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surely it would'nt hurt anymore as same weight?

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

Re: Madbull Target Only BB\\\'s

surely it would\\\'nt hurt anymore as same weight?

Yes but to be the same weight they would have to be a lot smaller in size. So they\\\'d be too small for an AEG anyways.

Of the site:

\"We state again: NOT FOR SKIRMISHING\"

[jagillham]

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Probably would be fine, just makes for bad headlines!

[HuntR]

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Glass would likely shatter upon impact, thus rendering mesh goggles and masks useless and dangerous. Also plastic has a flex that helps dissipate the spread of the impact force. Metal wouldn't have this characteristic so in theory should hurt alot more

[psirus101]

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If someone shot metal BBs at me I'd be majorly ****ed off. And probably thrown off site for my reaction.

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

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If someone shot metal BBs at me I\'d be majorly ****ed off. And probably thrown off site for my reaction.

What sh*tting yourself, didn\'t know they could throw you off for that :p

[psirus101]

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You've never been to my local then, they're well strict.

[ThatblokewiththeScar.]

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Well no one is suggesting that the glass ones should be used for skirmishing but I see no reason that the metal ones cant be used.

Just for the record the Aluminium BB would have exactly the same kinetic energy as any normal 0.3g BB so what they are made of makes no difference at all. So why not use them?

[psirus101]

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I don't know if there would be any major concerns toward injuries but just the fact the someone is lobbing bits of metal at me wouldn't exactly invoke my favour, it wouldn't matter if the metal as small and lightweight I think I'd still have a sense of humour failure.

[private parts]

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the Aluminium BB would have exactly the same kinetic energy as any normal 0.3g BB so what they are made of makes no difference at all. So why not use them?

this is what im thinking

[HuntR]

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Just for the record the Aluminium BB would have exactly the same kinetic energy as any normal 0.3g BB so what they are made of makes no difference at all. So why not use them?

Please re-read what i posted. Plastic ones have flex so dissipate the energy better. Hence why you shouldn't re-use bb's. If someone shot me with a metal bb i'd happily sue them. As insurance covers being shot by a plastic projectile within fps limits

[dope_on_a_rope]

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Aluminium .3s have been made before. Used at airsoft sites too. As have steel .87s, but that's rarer as it's neigh on impossible to make them practical to fire from a gun. Glass is a different matter, and not only is the brittleness of glass an issue, but the fact if it's left in the sun, it could potentially set fire to dry ground or leaf-litter underneath.

I think the Bioval BB arguments have been made on this forum before, but maby you've all forgotten about that now. The harder the BB, the less it'll hurt a human target. It will however cause more damage to stuff like mesh goggles, and any glass that may be around, or other solid materials around the site. It's interesting physics for sure. The bioval BBs were not glass, but hardened plastic or composit or something, and they didn't concentrate the light enough to cause a fire. It's plausable the glass ones wouldn't either, I'm just not sure on that.

Here's the testing from Levante labs of the Bioval BBmax .27.