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In der neuen FB Radio Show wird über die neuen Regeln gesprochen, Meinungen zu den Regeln und wie sich 15bps wirklich anhören. Die Spielzeit der Show beträgt 35 Minuten.

Der HALO Drive Cone von Zenitram wurde bei 68caliber.com getestet und für gut befunden. Wir haben den kompletten Artikel für Euch:

Zenitram Manufacturing has recently added a delrin drive cone to their list of products for the WDP Angel, Smart Parts Impulse, and the M3/Dragun line of markers.  Zenitram has been quietly making parts for several years, and the user of their products swear by them.

The HALO design is a good one, but the plastic drive cone, which actually pushes the paint down into the marker's feed neck, is notorious for breaking.  What most often happens is that the tab on the bottom of the cone that catches the spring breaks off, rendering the loader useless until the cone is replaced.  This part normally costs around $10.  A common modification to the HALO B is to use a small screw or pin to replace the tab with, which minimizes the breaking problem.

Zenitram's solution to this problem is to make the part out of delrin, which is a self-lubricating plastic material that's durable and light.  Instead of a plastic pin to catch the spring in the hub, the Zenitram part uses a stainless steel pin.  This allows Zenitram to offer a lifetime guarantee on the part, and it removes any worries about breaking the drive cone and taking a player out of the game.

The part is roughly the same weight as the original factory part, and Zenitram claims that it's only a few grams heavier.  Installing the part took around 10 minutes, and can be completed by anyone familiar with the HALO B.  The loader used in this test was a V35 equipped HALO B, normally used in Mode 6, which is known to test the capabilities of the loader.Once installed, the loader was put on the test marker, a 2004 Angel Fly, loaded up and fired to see if any noticeable slowing down of the feed rate could be detected.  Per Zenitram's claims, no noticeable slowing of the feed rate that the HALO B can pump out was noted.  Later the marker was used a local tournament and no faults or slow down were noted.  The paint used during the course of testing was X.O. Industries Velocity, which is a mid-grade paint.  Knowing that the possibility of my HALO going down mid-game due to a broken drive cone was no longer an issue was very comforting to me.

In the end, the Zenitram is a reasonably priced upgrade for HALO and Reloader B users who test the limits of their loader's endurance with high rates of fire commonly seen in today's competitive play.  For the cost of 2 factory parts, the issue of broken drive cones can be banished forever.  The MSRP for the Zenitram Delrin Drive cone is $20, and they can be found at Zenitram's website, www.zenitram-mfg.com .

Ab sofort darf in der Millennium Series nur noch an besonderen Technikständen in der Players Area getecht werden, das techen bei der Tradeshow ist aufgrund Versicherungs- und Sicherheitsgründen verboten. Zudem darf man seinen Markierer nicht mehr sichtbar in der Tradeshow herumtragen, er muss in einer Gun Bag oder etwas ähnlichem verhüllt sein. Das Trockenschießen und Markierertesten ist nur noch in der Players Area erlaubt.

Millennium Series Trade – Safety Requirements 2005

For insurance, legal & safety reasons marker repairs and maintenance, “gun teching”, can only be carried out at official Gun Tech Booths from our Platinum Sponsors which will operate within the Players' Area only. All our trade space customers have been notified of this rule change.

It is not permitted to carry markers visibly in the trade area or anywhere outside of the Players' Area; the marker has to be covered by a gun bag or equivalent.

Dry firing or testing markers is only allowed within the Players' Area.

Teams can only stage within the Players' Area and, therefore, no teams are permitted to set up in the trade stand area or on any of the stands whether visible or not. This is a vital safety and insurance requirement.

Costs or fines which result from breaching any of the rules stated above will be charged to the transgressor(s). Players and/or teams can be banned from a Millennium Series event and future events when breaking any of the Millennium Series rules, including the ones announced in this press release.

Administration Department

Karlijn van Rongen

[email protected]

www.millennium-series.com

Millennium Series 2005 – Pressrelease Tradeshow

Sind die neuen PSP Regeln ASTM-konform? Dieser Frage hat sich Dale Ford von 68caliber.com angenommen nachdem Wicked Air Sportz in einer Erklärung geschrieben hat, dass die ASTM Bestimmungen nicht eingehalten werden. Dale Ford hat zu diesem Zweck die ASTM befragt. Die Erklärung von Wicked Air Sportz könnt ihr auch bei uns nachlesen.

In a letter recently placed on the Wicked Air Sportz website, the author called into question the legitimacy of the new PSP rules, the apparent legitimizing of Ramping Rate of Fire and trigger bounce, and how the insurance industry would respond to them. “We know that ramping is unsafe.” The letter stated. “In fact, our insurance carrier will not cover this type of shooting mode.” The letter also stated that Wicked Air Sportz would not be complying with the new PSP rules.

JJ Brookshire, Secretary of the ASTM Sub-Committee F08.24 that wrote the standards for paintball, read them and stated that the ASTM definition of a trigger event includes one ball fired per pull and release of the trigger. The ASTM Sub-Committee refers to this as a „Trigger Cycle“. After reading Paintball Sports Promotions 2005 rules, Mr. Brookshire commented that the rules regarding trigger bounce were „vague“ and that the PSP rules were „not in compliance with ASTM Standards.“ He also stated that although the ASTM writes the standards, they do not engage in testing or certification of products.

„The ASTM standards don't mandate a maximum allowed rate of fire,“ Mr. Brookshire stated, quoting standards contained in F2272-03. This is in direct conflict with the assertions contained in the letter to the public that Wicked Air Sportz published which stated, „The ASTM standards for paintball clearly state that a paintball marker must fire in semi-auto mode, have a maximum rate of fire of 15 bps, and have a maximum velocity of 280 fps“

As the investigation moved into the insurance side of the question, sources alleged that a Mr. Ken Isherwood of Market Access Corporation in Palatine, Illinois was the agent handling Paintball Sports Promotions account this year, with the actual underwriting being done by Lloyd's of London.

Unfortunately Mr. Isherwood could neither confirm nor deny any involvement with PSP, and cited that revealing his clients information was not something he would consider an intelligent thing to do, given the competitive nature of the insurance industry. When asked if he used the ASTM's standards to gauge risks, he again refused comment, citing that it wasn't good business practice to reveal methodology. Finally, he very politely refused to answer questions regarding whether or not he knew that the PSP's 2005 rules may not be ASTM-compliant, and again reminded me that he could neither confirm or deny any involvement with the PSP at all.

An email has been dispatched to Robert Rose from the PSP to get comment, and will be published here once it's recieved.

To read the PSP's rules for 2005, go to www.pspevents.com . To read WAS's letter, head to www.wickedairsportz.com/psp.htm .

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