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Originally Posted by XerxesYoung
But then again, if the velocity of the gun is... say 330FPS with 0.2g. That's 1Joule of Impact.
So if you use a 0.25g BB and the velocity goes down(lets say 280FPS), that's still 1 Joule of impact.
So if you use a heavier BB, and say that someone would feel the BB hit them harder, it's theoretically speaking, wrong isn't it?
I mean, it's the same impact power.
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You are correct. The energy generated by a particular gun is constant; lighter BB's travel faster, heavier BB's travel slower. Impact force in joules is the same.
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Originally Posted by Scarecrow
Yes, heavier BBs hit harder but travel less distance.
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This is incorrect. Heavier BB's actually travel slightly farther. For example, mathematically, a 400 FPS gun will fire a 0.2g BB with hop-up a distance of 187 feet. Switching to 0.25g BB's will increase the flight distance to 198 feet.