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Well, I need to know... it depends on whether I shall buy a .50 or .40 or not.
Get the CT .50 from targetzonesports. There is no better .50 cal I know of. Made in the USA.OK, so it requires less air.
-less movement, more accuracy.
.50 it is.
I wonder if the CS darts fit in the pvc?the reason I asked was I am trying to get incredibly accurate. aka I want to replicate some match light shots....
actually, I am probably gonna stick with my homemade stuff because it shoots so well. plus a .625 is cheap. very, very cheap.
1/2 inch PVC is exactly .625.
No they don't fit because 1/2 inch PVC is very well known for being larger than 5/8's ID. It's not .625 little lone exactly .625. Most comes in closer to .68 or 11/16 ID.I wonder if the CS darts fit in the pvc?
the reason I asked was I am trying to get incredibly accurate. aka I want to replicate some match light shots....
actually, I am probably gonna stick with my homemade stuff because it shoots so well. plus a .625 is cheap. very, very cheap.
1/2 inch PVC is exactly .625.
What the blowgun world really needs is a good .625 fishing dart, with remove-able barbs. I fish with mine all the time, but my modified darts could be better. What I'd like is a commercially made dart similar to a fishing arrow ..625 is .625, no matter what it is on. Thing is, the CS blowguns are so reasonably priced, even the pro models, and the quality is so high (they double as a walking stick, easily, even for a 260 lb. brute like myself....), I don't know why anyone would want to mess with trying to make one yourself. I don't think you could make one of similar quality to the CS for any less than what they sell them for.
I wonder if the CS darts fit in the pvc?>
the reason I asked was I am trying to get incredibly accurate. aka I want to replicate some match light shots....
actually, I am probably gonna stick with my homemade stuff because it shoots so well. plus a .625 is cheap. very, very cheap.
1/2 inch PVC is exactly .625.
I actually use the 2'extension for a total of 7'. Now, that's a blowgun!!!!!! Up to 30 yards, it hits like a ton of bricks, and I sharpened my old CS large broadheads so they are like razors, and do plenty of instant damage. Someone should make blowgun darts like they do arrows, with screw-in points so you can change them easily. I am sure a 3-bladed broadhead dart could be easily made, maybe from carbon fiber. I wouldn't care if they cost $4.00, or $5.00 a piece, because like arrows, you really only need a few of them. They would be awesome for hunting.
I wonder if the CS darts fit in the pvc?
the reason I asked was I am trying to get incredibly accurate. aka I want to replicate some match light shots....
actually, I am probably gonna stick with my homemade stuff because it shoots so well. plus a .625 is cheap. very, very cheap.
1/2 inch PVC is exactly .625.
No they don't fit because 1/2 inch PVC is very well known for being larger than 5/8's ID. It's not .625 little lone exactly .625. Most comes in closer to .68 or 11/16 ID.
Gigmaster; Last winter while down in Mexico I could not find any .625 tubing to make a BG from so I made two BG's from 1/2 copper water pipe which I found out later is 55 cal not 50 cal. I've always adored my .625's for all the same reasons you stated in your post above but after having a full winter to play with the 55 cal I would not be real quick to rule it out for hunting anything up to and including rabbit with a 5 foot length. But would I select it over a .625 if given the chance? No freekin way! The .625 is the hands down winner. Even in the 4 foot length it will outpower a 6 or 7 foot in 50 cal and be a whole lot easier to shoot. The 4 foot CS .625 is still a force to be recon'd with. But like you, I find the 5 foot better. I'm still gonna keep my 4 footer tho LOL.
Do you find full cones better than the tailconed only? I have found that the standard wire .50 cal darts I get I am most accurate with.The size of the barrel diameter has no bearing whatsoever on accuracy.
Accuracy (barrel characteristics) has to do with other factors ... barrel straightness, barrel length (longer is better, IF it is perfectly straight), barrel interior being free of: defects, moisture, contaminents (dirt).
Other factors which affect accuracy include distance (gravity), dart weight and length, dart construction (full cone vs tailconed only, metal vs wood, cone material, balance (weight forward, centered, or back), tailcone front proflile (CS Big Bore tailcones suck. Flat as a pancake, aerodynamically, the newer ones are better than the originals), etc.), shooter (aim, steadiness (if you jerk the barrel when you exhale ... refer to barrel wieights, posted elsewhere), power of the shot, external (weather, wind) conditions.