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Post by avengingangel on Sept 1, 2012 10:11:33 GMT -5
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Post by chicago on Sept 1, 2012 13:08:13 GMT -5
Here's two images that makes me rethink my choice of all black: I realize this is gun candy. When did gun candy become more wholesome to view than eye candy (not nudity, not porn, but, eye candy)? Isn't it strange that we aren't worried about anything other than looking at a beautiful well dress woman. I will never understand humans or subspecies!
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Post by chicago on Sept 5, 2012 15:36:38 GMT -5
Hey, trinity. I just realized, this whole blow up lately and me getting chastised by Wolfen for putting up too much eye candy is actually Bill's fault (yes, the crafty ccmachinist here) has not sent me an SR1 yet. If I'd had one, there would be nothing but stories about using and sighting a Leathwood Camputer sight on an SR1. ABout how consistent the SR1 was, another posting about the hundreds of test rounds and patterns I've put it through it. The colors of the special magpul furniture. Another post on how quiet it is. and another on how the hammerhead fins work with it. And yet another on how I reduced the overall weight by going to a 14 inch rifled hammerhead carbon fiber barrel with cocker threads. But, no. I'm just sitting here going nuts. And, the economy is getting stagnet again because I haven't spent beau coup bucks on accessories and first strikes! The Carmatech is coming out in October! Excuse the pun here, but, I might just bolt! And, the nurses said they'll let me out of the "older than dirt rest home" if I have legitimate SR1 testing to do and promise to take my meds everyday!
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Post by avengingangel on Sept 6, 2012 10:26:22 GMT -5
Yes, still have a head cold. And, to make things worse, my dad says if I'm not back in school tomorrow, there will be no paintball this weekend.
Oh, the reason I jumped on here. I sure wish there was more info on the SR1. Trinity, any new pix. Blog hasn't changed. Lately, although, I'll go check for a new update once I'm done here.
And, chicago, I'm not sure about that last pix. I'm still not convinced about the color scheme. It just didn't pop like the black on black or even the LaRue's.
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Post by chicago on Sept 7, 2012 16:41:51 GMT -5
Trinity, I've got this machinist here in Chicago who had done a lot of work for me before. He helped when we first introduced composition barrel to the world. They were quickly copied because unlike SmartParts we weren't "smart enough" and didn't have the cash for lawyers and patents. anyway we got hooked up again and he's interest in turning some barrels for m.e You know, maybe the rest of this needs to be in a pm.
I'm a little shell shocked about what I can say or post any more. Look forwarded to a pm.
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Post by chicago on Sept 9, 2012 16:12:35 GMT -5
Trinity, just saw your new blog/video on the CCM SR1. That one really helped me visualize more what is actually going on. To be quite honest. I figured I'd hear nothing from Bill on dimensions or a barrel loaner.
So, I figured that when October rolled around, I'd be looking at the SAR12; but, seeing your last video has brought me back a little. I'd heard you didn't need to load the whole "sizer" each time, but I could not envision it or how the sizer was going into the breach.
I've probably played that one section of the video 6 times now. Although I don't quite understand why a standard cocker wouldn't fit, I beginning to picture the fact that how it threads into the breach is the real problem and it may simply be that the standard cocker threading is too long. If that's true, I don't need a lathe to make it work! Thanks for that video, it was so so helfpul.
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Post by trinity on Sept 9, 2012 16:36:28 GMT -5
Actually, Bill has okayed both the barrel loaner and the dimensions. I haven't received the dimensions yet but when Bill forwards those I will be sending them to you. When I finish the accuracy tests on the 8" barrel I will be forwarding it on to you as well.
Glad the video helped. One of the reasons I like working with Bill and CCM is that everything about the SR1 is out there for everyone to see. Bill hides nothing.
I'll send you a PM with the dimensions as soon as I have them.Ju
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Post by chicago on Sept 9, 2012 16:39:39 GMT -5
OK, I guess, after thinking about it, it couldn't be that simple. Else all Bill would really have to do was to make the breaches business end a little longer to accommodate an actual cocker thread. I'm sure greater minds than I have already dismissed that for some reason that I just don't understand. But, if that was all, it means that he could use his standard breach and barrel still or his clientele could order the special "chicago" style breach for an added cost and then they could select their own cocker barrels. So the SR1 could work as exactly as conceived and still eject the standard sizer if that was the players style or we could lock the sizer in place as I learned today and put different breach in! Please tell me I'm making myself at least somewhat clear!
And, by the way, I'm extremely excited to hear that Bill okayed the loaner and the measurements. We can probably send it back along with two composite barrels in six weeks from receipt.
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Post by trinity on Sept 12, 2012 13:06:42 GMT -5
I have decided to do the accuracy tests with the long barrel (14") barrel because that is the one that is currently shipping with the gun and it is the one people who have already purchased the SR1 already have. That means I will be shipping you the short barrel very soon. Send me a PM on the address you want it shipped to.
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Post by casper on Sept 12, 2012 20:25:51 GMT -5
I just won a hammerhead battlestick (14 inches) for a song on ebay has a tippman threaded fin,If Bill has a surprise for me I will be making the long drive up to hand him the barrel and we can get started on rifled barrels.I am thinking rethread the barrel to his style or just cocker threaded.Wouldn't the shell (sizer)act as the fin ??Would it matter if we used a fin?
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Post by chicago on Sept 13, 2012 9:02:29 GMT -5
That's been one of my questions since almost day one! Sounds like we/you are getting close to an answer! Good for you casper. Please update us with your findings.
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Post by chicago on Sept 14, 2012 10:17:52 GMT -5
Let's take this conversation over to the Tiberius forum where we can have a frank conversation and not have images deleted by gynophobs here. I've never had an image hijacked on the Tiberius forum! dl.dropbox.com/u/32074185/BufferTube.pdf
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Post by chicago on Sept 19, 2012 14:10:58 GMT -5
Got a new image that kinda represents my soon to be SR1. It will be all black now, magpul car stock like pictured. Carbine length barrel. Vertical Magpul grip closer to the receiver of course (my requirement). And a nice Bipod up front (open to suggestions). Oh, the other day, I saw a video on YouTube of a guy playing speedball with an SR1. I was throughly impressed, that was awesome and it appeared to me that he had the shell/sizer locked in place cause he was just loading First Strike from his pocket. But, I don't know where that vid is right now. So here's the images of what my SR1 would look like. The top one, because I've abandon the angled foregrip! And, the Leatherwood scope. casper, have you talked with Bill yet about the hammerhead fin?
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Post by chicago on Sept 22, 2012 13:50:50 GMT -5
@Casper: Please tell me you have good news on the hammerhead fin!
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Post by casper on Sept 24, 2012 8:25:10 GMT -5
Check this out chicago,I got a barrel with a 98 custum fin for around 40 off ebay.I just got a .688 fin ac threaded comming for 15 off mcb.I was going to send it all to bill but my buddy is taking care of it.I am still sending Bill a hammer head through just an older one for his pleasure.So I have 600 rnds at home and will get to it with vids.
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Post by chicago on Sept 24, 2012 8:56:27 GMT -5
Holding my breath. I've also got one of their barrels coming this week and a machinist here who has done custom barrel work for me back in the 1990's when we were making the first fiber barrels called the T3. So, I'm also pursuing an alternative here!
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Post by chicago on Sept 28, 2012 17:27:52 GMT -5
I was wondering if we could convince Bill to make a "choked" barrel. Than I might be more comfortable lossing the riffling!
So, some of you will ask, "What is a choke?" Good question, here my young padawan - listen and learn:
"A choked barrel refers to a reduction in the bore dimensions at the muzzle of the gun. The purpose for this reduction, according to Handler & Naterman (H&N), is to resize all projectiles just before they leave the gun. It ensures uniformity.
Chokes are more than a century old Let's examine history to see if chokes really work. First we learn that Harry Pope, the acknowledged Stadivarius of rifle barrel makers, almost always choked his barrels. Most of the guns he made (and ALL of the most accurate ones) were muzzleloaders, and you might wonder how a choked muzzle can benefit a bullet that is rammed through it during the loading process. Wouldn't that squeeze it too small?
Well, when the powder charge ignites, burning gasses smack the base of the bullet hard, smashing it out fatter until it hugs every crevice of the bore. When it gets to the muzzle, the choke sizes it down once more just before it leaves the gun. Pope's barrels set every world record in their day; a century later, they're still regarded as some of the finest barrels ever made.
Lothar Walther chokes their barrels, too A second endorsement comes from Lothar Walther, the German company that is well-known for making fine airgun barrels. They can supply their barrels with or without a choke, but their choked barrels out-shoot their unchoked barrels by a significant margin. They tell that to anyone who does business with them.
Now, a word from the school of hard knocks... There are the incidents of hundreds of airgun tinkerers who have cut off the ends of their barrels for one reason or another. They nearly always suffer an accuracy loss that they can never recover. They will tell you the reason the shorter barrels don't shoot as accurately is because of the new crown (the shape and uniformity of the muzzle), but the truth is that no amount of re-crowning will ever get those barrels to shoot again. The one instance where cutting off the end of a barrel improves accuracy is when the muzzle has been ruined by improper cleaning that has worn away the rifling."
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Post by Allu on Sept 28, 2012 17:40:19 GMT -5
Well i agree with you, one question tho... will it barrel break??
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Post by chicago on Sept 29, 2012 13:01:25 GMT -5
Can't say, my plan was that I was going to meet with a machinist today about the CCM's SR1 beach. But, no one has gotten back to me.
My plan was to give the guy a smooth bore flasc and let him compress the tip behind the threading. If that worked, I was going to buy a hammerhead 8 inch 0.688 and have the last inch before the threading compressed to 0.686. However, everything is on hold til I hear from CCM.
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Post by chicago on Sept 30, 2012 19:19:22 GMT -5
Disappointing been waiting for quite a while for an answer from CCM. Missed my window with my machinist here. Getting discouraged again. There were other things I was going to pursue but held my cash for this SR1. I'm not returning to smooth bore. I've got a great, truly awesome T9.1 so why have I become so anamored with the SR1 (the thought of even greater accuracy at large paintball ranges), plus the obvious quality in workmanship. I'm pretty much done with that now. And, the Carmtech SAR12 is just out of my league. Starting over $1000! well my Tiberius was starting around $350 but they easily grew to 3 to 4 times that as all paintball markers do. So, I decided, just up my T9.1 with a built in range finder and be done with it. Mounted my Leathwood to my trusty 1000 feet per second air rifle now easi;y 20 years old (so no loss there). I'm being over run by ground squirrel right now (45 yards from window to ground should be perfect).
Trinity, Bill don't worry, I'll send your breach and 8 inch barrel back next week.
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