.690 nelson paint - we want it, we can get it we just have to work together ...

[Jonnydread]

some things i'm asking you all:

• would you be willing to "kickstart" me with a $50 down payment on a case? to much? what would work? I'm cool with that, I've impulsively spent more money on dumber things.
• how much would you be willing to buy I would realistically want 2 cases, but maybe as much as 4. I'd have to think on it a bit cause I would love to have a ton of Nelson, but seem to always have 6 or 8 unopened bags in my house at all times.
• you don't know me from Adam unless you go to Bacci mountain once a year so why should you send me money? can we set it up so you do feel good about it? If this is a scam it is bizarrely targeted and deliciously specific.
• can we convince a couple fields to sell this and move some volume? I would be happy to talk to some field owners up here, I would want to know what Nelson is capable of producing since I know they're a bit smaller than the "paint giants".
• would fields outlaw a bigger ball? what are we up against Why would they? As long as people are chrono-ing to field speeds and the balls fit in a .68 caliber paintball gun I don't see why they would blacklist a paint. They aren't appreciably more destructive or painful.
• is .690 the spec we want? according to nelson the current spec for paint is .675 - .680 - (who the hell is setting this?) we would need to set a range. .688 -.692? I'm hoping they can pull a mid 90's spec and just use that.... I'm cool with 90s spec, if we had to choose a .005 range I would vote for .687-.692

I gotta get back to work . let the internet do its thing!! let me know what you think!! stop whining! How dare you whining is part of my culture

[nak81783]

For me, it’s not so much the size, it’s the tolerance/consistency. Although, I’ll admit I’d like to see .689” as nominal.

I’m skeptical they can hold a .005” profile tolerance on a sphere with basic diameter .6xx” during manufacturing, but certainly not during shipping/storage.

The current ASTM is diameter .650-.709”, measured at seam axis and polar axis. I typically see .020” variance or more on the same paintball measured at various diametrically opposing points, worse from paintball to paintball.

I would pay $80/case for this, but since I do not think it’s feasible, at least not by the time it gets to my door, I’m out.

Closed bolts have my sympathy. I’ll continue to overbore.

Edit: I was too wordy with my response. Grendel beat me to it.

[Grendel]

Here is the truly funning thing paintball is a sport primarily based on .68 caliber so they ARE supposed to be 0.68 -/+ some limit . I really do not care if they are 0.675 or 0.680 or 0.690 I just want them to be consistently sized in a box, reasonably spherical and fresh.

[kevin qmto]

but does it come in red fill?

[Drcemento]

You are not reading this wrong!
After years of whining myself and listening to everyone else bitch and moan I decided to make a call when I saw nelsons new website.

after talking to a very Helpful sales person there, they are happy to do a run of ultra premium custom .690 paint just like they used to make in the 80's and 90's. the catch? none really except a 2 pallet minimum, 6-8 week lead time.

with some outside commitment from the community I am willing to make most of this purchase, and facilitate shipping and distribution from Northern California though my business. to do it i would like to raise about 50% of the wholesale cost which will end up being about 11-12K shipped to my door - they are sending a formal qoute.

these would need to end up selling for about 80$/case I'm set up to pack and ship individual cases, and this will involve allot of work on my end once it arrives, and I'd like to end up encouraged to do this again if it works out

reaching out to M.Carter for opinions, gauge interest, see if there is something I'm not thinking about for taking this on.

some things i'm asking you all:

• I hate facebook and I'm not spreading word beyond Mcarter Brown, and calls to peeps i know - maybe thats not enough, but if your buddies want in they should come back here.
• would you be willing to "kickstart" me with a $50 down payment on a case? to much? what would work?
• how much would you be willing to buy
• you don't know me from Adam unless you go to Bacci mountain once a year so why should you send me money? can we set it up so you do feel good about it?
• can we convince a couple fields to sell this and move some volume?
• would fields outlaw a bigger ball? what are we up against
• is .690 the spec we want? according to nelson the current spec for paint is .675 - .680 - (who the hell is setting this?) we would need to set a range. .688 -.692? I'm hoping they can pull a mid 90's spec and just use that....

I gotta get back to work . let the internet do its thing!! let me know what you think!! stop whining!