Sun Apr 18 - Coal Creek Battle

Discussion in 'Washington Cascade Column' started by NickMyers, Apr 18, 2010.

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  1. tgalx3

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  2. Hovey

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    What happened with your cannons?
    Have you two tried covering your barrels with something easier to paint? I just use vinyl tubing to protect them from incoming rounds. It still doesn't hold paint very well but at least it prevents damage.
     
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    I'm torn on the tubing thing. I don't want barrels dinged up, but I dont like the idea of making such a fat barrel that the tubing creates. It makes an already out of scale looking barrel look ridiculous. I know its a game and not a scale modeling competition, but its personal preference here.
     
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    I felt that way too. Right up until my stainless steel barrel jambed from a bb strike.
     
    Hovey, May 6, 2010
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  5. NickMyers

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    There has to be a way to put a sacrificial shell around the barrel that doesnt add another 1/4" to the diameter of the barrel. Atleast, I'd like to think that.
     
    NickMyers, May 7, 2010
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    In all the years that I have done this hobby I have never had my barrels dinged. I had my ammo coil dinged once but that was because I didnt have armor. I have never had anything on my barrels.
     
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    Suffren had clean, no ding barrels last year. They remained ding free through that year, this year theyve collected a few visible nicks and atleast one ding, though not bad enough to impede the exiting rounds.
     
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    hmm. Thats interesting. I have never had that problem... knock on wood.
     
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    I suspect luck is a factor but also how you battle and how tall your ship is are equally important.
     
    Hovey, May 8, 2010
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    The brass tube isn't that expensive. Just build a bunch of spares and trade out when they get dinged.
     
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    I agree that brass isn't all that expensive (unlike stainless steel) but fear of losing a gun is my motivation to cosmetically blemish my boat with vinyl barrel condoms. I sure wish there was a better way.
     
    Hovey, May 10, 2010
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  12. tgalx3

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    I like the idea of just bring spare barrels. I like the ships looking as real as they can be and the real things didnt have barrels condoms
     
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    No, but they did have tapered barrels.
     
    DarrenScott, May 10, 2010
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    This is true
     
    tgalx3, May 11, 2010
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