Detailed Basement Tour - FN303 Less Lethal Launcher

[02insaneshane]

nice shirt..



[erickeagle77]

i wonder if regular paintballs (.68 caliber) can fit on the round.

[thatguru877]

The bolt on the back is a hop up.

[JKCDLT]

I can buy one at walmart for $800

[robertpicklesnickle]

I didn't know Ricky Gervais was a less lethal weapon expert :D

[1391996]

Geat Review...I've gotten my hands on one of these. And would love to go play a game of senario with it. However there is no way im doing that unless i can drop the FPS....you said it can be done. How?

[LGmast3r]

would first strike rounds work with this

[manike99]

@LGmast3r Yes, first strike rounds work in the FN303 but the velocity tends to be too high.

[nikolasmaes99]

I heard america bought quite alot of fn 303's for near the mexican border :)

isnt that great, uncle sam can still be triggerhappy without anyone getting killed

[BenB8290]

Good review.

[seXtra]

where do you get your air tank filled? standard paintball place? scuba store?

[manike99]

@seXtra A paintball store or field should be able to fill the tank, some scuba stores might be able to, but I have never tried that. You can buy a scuba tank and fill station and then be able to fill it at home. There is also a mini compressor now available called the Shoe Box compressor from Tom Kaye that you can use to fill it at home.

[Bl4ckVV0lF]

I'd rather get the FN 303 P

[Kylef7735]

@manike99 I just found about these while looking for sniper paintballs on here. Tiberius Arms First Strike Paintballs Instead of 300 U.S.D. for 100 balls its 30 U.S.D. For 100. They have a similar design with the fins at the back, you should try them.

[mayrbek123]

lol i think airsoft is for gay people

[mrrogue72]

@mayrbek123 LOL this isn't Airsoft, let me shoot you with it and tell me what you think. lol

[Kylef7735]

@mk23fan Nope, ive looked and looked for somewhere to buy one, direct from fn or online and havent been able to find any that didnt say for L.E. or military sales only.

[lokallize]

can you buy this with out a licence

[Kylef7735]

@lokallize Yes, its not a gun, so no legalities, basically its a super mega mega paintball gun, and i meant to say mega twice.

[rkb12222]

they look like fs rounds

[goldhunterify]

did you have anything to do with the firststrike round? cause the rounds look alot like the first strike round

[1391996]

how can you change the velocity on it to shoot around 230 fps? and how do you modify it for paintballs?

[Zolotros]

why would you want to do that?

i guess you could tweak around with the gas release valve, and it probably feeds paintballs just fine without any modification.

[PBfreak808]

230 fps? please dude. paintball is played at 285-300 fps lower than that and its pretty inaccurate

[Sniperbait88]

Fin stabilized projectiles, FIRST STRIKES!!!!!!!! :P

[manike99]

@frakyu

Is that why I bought it from E-Bay? :)

The gun is simply an automag paintball marker inside a body shell.

[HolyKripple]

I actually ordered one, if you google fnherstal you will find it there on their website and will be working on mine.

Since it doesn't seem that hard I think I would either add a pinokio loader on to it but I know the only problem I am definally going to have is the barrel so I gotta find a way to fixe the barrel and add a custom parts or add my own

[manike99]

The barrel is clamped into place. It would be easy to turn down any barrel to fit I suspect.

The hopper system would be harder to do, You will need to make an adaptor that brings the paint down and round to the breech location.

Good luck. Let us know how you get on with it. :)

[HolyKripple]

Actually it isn't that hard, you have to cut a lot out though but through the bottom you have to add a QLoader at the bottom. Thats the only trouble I am going to definately have and Thanks I will post a reply when it is completed

[gfgfpjgfgf]

use the q loder

[cdnmustang]

simon i want one for my tm15 loaded with first strike rounds :D someone should really look into making a pb version, couldn't you just put an inline reg on it to drop the velocities rather than play around with the valve?

[manike99]

The gun simply doesn't run well on lower input pressures. :(

[DruidicRifleman]

@manike99

Sooooo did you ever convert it to Fire slow enough to shoot normal paint balls safely?

[manike99]

@DruidicRifleman Unfortunately not. I ended up just making my own gun to shoot First Strike rounds instead. The Empire Trracer. :)

[DruidicRifleman]

@manike99

I've Seen it It's a nice little pump i heard rumours of a magazine to hold the first strikes was being worked on. Any chance these might get released soon?

[The151PIRU]

Ricky G LOL

[moderndesignworks]

for a second I thought the guy from "Office" was doing the review.....lol

[SHUNT311]

that brush is to clean your bore.

[SHUNT311]

they are rated at 250-300 fps

[SLAVKOVIDACKOVIC]

do you think the tiberius first strike round would work with that gun

[frans42000]

Absoluletly. The Tiberius First Strike round is the civilian version of the less lethal round developed by AGD for the FN 303. They are the same design.

[iseeuat100yds]

who those projectiles look alot like the Tiberius first strike paintballs

[aznkid221]

thats probably what Tiberius model their first strike after

[RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

Actually, the correct thing to say is "Who the Tiberius first strike paintballs look alot like those projectiles."

[harryh9852]

are you selling it

[KBUTE]

Simon I'm sorry there are people out there who make such stupid comments. That is one thing about paintball players, so many of them are just viscous to one another.

Keep up the excellent work!

GREAT REVIEW!!!!

[timmytime1793]

those projectiles look like the tiberius arms first strikes

i think tiberius might have copied those

[manike99]

Tiberius is working with Perfect circle, the people that made the original rounds. :)

[louieiscrazy]

you could use the new Tiberius rounds to shoot with

[manike99]

I have indeed, and they work well.

It's funny how I made this video and was thinking about how to get projectiles, and then about a month later Tiberius released the Sniper rounds.

Very cool. :)

[maydayfire]

what a stupid gun

[Sk8on4ever]

Why?

[xtheory]

Looks like Tiberius Arms might've been the one with the design and patenting on this kind of round. They look just like the "First Strike" rounds they are releasing.

[manike99]

The rounds actually come from Perfect Circle. It's a company of which Tom Kaye (AGD) is one of the partners. Perfect Circle is working together with Tiberius Arms to release the new "First strike" finned paintballs.

[Armageddon3284]

did you seriously say "not sure why thats needed" on the barrel blocking device?

its a safety precaution so you don't accidently blast your own eyes out when you don't intend to be hitting someone.

AGD actually makes paintball guns in the US. And players use "barrel blocking devices" for mask off areas. The same concept applies with your less lethal launcher

[manike99]

I'm afraid you were confused.

The part I was referring to was a WIRE cleaning brush. Not a barrel blocking device.

I'm very familiar with paintball and barrel blocking devices. I even have a patent pending on a barrel blocking device and I design paintball equipment for a living...

You may have heard of some of the brands I work on... Empire, Halo, Vents, Invert, BT... :D

[Armageddon3284]

i see that i misunderstood your speech. it says "barrel cleaning device" not "barrel blocking device"

[gsrlude]

this is comming from the same guy who ships barrel plugs with the invert mini LOL.

[manike99]

That barrel plug is the only one we tested that passes ASTM standards and it's safer than most barrel condoms. :)

[Sk8on4ever]

Mike from techpb makes fun of ur barrel plug on his apex vid, we shall give it to him at Living Legends.

[Lambda25]

You really did just make the most rediculously funny mistake that I Have ever seen in paintball armageddon. hahaha well done simon :D that'll teached him.

[Armageddon3284]

trying to find out where it was funny. Just because i don't recognize someone's face or voice on a youtube video doesn't make the message i was trying to convey stupid. yes i was apparently confused about the wire brush. Also Lambda, "that'll teach him" ?? honestly there was nothing overly rude or reactive about his reply. I find your comment abusive and unnecessary.

[EndlessCalleman]

"ops" xD

[MadCat58]

they use that for border patrol haha sucks to be the mexicans guess ya shouldn't sneak into america

[OfflinePixel]

You're welcome!

Yeah I don't see how the accuracy would decrease after 300 firings either, FN claimed the test results were the product of bad training and testing. The officer who injured the girl in Boston claims he was aiming elsewhere and didn't even know he had hit her. Both of these instances could lead one to believe it's accuracy does deteriorate, but maybe it is the result of poor training (or lack of manual! hahah).

I looked up it's stock ammo, uses a granulated bismuth (metal).

[OfflinePixel]

Which would give a significant hit to the target. A LOT of force. The paint follows after.

Sounds like there's going to be a lot of balancing issues between weight, speed, and pressure, among other things to use this thing effectively without bringing your target to their knees or negating it's superior range characteristics.

[OfflinePixel]

This is a real FN303? WOW. Lucky person you are.

Yeah, if you could mix it's enhanced range and accuracy qualities with a paintball, or even acquire some of it's original ammo and fire it at paintball legal speeds you would have an amazing marker.

Though, in relation to the incident in Boston, "tests by Israel Police indicated that the 303's accuracy "decreased significantly" after about three hundred firings."

FN believes otherwise, guess we'll see...

Enjoy!

[manike99]

Interesting. Thanks for the post.

I don't see any reason why the accuracy would decrease after any amount of shooting. It's not like a fire arm where the barrel gets hot or anything.

We certainly don't see that with paintball guns using similar technology. 300 firings wouldn't even be one game! :)

[MouseINSyndicate]

1:18 LOL

[guypaintball]

u mentioned playing a big game can you regulate the fps?

great videos Simon keep it up

guy

[manike99]

You can, but I couldn't get them low enough to actually play with the gun as stock. I'd need some time to tinker with it.

[sam3619]

yo simon do another in depth video of something in your basement this video keeps poping up like its new. but amazing piece of equipment

[LetsTalkPB]

OMG, Simon that is sick!

LetsTalkPB

[MNGslmch80]

what is this anyway a paintball gun

[pballaShado]

HD!!!!!!!!

[dylanxsv]

thats insane

[SpyderPB819]

That thing is awesome, Simon. Nice find!

[inoyomama]

1:19 = Classic

[HazardousRadiation]

smart

[pumpSHO]

i love you

[punisherturmoil]

AGD will live forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Technologiclongboard]

Can you make a video about you shooting it?

[utoobking]

also if u try paintballs u might try monster balls...the shell is nearly equivalent to steel :dodgy:

[patentpending3939]

take your damn dodgies back to PBN and leave them there

[utoobking]

someone needs an attitude adjustment patent

[patentpending3939]

Dodgies belong on pbnation only. For gods sake they dont even work anywhere else so why would you even post them? The only reason he posted it was to show how agg he was because he's from pbnation.

[utoobking]

must i repeat myself?

[patentpending3939]

yes. Please do.

[utoobking]

someone needs an attitude adjustment patent. happy?

[patentpending3939]

nah lets do it one more time just for old times sake

[utoobking]

someone needs an attitude adjustment patent.

cuz u said so....

[patentpending3939]

:dodgy:

[utoobking]

now u have the idea :tup:

[patentpending3939]

yep you're a PBNer too, I knew it.

[utoobking]

yep

[utoobking]

sounds a lot like an automag

[RtNSlipknot]

Very Interesting. Lets just say I don't want to play paintball with you if you have that. xD

[nikkonaa]

Very cool video on the Less Lethal Launcher. The HD is fine now. The manual is just how I like it... ;-)

I would SOOO go a scenario game with that, makes it seem almost realistic to jungle combat.

[riderthewake02]

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fracture142]

thats really cool, can it do auto 3-shot burst or just semi?

[manike99]

Just semi.

[justis101]

8oz at 440fps... A headshot from that would give you a very bad day I think.

[manike99]

A very bad day. That could actually be "lethal", note the box says "Less Lethal" not "Non Lethal".

A girl was unfortunately killed by one of these when she was accidently hit in the eye during a Boston riot.

It's not something to take lightly.

[russcpb]

I just plugged those numbers into an FPE calculator...around 1240 FPE. That's nuts, like twice the energy of a 9mm pistol round. Wow.

[manike99]

I screwed up. It's 8 grams, not 8 oz.

Sorry guys.

[MWnocoast]

oh crap now you have to make annother :P

[manike99]

I cheated and put an annotation on the video. :-D

[richiebuttle]

Nice video.

Has youtube messed up the video quality???

[manike99]

I think so. I think it's still processing the HD version. Hopefully in a little while the HD tab will come up, and it's much better in HD.