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Originally Posted by Mad Dog
Okay, here's yet another Noob question: What's the difference between FPS and Total Energy. When we reduce one, doesn't it reduce the other? Or does that mean that IIRC doesn't actually reduce FPS.
Logically, a "slower" ball has less strength, so i just want to know what you ment by what you said Cheesevillage.
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FPS limit is something of a misnomer, it's really a muzzle energy limit.
The AEG itself always outputs a fixed amount of energy, in the form of the piston displacing a certain amount of air at a certain pressure down a certain length of barrel. Unless the internals are changed, that's always the same regardless of the BB weight. That's what determines the amount of energy a shot has, not BB weight.
When you introduce BB into the equation, the BB is working with the amount of energy the gun is providing. A lighter BB will travel
relatively faster than a heavier BB out of the same gun precisely because the amount of energy is the same in both cases. However, that doesn't mean a slower, heavier BB has less strength, since it takes more energy to move heavier objects, but the heavier BB also retains momentum much better (takes more to deflect the heavier BB from its path once it starts moving). In the end, lighter and heavier BBs both receive the same amount of energy from the gun, and both will deliver the same amount of energy on impact at point blank distance.