Ideal BB weight/brand (P90 Loadout)

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Hey all,

Apologies if this has been posted before. I searched beforehand and found nothing specific to my use.

I am looking for a little bit of advice regarding BB weights.

I play with an upgraded Cyber Gun P90 and wanted to know what kind of BB weight I should be aiming for.

I play mostly outdoors currently, using 0.25s, but I have read it should be using 0.28 or even 0.32s?

I'd like to test properly with the different weights, but it seems like a lot of money to buy a pack of 1000 of each weight to test with.

Such a shame, nowhere sells small test packs with like 200 of each weight BB
 
It's a personal choice really, so everyone will have different answers. The conventional wisdom is that heavier BBs will perform better, and the p90 has a short barrel so the cylinder to barrel ratio will play well with heavier BBs. Generally, if you want the best performance, you want to use the heaviest BBs that your hop up will handle, firing as close to the power limit of 1.14J as possible.

However, the differences in performance are negligible, while the differences in cost are substantial; I've been using .43s in my sniper rifles because I have loads of them to get through (got about 6 more bags in my ammo tin...), and some of my friends have been like "wait, isn't there a drop in performance from .48s?" Maybe there is, but I certainly can't tell since it's such a small difference and I'm still hitting my shots in game. If I was in your position, I'd just use .28s and call it a day; you get better performance than .2s or .25s, but it's still not too expensive so you can still full auto to your hearts content. I put .32s in all my 1J builds (don't use them too much as I snipe/DMR 95% of the time), but that's because mine are GBBRs or pistols, so by definition I can't shoot that much due to 35rd magazines so the increased costs aren't too bad.

Also, being on the receiving end of a full auto burst of heavier BBs sucks. I'm of the belief that we should be considerate to other airsofters when playing and it's why I, as a sniper, have a bee in my bonnet over people using .48s in pistols, guns specifically carried to shoot up close within your rifle's MED, but I won't go on my super rant over that for now 😅
 
There must be some folk you play with that use different weight beebs?
A little bit of flirting in the safezone and asking what weight they are shooting, then ask if you can try some of their heavier weights in your rif?

Don’t take the piss, a mags worth won’t offend anyone if you ask them nicely after explaining your situation 😉
 
The general rule is that you should go with the heaviest your hop up can handle, however, as Impulse posted, the gains can be negligible while costs go up. From what I've seen most people tend to end up using weights around .28 - .30g
 
What Impulse and Cannonfodder said.

Past 0.32g, I find a case of diminishing returns for the BBs keeping straight with crosswinds as the cost really escalates.

When I play outdoors, I used 0.28 and 0.30g but I've switched up to 0.32g over the past few months so I have the same weight for my P90 and my GBBRs.
 
0.32s if you can hop them (e.g. you have a R-Hop/Maple Leaf and a very good hop unit/arm setup), if not, go 0.28.. "Heavy" enough to notice a difference but not overly expensive in the long run and some "stock" hop ups can lift them without too much hassle.
 
Don't forget that the lower fps means you'll need to lead your shots alot more for moving targets
 
A lot of the key points have already been mentioned, and taking as a base assumption that your gun isnt the limiting factor (the usual gun based reasons for poor accuracy/consistency) then heavier will be better.

A lot of folk tend to land on the 0.28-0.32g range for a balance between performance and cost for assault work. Lobbing .48's in that context might turn airsoft into a point and click adventure but dropping 3 figures on ammo in a single day isnt something you do more than once.

Remember that having more effective range (ie distance you can reliably hit stuff intentionally) means you might see your ammo usage drop which can offset the cost.

You might also consider your play style, if you're the type to move up and get stuck in rather than dance at the limits of range, or your site offers more close opportunites than distant ones then you might not need heavier.

As for brands, quality does matter, a good quality .25 will likely be more useful than a crappy .32 if the latter has inconsistent weights, mass distributions, shapes or is covered in crap that gums up your barrel after a mag.
 
Thanks for all the advice all.

I am going to grab 1000 .28s see how they perform and then go from there.

I currently use Klashnikovs .25s bio bbs and they seem decent. But might get a bit more accuracy/range from the .28s
 
Punisher3990 said:
Thanks for all the advice all.

I am going to grab 1000 .28s see how they perform and then go from there.

I currently use Klashnikovs .25s bio bbs and they seem decent. But might get a bit more accuracy/range from the .28s
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.25>.28 won't be that dramatic a difference. You've not mentioned what output your P90 has. If it's closer to 1.14J then go for .32's. They really do seem to be a sweet spot for outdoor, battle rifle, cast, range.
 
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