They do another one, think its called the hdr50, can take paintball or solid rubber balls, was thinking of getting one for a giggle as apparently there's an upgrade kit that pushes output up to 7.5j , might be good for dispatching the rats that are pestering my chooks ?
I have the HDR50 (and HDR68)
It is (they are) fun - I do like revolvers and due to there having been only a couple of old school retail and custom revolvers so when a 3D printed kit came out I converted an airgun to paintball. Then an original old school paintball revolver became available so I bought that too ….. and then Umarex brought out the HDR50 - a non standards paintball calibre and I’d have preferred a 68 version but as there wasn’t I had to have it ….. and then they brought out the HDR68 ….. I do like revolvers and I’ve got quite a few
The Umarexs are not adjustable, and as originally produced for ‘Home defence’ they pretty much run as the CO2 12 gram will let them.
Two (or three) editions are available in most of the Umarex HDR ranges - the mid or lower power rated ones are the maximum for the UK
If used as paintball pistols with
frangible paintballs then (under current Home Office guidelines) then they are UK legal up to 12ft lbs
If used as air pistols with any other projectiles (rubber balls etc) then they need to be within 6ft lbs
My HDR 68 shoots hot on a fresh 12 gram (330fps - which could be within the legal energy limit depending on paintball weight, but well in excess of playable velocity, and dropped to 115fps before drastically falling as it empties)
Its not trustworthy enough to be playable (280fps or 280fps would be playable velocity limits), and if loaded with rubber balls etc well exceeds the airpistol limit of 6ft lbs)
The HDR50 would be paintball playable depending on site rules, (the lower mass meaning less energy per FPS, but rules are likely to still be 250-280fps)
I haven’t noted down my test velocities to be able to say where it would be as an airpistol
(Note that the full design standard for paintball goggles not only covers lens impact but also sets that any part of the goggle/any direction of impact is up to 300fps - site insurance will require adhesion to standards, therefore a site that allows lower calibres to use a higher velocity may not be paying attention)
@TackleI know that you won’t need to be told, but for the record and any others who read this ……
Never have a paintball type gun in an accessible manner with solid projectiles and/or CO2, and especially not in bedside drawers.
The police get excited when they find those
