Where have Nuprol BB's gone ???

[LordGeorge]

Hey All

Everyone has their personal choice of bbs and mine is nuprol.
Never had and issues and brillaint quality bbs, aswell as their colour scheme which i loved.

Where have they gone, all retailers have renoved or sold out of all the bbs made by nuprol.

Nuprol themselfs have removed the bbs off their own site!

Not been able to find much on this, anyone able to shine any light ?

Cheers

 

[Esoterick]

I'd imagine it had something to do with the rampant jamming and double feeding.

 

[LordGeorge]

I'd imagine it had something to do with the rampant jamming and double feeding.

Blimey, never had any issues in the 12 months i used them :/

Hopefully they return.

 

[sp00n]

the first batch was made by WE

then they had manufacturing problems so bought the bb's in from a 3rd party

this second batch is what gave them a bad rep

 

[Alex34]

They should have bought them from Blaster

 

[PT247]

Utter garbage BBs, my local shop refuses to sell their heavy weight BBs as they were way oversize and wouldn't feed.

 

[LordGeorge]

Right, tha would make sence as i bought a ton a while back.

Chances are that WE will make the next lot in the interim?

Considering all the shops i have been to and online shops that sold a crazy amount of them, clearly there is space for more BB makes.

 

[Aunty Pasty]

Some sites have banned them saying they sometimes shatter on impact thus going through mesh.

Aren't Nuprol a WE brand? i.e. part of the same company?

 

[Esoterick]

Right, tha would make sence as i bought a ton a while back.

Chances are that WE will make the next lot in the interim?

Considering all the shops i have been to and online shops that sold a crazy amount of them, clearly there is space for more BB makes.

It looked like they were undercutting everyone else with their wholesale price as I saw one store doing bulk buys of 12 bottles way cheaper than I buy my 0.25g blaster boxes and that was already the cheapest I found in the country.

The shattering on impact thing is just how BBs work.

Nuprol is WE(I think WE Europe specifically) - I'm wondering what their plan is as WE got a rep for bad quality control now Nuprol seem intent on following suit.

 

[Glen666]

I found their .25 were fine in my aeg and side arms. Had feeding issues though with .36 in my sniper but the .43 seem to be ok

 

[proffrink]

You're putting Nuprol BBs into your DG during break-in? No wonder your bucking broke :S

 

[GiantKiwi]

The shattering on impact thing is just how BBs work.

Yes, if they're fired at velocities deemed unsafe (greater than 2.8J) in the UK against solid targets like concrete walls, but the Nuprol's were regularly shattering at sub 1J against soft targets like flesh.

 

[ImTriggerHappy]

Yes, if they're fired at velocities deemed unsafe (greater than 2.8J) in the UK against solid targets like concrete walls, but the Nuprol's were regularly shattering at sub 1J against soft targets like flesh.

But no worse than blasters and a lot less than some other brands. The whole shattering thing was urban myth crap, the big issue was the first batch were jamming in everything.

 

[Esoterick]

Plenty of BBs shatter at normal velocities on hard targets, soft targets not so much.

 

[GiantKiwi]

The whole shattering thing was urban myth crap.

I can personally vouch for it not being an urban myth. Having had them shatter when hitting my own skin.

 

[ImTriggerHappy]

I can personally vouch for it not being an urban myth. Having had them shatter when hitting my own skin.

I have had bbs break up when hitting me loads of times seriously doubt they were all Nuprol.I tested it out last year with various makes of bbs shooting into a catch target with different materials at the back.

The amount they broke up was pretty even across the makes the only one that broke up more was bulldogs and bio bbs but that no surprise.

I actually found blasters were worse than most for air pockets. Which is why I think Nuprol's fly better.

 

[GiantKiwi]

I have had bbs break up when hitting me loads of times seriously doubt they were all Nuprol.

I tested it out last year with various makes of bbs shooting into a catch target with different materials at the back.

The amount they broke up was pretty even across the makes the only one that broke up more was bulldogs and bio bbs but that no surprise.

I actually found blasters were worse than most for air pockets. Which is why I think Nuprol's fly better.

At one point, Nuprol's were all that were allowed to be used at a local site, and that was when I had them shatter on my skin... So yeah, pretty sure it was nuprol's, and the amount of air pockets is fairly meaningless as it wasn't a case of lack of external structural integrity, but instead flawed external coating that meant they were soft enough to be impacted just by squeezing them between fingertips.

 

[ImTriggerHappy]

At one point, Nuprol's were all that were allowed to be used at a local site, and that was when I had them shatter on my skin... So yeah, pretty sure it was nuprol's, and the amount of air pockets is fairly meaningless as it wasn't a case of lack of external structural integrity, but instead flawed external coating that meant they were soft enough to be impacted just by squeezing them between fingertips.

That must of been a really bad batch then but I havent found any like that and have been using them for a while.They are not my favourite but not as bad as some people make out.

Edit; The air pocket comment wasnt to do with structural integrity although it does make a difference it was to do with how well they fly.

 

[LordGeorge]

I must vouch, I only go with good stuff or at least tried and tested.

The nuprols i had were no way soft enough it disform under any normal amount of pressure.

They would only generally shatter when hitting something solid like a brick wall.

Such a shame people have had such mixed experineces.

 

[proffrink]

But hold on, you ran them in a DG during break in - basically the most violent pneumatic system money can buy for airsoft right now and managed to blow out the bucking through presumably tearing it up (not a cheap bucking as we both know) with double feeds and choppers?

Honestly man that was pretty silly; Nuprol do have a good reputation for doing that inside guns and this probably should have been an indicator to start feeding it with something better like the Blaster Devils. Take this opportunity to start buying a more consistent brand, and one that isn't going to coat the inside of your barrel with residue.