[rumble]

The box came with yellow, but can you use red?

 

[Tim Carrion]

You can use red however they are usually harder to eject after use, IMHO go too far, and I have also had them split the bumpers due the increase load.
I find green adequate in most situations.

Tim

 

[Tom D]

I agree with Tim. Reds are way to hot of a load and will quickly deteriorate your bumpers.

You will find that the green is more than sufficient. It’s comparable to the distance that you would throw.

TD

 

[Dale]

Go to your local home improvement center. They have blanks for around 5 bucks. brown, green, and yellow work fine. The brown I think are a bit light when using them with wet bumpers you get a lot of miss fires. Green works well and yellow are a little hot but not bad.

That reminds me, I need to go to Lowe's regards.

 

[MRGD]

The hardware store blanks say they are not for launchers, I think.

I don't heed all warnings, but does anyone know a drawback to the ones at Lowe's/homedepot?

Aren't those used for some kind of nail or bolt guns or something?

And Dale, how many come in a box for five bucks?

tt

 

[Trevor Toberny]

we use the green and yellow loads and buy them at HD and Lowes.

 

[Tim Carrion]

The hardware store blanks say they are not for launchers, I think.

I don't heed all warnings, but does anyone know a drawback to the ones at Lowe's/homedepot?

Aren't those used for some kind of nail or bolt guns or something?

And Dale, how many come in a box for five bucks?

tt

100/box and I haven't seen in drawbacks in 4+ years that I've used BBs.

Tim

 

[Roughriding Woody]

I have not seen the ones at home depot, will they work with hand held launchers? I would not have to stock up on them every time I go to Anchorage.

 

[BROWNDOGG]

The loads for nail guns work fine in BB and hand held launchers.
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[Roughriding Woody]

Right on! Thanks!

 

[MRGD]

Thanks, that is a lot cheaper than the ones from Academy.

 

[Paula H]

I used them too - never had a problem. They do say they're not for use in launchers however. Probably a liability thing.

 

[lablover]

The BB loads from Lowes and Home Depot work fine in BB launchers. I would though, remove the from their box and put into a small medicine bottle to help keep moisture out. Being crimped loads, some believe moisture gets in them. Maybe, maybe not.
I don't use the red as I believe them to be too powerful and put a "load" on the equipment. BB ships with yellow loads, normally. 95% of my BB launches are with green loads and they do fine for us.

 

[msdaisey]

You can get them w/out crimps also from the commercial guys.

 

[Dale]

The BB loads from Lowes and Home Depot work fine in BB launchers. I would though, remove the from their box and put into a small medicine bottle to help keep moisture out. Being crimped loads, some believe moisture gets in them. Maybe, maybe not.
I don't use the red as I believe them to be too powerful and put a "load" on the equipment. BB ships with yellow loads, normally. 95% of my BB launches are with green loads and they do fine for us.

Best thing I found for storing blanks are plastic storage contaners found at Lowe's and Home Depot. One end is solid and the other has a slot that you squeeze to open.

 

[wenglish]

I have used the yellow box loads from both Home Depot and Lowes on my BB and the only problem I have seen is that I pay $3.49 a box of 100 loads compared to $ 9.00 elsewhere.. They have worked fine for me, no problems.