6mm Ball bearings and Australia

Marco321 · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:06 pm

Hey
I planning on making a BB sniper rifle. I live in Australia and as you know we cant get bb bullets anywhere. so i looked on Mcmaster and they sell 6mm ball bearings. I was wondering if i will have any trouble getting them in Australia if i buy them.

Thanks
Marco

EDIT: I also know i need a brake line cable thing. What exactly is it called? i googled it and came up with these weird looking braided cable things. Any help would be appreciated
I want something like This guns barrel

DYI · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:19 pm

Good luck getting McMaster to ship to Aus, they won't even ship to Canada now. They may accept your order, but don't expect to actually receive anything in the mail.

Marco321 · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:44 pm

Oh ok, i see, i didn't they didn't ship to Aus lol. Thanks for telling me. Does any Aussies know a good place to get 6mm bearings in the country?

EDIT: I saw some on Amazon here http://www.amazon.com/Metric-Stainless- ... B000FMWEQQ. I was wondering if there will be any trouble shipping to Australia? Thanks

Mr.Russ · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:47 pm

you might be able to get them at camping stores, or you could look around and buy 6mm lead sinkers from places like kmart and fishing shops.

wannabie · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:49 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-6mm-Chrome-Stee ... dZViewItem

expencive though

Marco321 · Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:51 pm

OK thanks M.Russ and wannabie. I saw them on amazon, can i buy them and get them sent to Australia? because i know bb bullets are 6mm and they are illegal because bb guns are illegal.

spudthug · Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:08 pm

its called brakeline.. 9/32 or 5/16 are bot hgood sizes..

Marco321 · Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:21 pm

Ok thanks spudthug, much appreciated.

Pyro Ninja · Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:04 pm

Maybe try some air rifle pellets.......you can get them off ebay..(in australia)
might be a bit more acurate then BBs

http://search.ebay.com.au/search/search ... p=1&fsoo=1

mark.f · Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:49 am

What you're gonna need to do is evaluate the situation and materials to find them closer to home.

Ball bearings are used in a number of applications from rotary to linear/planar bearings, (things that moving parts move on to reduce friction). That being said, you need to look at some sort of industrial supply near you for some 6mm bearings.

9/32" or 1/4" "brakeline" are actually, more broadly concerned, aluminum hydraulic tubing. Look for a place that sells hydraulic cylinders, valves, and the like and you're likely to find some sort of metric equivalent.

Marco321 · Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:48 am

Hey
Thanks for the info everyone. I'm using one of my brothers aluminium arrow shafts which are 6mm ID. I'm going to look around for 6mm bearings.

chaos · Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:13 am

nice as, i know experament u2 bough some from i think chinga land not sure where exactly.

i want some of these tho, they'd fit my s400's barrel perfectly

5/8"

link

FreakyShotGlass · Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:01 am

For my Aussie Plinker I used some 6mm aluminium tube from toy world and I bought some (expensive) steel bb's off eBay. I just bought 200 6mm glass beads of eBay yesterday and they were pretty cheap, like 10 bucks for 200.

TwitchTheAussie · Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:50 am

Thursto n Mr Russ gave me the idea of cutting up old Christmas deco beads and using them.

integral · Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:36 am

Camping store mate! They have ALOT of 6mm bb's at the one near me.

6mm Ball bearings and Australia

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