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This video clearly explains how paintballs are
made. Check it out!
~ Looking For Specific Paintballs? ~
You can't play paintball without some good high
quality paintballs. You wouldn't fire a gun without
bullets would you? Paintball
Gunswant
to be fed paintballs on a regular basis, it's what it
eats, needs and wants. It can't do its job without them. Browse
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contain gelatin, that consist mainly of
polyethylene
glycol
are water soluble so they wash off
clothes and skin with just soap and water
~ Why Are Quality Paintballs So Important? ~
~ Picture yourself inside a tree line... looking out into an open field. A scout
of yours comes running towards you, panting and completely out of
breath. He warns you that the red team is heading in your direction
with about 9 men and one paintball tank. Your teammates and you get excited...
paintball markers and launchers are loaded... everyone is set
in their positions. You patiently wait to see the enemy players walk into
your field of view. Oh, how you're gonna light 'em up! At last, they come! You
let it rip!! But one thing is wrong... you're paintballs are breaking in your
marker causing a big mess! ~
Quality Matters!
There's one thing about paintballs that most people just don't seem to
understand. quality matters!. Why? Well, in a nutshell, a
bad paintball will break in your barrel, or won't split
open on your target. So it's essential that you seek a
good company that produces high quality paintballs.
More
often than not the higher the price the
better
the paintball. With a more expensive paintball,
the manufacturing process is carefully monitored and
very rigorous standards are adhered to. Here's what
you can expect from these tight constricted standards...
Nice size
Round shape
Highest quality fills ~refers to the paint filled within
the capsule.
Thinner shells ~ helps to maximize
breaking, instead of bouncing, resulting in far more
eliminations.
Proper size and shape of the paintball is imperative for
accuracy. This also helps when the
paintball comes in contact with a player, because it
breaks on
impact instead of bouncing.
A paintball has no minimum weight requirement, but a
paintball shouldn't weigh more than 3.4 grams, this is
in accordance with the ASTM (The
American Society for Testing and Materials).
~ How
Many Paintballs Come In A
Case? ~
Generally paintballs come in 50 -
2000 rounds in a case. Most
companies usually sell cases by 500, 1000, and 2000
lot.
Depending on how trigger happy you are, you could
easily fire 1000 rounds in a day. Prices can vary from
$20 (usually practice paint) to $100 for high
quality evil paintballs.
~ How Should You Store Your Paintballs? ~
Paintballs are very susceptible to heat,
and moisture.
When it's hot the
paintball can swell up and start to deform. That's why it is
important that you keep your paintballs sealed at room temperature or in a
cool dry place away from the sun.
Note: Folks ~ freezing
paintballs is a myth!
~ How Fast Do Paintballs Travel? ~
Paintballs are the projectiles that discharge from
your Paintball Marker. This is pretty shocking so
brace yourself... are you
ready for it? You sure you're ready for it? ok, here
goes.... Paintballs blast out of your marker
at 300 fps (feet per second) that's, 200 mph!
Isn't that insane?
The rule of thumb here is that no paintball gun
should fire paintballs faster than 300 fps, but just to be on
the
safe side, most, if not all paintball fields will require you to
measure the speed using achronograph.
A Chronograph measures the velocity of a
paintball as it leaves the barrel. Players
that don't use a chronograph before playing risk
seriously injuring another player. This is actually
frowned upon in the paintball community and is not acceptable. Actually the only time that players are really even injured in paintball is in un-regulated woodsball fields with no chronographs.
As a general rule 285
fps is what your paintball gun should be clocked
at, that way there's some leeway for some up and down
air fluctuations. The reason for the speed being
at or around 285 fps is because paintball
masks are only meant to withstand a paintball flying
at 300 fps (of course it's a little higher than this,
but this is for your own safety).
When you hit or tag a
player and it breaks, that player is eliminated from the
game.
~ OUCH! ~
This guy from a talk radio show
gets drilled by a lot of paintballs
~ Are All Paintballs Created
Equal? ~
Paintballs vary slightly in sizes from .43.68 to
.71 caliber, but generally they're produced at a
.68 caliber, that's roughly the size of a small
marble. They also come in .43 caliber. Manufacturers must make sure that the
barrel diameter is larger than the paintball itself,
this way the paintball can smoothly exit the
barrel.
Also when you buy paintballs that are blue on the outside and red on
the inside, do not be surprised! Just because you end up buying a blue
colored paintball, doesn't mean that the dye inside the shell will be
blue.
Yes you can eat a paintball and live, because
they are non-toxic and water based. But why would you eat one? (silly
rabbit).
This guy tried out 9 different kinds of paintballs,
hilarious to watch this guy! please don't try this!
~ Reusable Balls? ~
A reusable ball is a paintball that has no paint
inside of it. These types of balls come in rubber or
Velcro. The intended purpose of this was to
offer players and teams a cheaper alternative for
practice. They were also produced for indoor
paintball arena's, because real paintballs make a big mess (some indoor paintball places
still play with real paint).
Reusable
balls weigh much less than there counterpart, but
are roughly the same size. They tend to be
more costly, but this is only because you can reuse
them over and over again, definitely saving you
money in the end. Re-Usable Balls
Reusable balls are shot at a lower velocity than
normal paintballs. Because normal paintballs break
on contact and limit the pain you feel, reusable balls
have to be shot at a lower speed (because were not
playing protesters and riot cops here).
Note:Do not reuse real paintballs off the
ground (unless of course you just dove into a bunker
and your pod busted wide open), they are probably
weakened from moisture and or temperature. These can
plug up your barrel or even mess up the internal
mechanisms of your marker.
Playing paintball in the cold, are you serious?
Brrrrr.. You can choose a type of paintball
for serious cold conditions, though this is more for the
hardcore type of player.
They're what you call Winter Fill Paintballsin
that they are specifically designed for super cold
conditions like that of Alaska or even the Northern Part
of Canada (yes I'm sure it gets cold where you live
too, but I can't name everywhere in the world where it's
cold!).
These paintballs have a much tougher shell and have
less water filling, this is to prevent getting the
biggest and most painful welts
paintballs can dish out. So if you're super
hardcore, I'd contemplate getting these bad boyz (yes
that's boys spelt with a "z").
~ Does It Hurt? ~
When you get tagged by a paintball
traveling at over 200 mph, it's going to cause
some discomfort (to say the very least). But hey,
that's why we play paintball!
Remember gym class in school? The big guy that
always whipped you with a wet towel? That's the
sensation of being hit by a paintball (I will get my
revenge dude). At first it stings
pretty bad, but that only lasts mere seconds and you're
left with a welt (don't worry, you can show
off your battle wounds to the ladies later, hot shot).
Some shots, although it's rare, can really tear up
the skin, but this is only because some players don't
wear the proper Paintball
Gear.
Now don't let this deter you from actually playing paintball. This is what makes
Paintball the
3rd most extreme sport in the world today. If you can't take a little pain then you should go back to playing laser tag with your computer buddies.
~ Don't Try This At Home ~
This guy decides to take a bunch of paintballs to the body, is he crazy? You decide...
~ Paintball Packages ~
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Guns n Gear ~
More
often than not the higher the price the
better
the paintball. With a more expensive paintball,
the manufacturing process is carefully monitored and
very rigorous standards are adhered to. Here's what
you can expect from these tight constricted standards...
Paintballs are very susceptible to heat,
and moisture.
safe side, most, if not all paintball fields will require you to
measure the speed using a
