Choosing a paintball gun can be a hard thing to do. There are so many options and things to consider when choosing a paintball marker. We are going to break it down into a few easy to use guidelines to think of when you are shopping for your new paintball gun.

First, Decide a price limit. This is one of the most important things to consider when shopping. Decide a good price you are comfortable spending on a marker. This can be from $100.00 to $2,000 and everything in between. One of the worst things you can do is spend too much money on a marker.

Second decide what format of paintball you like to play. Do you enjoy the excitement of a scenario game that only woods ball can bring you? Or maybe you enjoy the fast paced high speed action of speed ball. This will help determine what type of gun you will want to buy.

If you want to focus on woodsball, you will probably want a gun from a company like Battle Tested or Tippmann products. These companies specialize in this form of paintball making some of the coolest and realistic looking military style guns on the market. Both of these companies make a very high quality product that you cant go wrong with.

Maybe woodsball isn’t you thing? maybe you like the tournament style play we know as speedball. There are a couple different forms of speedball such as xball, 7man, etc. This is a fast paced high intensity sport. If you are looking for a gun for this style of play, your options are endless. When your looking for a gun in this category you may want to look for a gun with certain characteristics. First, you will want a gun that is light and compact. In speedball everything is about staying tight in your bunker and a long heavy gun makes this hard to do. Secondly, you will want a gun with the firing modes you need to play different formats. For example if you wanted to play an xball tournament, you marker will need to be capped at 13.3 BPS, If you are playing the millennium series, its 12 BPS. However don’t choose a gun solely on its firing modes as most guns can be upgraded to handle every type of firing mode you may need.

Remember, purchasing a paintball gun will be one of the most costly paintball [http://www.h4paintball.com] purchases you will make. A marker is the key part of your game and with all of the different types of guns on the market, it really helps to do your homework.

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