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Paintball is like many sports out there today. It is hard to compete at the same level as others unless you have the right equipment in your gear bag. Here we’ll focus on a few of the ‘must have’ items in paintball and explain why it’s important to spend the extra buck on them.
Paintball Goggle System – Many times paintball goggles are your only line of defense against an oncoming paintball. Paintball masks are specially designed for use in paintball. They are tested and must comply with certain safety standards required for use in paintball. They use special lenses and certain grades of plastic to ensure that the face and ears are properly protected. Using anything other than a ‘paintball’ designed mask is just asking for trouble. There are different pricing levels of goggles on the market. Buying a paintball mask with a thermal lens is money well spent. Thermal lenses will reduce the chances of fogging when things get hot inside the mask or when temperatures are very cold outside. They perform much better than standard ‘anti-fog’ coated single lenses. Although buying a thermal goggle system is a little more money, ask anyone who’s experienced a day when his or her goggles would not stop fogging. It’s one of the most frustrating and dangerous things in paintball.
Paintball Gun – It goes without saying that you get what you pay for. The more a paintball gun costs, the more features it will likely have. Buy a gun on the top end of your budget. Electronic guns are more affordable than every before. Purchasing an electronic gun will allow you to achieve different firing modes as well as higher rates of fire due to the electronic trigger frame. Most electronic guns will prevent ball breaks as well. Some paintball guns contain a device called an ‘eye’. It will disable the trigger if a ball is not in the receiver, this is especially important with balls that are partially loaded. Disabling the trigger prevents the gun from firing thereby preventing a ball to be broken inside the gun.
Air System – Most paintball players use CO2 as their primary air source. CO2 tanks are reusable, very affordable and can be filled just about anywhere. There is a better alternative to CO2. Compressed air paintball tanks (otherwise known as Nitro Tanks) use compressed air as the propellant. Using compressed air eliminates some of the annoying characteristics of CO2 such as gun freeze-up and extreme changes in ball velocity. Compressed Air does not have to convert into a gas to power the marker. This allows the compressed air tank to deliver a constant pressure to the marker producing more consistent, accurate shooting. A compressed air paintball tank is the tank of choice for competition level players. Most guns on the market are designed to accept either CO2 or Compressed Air with no modification at all.
Loader – Your paintball gun will only shoot as fast as your hopper will load regardless of the gun’s firing capacity. Standard hoppers are nothing more than storage bins that hold paintballs and allow them to fall into the receiver via gravity. An electronic loader or a force-feed mechanic loader will shuttle balls into the gun quicker, allowing for faster loading and more consistent high-rate firing. Finding the perfect gun-to-loader match is easy. Choose a loader with a loading capacity that will meet or exceed the high-end bps (balls per second) rating of your marker.
Paintballs – We can’t stress this enough: don’t buy cheap paintballs. Lousy paintballs can turn even a thousand dollar marker into a paint sprayer. Better paintballs have a better shell, a more consistent size and higher quality fill. To a varying degree, high-end paintballs are made to resist some of the factors that affect quality like moisture and temperature. The difference between good paint and cheap paint will weigh heavily on your level of enjoyment during a day in the field.
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Ever since the game of paintball was invented in the 1980s, it has become one of the most popular sports today. It is an exciting game that simulates military combat using paintballs and paintball guns. These are the two important pieces of equipment that set the sport apart from other outdoor sports. The paintball gun is the primary device or firearm used by the player to shoot or mark an opposing player with paint.
A paintball gun looks like a replica of a firearm. It uses a propellant – a rapidly expanding gas – such as carbon dioxide or air to force the paintball through the gun’s barrel with a velocity of roughly 300 ft/s. This is the recommended velocity that is implemented – strong enough to cause the paintballs to burst upon impact but not fast enough to cause injuries.
A paintball gun is also called a paintball marker. It has 4 major components: the body, hopper, tank and barrels. The body of the paintball gun contains its firing mechanism. There are 4 kinds of paintball gun firing systems. These types include electro-pneumatic, which is electronically controlled using a battery to drive its motors. The electro-pneumatic paintball gun is able to fire multiple rounds such as three or six shot bursts and fully automatic. The mechanical firing system uses springs while the gas powered firing system uses pressurized gases.
The hopper is the mechanism that holds the paintball in place for the marker to fire. The tank holds the compressed gas that is used to propel the paintballs through the gun’s barrel. Meanwhile, paintball marker barrels come in a variety of lengths with varying effects. There are many varieties of paintball guns that a player can choose.
If you are a first time player you can rent a paintball gun. Serious players will want to have the best paintball guns with high capacity, power and performance. The cost of a paintball gun depends on the pressure system that the gun uses. If you are planning to buy a paintball marker, you should devote some time and effort to research about which paintball guns are affordable, dependable, and high performing.
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Gadgets and Gear
Paintball gear should be designed for quick and efficient game play. A beginning paintball player who is looking into buying equipment has a few primary things to consider. Here is an introduction to the types and varieties of gear that will be helpful to paintballing:
Hoppers – In a real gun, what is known as a hopper would be called a magazine. The majority of hoppers feed the paintballs in through the top of the marker (aka gun). However, there are some hoppers that feed the markers through the side. Those that fit on top of the markers are usually the most effective, due to the fact they use the natural effects of gravity to feed the markers. Of course, as with all manmade equipment, problems can occur. The hoppers that fit on top of the markers can sometimes jam at the neck of the marker. When this occurs, the barrel of the gun gets clogged and the marker will “dry fire.” This means the gun will fire, but no paintballs will come out. Avoiding this situation in the midst of a game is a must for success. A spring loaded hopper is often used by the people who have a problem with this. The spring loaded hoppers significantly decrease the possibility that paintballs will jam inside of the marker. Propellants – There are two types of propellants used in most kinds of paintball guns – CO2 and High Pressure Air. High Pressure Air (aka N2) is the superior propellant to use. C02 has a tendency to form crystals in the tank, which makes the gun freeze on the inside. Those who use N2 do not need to deal with this problem. CO2 is typically less expensive than N2, but N2 is a more effective type of paintball gear. Masks – One of the most important things that a person can have when playing paintball is a good mask. The best masks usually include a thermal lens. A thermal lens mask can be effective for most paintball players thanks to the fact that they help a person avoid having a lens fog up while they are out on the battlefield. Most masks cost in the range of $20-$150. The more a person pays for a mask, the more likely he or she is to find an effective mask. Although there are expensive pieces of clothing that a person playing paintball could purchase, the fact is that this is not exactly necessary most of the time. If a person plays with an organized group that plays often, there is a chance that a person will want to coordinate with others who play to make sure that the team is on the same page. However, casual players do not need to do so much. In fact, all that the person playing needs to have is a few layers of clothing when playing. By dressing in layers, a player can minimize the amount of bruises he will have the next day. Ammo – Buying paintballs in bulk is a good idea. A person who plays paintball a lot is going to need thousands of paintballs anyway, therefore it makes sense to simply get as many paintballs as he or she can for a smaller price per paintball. Each individual paintball costs a matter of a few cents. One of these singles is the cheapest item paintball gear that can be purchased.
By: Anne Clarke About the Author:
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for Web sites on parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background also includes teaching, gardening, and recreation. For more of her useful articles on paintball equipment, please visit
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