Paintballing

This guide was made by the Special Ops Paintball community. I am posting it because I have noticed that some people don't realize what paintball really is.

This was found at -

http://forum.specialopspaintball.com/index.php?showtopic=58518

EDIT-- This is no longer in the green contest.

Step 1: Table of contents

1. The Gun Itself
a. Gun Maintenance
2. A New Barrel
3. Camouflage
4. The Mask
5. Sights & Scopes
6. Stocks
7. The Blackcell...The Future of Woodsball?
8. Mental Tactics
9. Tactics & Strategies
a. Communication
b. Wedge Formation & leap frogging
c. Flanking
d. Shadowboxing
e. Cover/Suppressive fire.
f. Blitzkrieg
10. Miscellaneous
a. What Makes the Player
b. Snap Shooting
c. Remote Coils
d. Game Types
e. Buying a squeegee
f. Physical Fitness
g. Peripheral Vision
h. Patience
i. Mini Tips
j. Chronographs
k. Speedball & Woodsball
l. Sound Testing
m. Web Dog Radio
n. Awareness
o. Aiming. Down the side of the gun or Above?
11. Further Notes

Notes: Under "The Gun Itself", there is information on the difference between co2 and HPA

Comments

[Da Person who plays paintball.]

About your matching barrel bore to paint size, no. Underbore is the best. (in efficiency, all barrels are just as accurate.)


Bore size can affect efficiency and consistency.

Underbore - increased efficiency, good consistency (don't go smaller than .007" under the paint though; .004-.005" is your target for underboring)

Paint to barrel match - less efficiency than underbore, and less consistency

Overbore - worst efficiency of the bunch (only about 7% worse though), and will have good consistency, matching that of the underbore.

*Stolen from andrewthwookie on TechPB

If you need more info, you could sign up on TechPB to post a question.

[Hitman227]

What's the whole mentality of speed ball? Why waste 100 paintballs while with a nice upgraded tippmann you only need one?

[Molybdenum]

Speed ball is fast, competitive, and intense.

With a nice upgraded tippmann you have a setup that shoots the same as any regulated "speedball marker", but slower, heavier, and at a higher cost.

[Hitman227]

Ok. I can understand the fun of playing speedball, As I have played it before. But why pay so much for a gun and use so many paintballs? One guy I played with bought a $1800 gun. Why?

[Molybdenum]

Just because an $1800 gun is available doesn't mean you have to buy it. I shoot a used etek that I got for $190. It does exactly the same thing as your tipmann (plus some) in a smaller, lighter, and more versatile package.

You may use more paint in a shot amount of time, but speedball games last about 60 seconds. I shoot the same amount playing woodsball as I do speed ball for that reason, but woodsball ends up being more expensive because I was lucky enough to get on a college team, and practices tend to be cheap. Last time I played airball I shot a half case, and for the whole day I spent $35. The same thing cost me $50 at the local woodsball field.

[Hitman227]

Ok, but woods ballers enjoy using a tippmann, BT ect. because of the realisim(not to mention anything you can do with a speed ball gun can be done with a tippmann ect).
I think that speed ball and woods ball should remain woods ball and speed ball. If speed ball starts to mix than everybody wants an ego or a spyder and the point is lost. Im not arguing that one or the other is better there just different. I curently have a pair of dye i4's on my list even though there ment for speed ball. Woods ball is fun, speed ball is fun. I just wanted to understand your reasoning. the end.

[Molybdenum]

I mostly agree, but there are lots of things you can do with a speedball gun (speedball comes to mind) that you would have trouble doing with a woodsball gun. Those of us that want to play both don't always have the money to have a separate setup for woods and airball, so we use speedball guns in the woods.

Its just that, after 6 years of paintball, I get frustrated when people hate on tournament setups for their price, then assume it suddenly stops working if you take it off the airball field. It's more expensive because it performs better, and it still works in the woods.

This guy pretty much sums up what I'm trying to say:
http://www.youtube.com/user/paintballtechpb#p/search/2/eYcWF-2Hc9k

[Hitman227]

I agree.

[Molybdenum]

I just realized two things about that video: the advice is a bit out dated, and there is a bit of swearing. I can't edit it out of my post. Sorry all.

[Hitman227]

Ok.

[knex luver234]

paintball is an awsome sport, my friends and i got into it 3 years ago, and play nearly everyweekend, i definutly recomed woodsball over speedball as it is a huge waist of paint. i recomend using the 98, or 98 custom pro, as they are a highly durable, and well built gun. they are customisable, add a flatline barrel, its a snper, add a response trigger, its an automatic "bunker buster" like i said, i have played for several years and love the sport. before paintball i was involved in airsot, i wanted to be a sniper, and bought 4 different high end guns, but never found the accuracy i wanted....so when i got involved in paintball, i bought a flatline barrel, and a sixpoint stock for my 98 custom pro......i was blown away at my accuracy and distance power. i was hitting people a couple hindred feet away, no joke.....i love paintball and hope this coment helps someone come to love it to

[cantrell8]

I am looking at the Syder XTRA can you tell me if it is a good gun or not?

[audio8448]

do you know anything about the wgp worr mechanical paintball gun? i have seen some good reviews and bad ones

[xXxMattThePossumxXx]

not my cup of tea. but autocockers are very reputable, durable and accurate

[#9EJV]

paintball is wayyyyyyy better it hurts bad but its fun gets your adreniline goin (i dont think i spelt that right)

[BobicusIX]

I think it is spelled "adrenalin" but I'm not sure. also "spelt" is not a word its "spelled"

[#9EJV]

my bad for not bein able to spell right ha

[mg0930mg]

adrenaline. I believe.

[BobicusIX]

Hey 1st I have gone paintballing, man thats fun, and 2nd how long did it take for you to make this? Even I probably wouldn't have written this much (but great advice)

[mg0930mg]

He copied it from a website.

[BobicusIX]

which website?

Otherwise, it is only fair to say that he did actually make it.

[mg0930mg]

It says right in the intro that he got it from a forums website, specialops.

[BobicusIX]

Lol, sorry. I havent looked at this instructable for a while. thanks.

[mg0930mg]

It's fine, we're human, we skip over things sometimes.

[Pat Sowers]

nice instructable you did a good job! I'm the sniper on my team and i use a scope (my gun shoots straight at long range to the point i can use a scope)For cammo i use BDU'S there durable and the work well. Here is a pic of my gun. (friend has my m-16 stock right now sry its not on it makes the gun look sooooooooooo nice. and the fact it saves my ass all the time with quick shooting)

[mg0930mg]

Scopes are pointless....

[Pat Sowers]

honestly they work great you just have to know how to use them. mine only has a 2x zoon because im not shooting ove 150 feet but my scope is perfect for my gun.

[Pat Sowers]

i dont know why but it wont let me share my photos i will try again later.

[Ghostpilot]

There have always been a little rivalry between paintball and airsoft on what sport is the most green. Paintballs as you pointed out is biodegradeable, the standard airsoft pellet is not. There is so called bio-ammo for airsoft too, but none I know who play airsoft wants to use them. Airsoft markers can be driven by battery, gas and spring/muscle power, while paintball markers usually use Co2 or compressed air. Depending on which "angle" to view from one source may appear more green than the other, but even batteries are not so earth friendly after they run out. I know some of the gas powered airsoft pistols use something called green gas, but I am not sure what it actually is. As far as the "green or not green" question, I guess it depends on what you compare with. At least more green than any motor sport, I would say. PS. I have to add that I am a bit partial to paintball is this because I am a paintball player myself, but I tried to give as unbiased info as possible.

[oniman7]

I am more an airsoft player myself ( never been paintballing ) but airsoft makes more sense for me. First off, there are a couple of things you need to know. 1) The batteries that airsoft guns run off of are rechargeable and can get hundreds of charges. I myself am not sure what green gas is exactly, but a lot of people buy propane adapters instead. Not sure quite how "green" it is. I wish there was a way to blend paintball and airsoft. You can buy 6mm paintballs for airsoft guns, but they tend to jam in the inside and break, potentially ruining a $300 gun.

[mg0930mg]

Paintball atteries can be rechargeable too.

[Ghostpilot]

 So the battery-arguments kind of takes eachother out then.
As for myself, I didn't so much as giving the question "green or not" even a second of thought, when I first started to play paintball.
It was more a question on what I thought was more fun, if choosing between paintball and airsoft.

I wasn't so attracted to all that mil-sim stuff of airsoft, as that tend to cost quite a lot of money.
In the end it wasn't even that that tipped my descision twoards paintball.
It was the fact that, I in my own oppinion got more adrenalin flowing in a game of paintball than in a game of airsoft. That together with the general comradery in the local paintball group I tried playing with, made me pursue paintball over airsoft. No guilt or remorse what so ever.

You know what they say. Whaterver floats your boat.
As for the green or not green issue. I think I can avoid thinking of that as long as I do good for the enviroment in other ways. If I donate some money every now and then to save the rainforest or something simmilar, I can justify the fact that I "pollute" some when I play paintball, don't you think?

[mg0930mg]

I completely agree.

[disturbedreaper]

ive played bolth i find paintball funner(alot more adreanilan) but more expensive but airsoft has some cool looking guns as for green gas i heard it is derived from propane but im not sure

[xACIDITYx]

Yeah, green gas has nothing to do with "going green".

[sergentslaughter]

if you use a spring paintball than you don't have to worry as much about the paintballs (6mm) jamming...but they will still jam but not as much

[oniman7]

I'm sorry, do you mean spring airsoft gun? I am talking about paint balls made for airsoft guns specifically.

[sergentslaughter]

Yeah I mean a spring airsoft gun. It has some thing to do with the clip I believe

[Ghostpilot]

To reply my own comment. The topic at hand here is kind of de-railing twoards which one is greener. Lets just agree that neither sport will help save the planet. They are just sports that will keep you fit and let you have fun at the same time.

[rdam]

green gas is propane it is the same i use propane for my airsoft pistol instead its cheaper