<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
>
> Yeah, I was thinking a long, rifled barrel and a whole bunch of
> pressure. I found a site that said longer barrels just slow down
> the paintball and don't increase accuracy, but I would think that
> increased pressure would compensate. I guess the question is how
> much can you increase the pressure without tearing the paintball
> apart in the barrel? :-)
Here's the thing... Indoors, you usually try and tune the gun so that it
shoots about 120fps, outdoors you try and shoot upwards of 160fps to counter
wind and such. Much over 200fps and you're going to begin breaking balls
inside the gun and you'll end up cutting your session short.
> I was thinking of something with a 3-4' barrel and some insane
> pressure to really be able to reach out. (Obviously you'd have to
> be careful not to shoot someone short range with it.) ;-)
I don't know if you've ever been hit by a paintball, but even at 25 feet
they'll leave a welt (or bruise) and they really hurt. They hurt MORE if
they don't break, and if someone is too far away and you manage to hit them
and it bounces off it's going to be painful. If you start getting way up
there with your pressures you're going to bring a new meaning to "reach out
and touch someone" by putting a paintball through them. You'd be suprised
at the range of a paintball gun straight out of the box.
One thing that we've not discussed yet is safety. In order to play there
needs to be groundrules about gun handling and all that good stuff. You've
got to have an approved mask that covers your whole face as well as ears.
If you get hit in the ear unprotected with a paintball, you're deaf in that
ear. There's no question about it. Same goes for eyes, you get hit in the
eye without goggles, your eye will burst and you're done. I've seen people
get skimmed by a paintball on their face (obviously they weren't wearing a
mask) and it'll rip the skin right off of you. I know a guy that his a
mustache now for that very reason - to cover up a rediculous scar from a
paintball. Barrell plugs/sleeves are very important as well, this way if
you accidentally discharge your weapon in the "safe area" where people
aren't wearing a mask, you won't hurt anyone. Where we played there was a
3-strikes policy. First and second strike caused you to miss 2 games, third
strike and you were done for the day. Safety gear is pretty inexpensive and
can usually be obtained for < $50 at any larger sporting goods store. I
might also suggest wearing a cup... It's saved me from certain death a few
times and now I won't play without one. Granted, you try not to aim there
but paintballs tend to drift in the air pretty good.....
-- - Josh Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L I put on my robe and wizard hat.... www.omg-stfu.com
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