by ridr4lif » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:50 pm
mikechec9 wrote:now this is right up my alley. :excited:
i've always wanted to get into paint guns, but i live in atlanta and chicago. not too many woods or courses around either one.
i've settled for a "meager" collection of .308, .45, .40, 9, and .223's (all began with a couple of air guns as a kid).
anyway, is there a site dedicated to paint guns-different types, benefits, features, and pricing?
There are a lot of sites out there on paintball. Im sure if you do a search, you will get tons of info. A pretty decent site that i found is
http://www.xpaintball.com
I havent ordered anything from them, but they carry a lot of stuff.
As for different types of guns, there are basically regular old semi auto guns, and electric guns. Some are more expensive than others, like WDP angels. I guess you could say they are like the Rainbow of paintball. But any tippmann, or spyder electronic can be picked up for pretty cheap and are very effective.
there are also three different types of propellants. CO2, Compressed air/nitro, and propane. CO2 is cheap, but velocity drops off as the tank empties. Nitro is more consistent with speed even when the tank is getting empty. And propane is like an internal combustion engine, but only one gun is using that, the tippmann c-3.
Im sure you could find out a lot more by browsing any old paintball forum. Ive just been doing a lot of research and those are my findings so far.
[quote="mikechec9"]now this is right up my alley. :excited:
i've always wanted to get into paint guns, but i live in atlanta and chicago. not too many woods or courses around either one.
i've settled for a "meager" collection of .308, .45, .40, 9, and .223's (all began with a couple of air guns as a kid).
anyway, is there a site dedicated to paint guns-different types, benefits, features, and pricing?[/quote]
There are a lot of sites out there on paintball. Im sure if you do a search, you will get tons of info. A pretty decent site that i found is [url]http://www.xpaintball.com[/url]
I havent ordered anything from them, but they carry a lot of stuff.
As for different types of guns, there are basically regular old semi auto guns, and electric guns. Some are more expensive than others, like WDP angels. I guess you could say they are like the Rainbow of paintball. But any tippmann, or spyder electronic can be picked up for pretty cheap and are very effective.
there are also three different types of propellants. CO2, Compressed air/nitro, and propane. CO2 is cheap, but velocity drops off as the tank empties. Nitro is more consistent with speed even when the tank is getting empty. And propane is like an internal combustion engine, but only one gun is using that, the tippmann c-3.
Im sure you could find out a lot more by browsing any old paintball forum. Ive just been doing a lot of research and those are my findings so far.