Paintball

jonnyb · Post by **jonnyb** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:09 pm

ridr4lif wrote:I heard the flatline barrell is a waste of money unless you are a sniper. You would probably be better off with your ceramic 12" barrell.

Have you heard of the new tippmann c-3 pump being run off of propane? It works kinda like an internal combustion engine. Apparently it gets 50,000 shots from a single 16 oz. propane canister. They are working on a semi-auto version, but they need a way to expel the heat that the gun produces from the combustion of the propane.

oh, im not going to get the flatline for my 98c, its horrible on the 98c. but ive heard its excellent on the a5.

yea, i heard about the propane gun too. if they can find a way to make it just safe as co2, or nitro, and make it semi auto, i think it would change alot.

those smart part guns you are talking about are probably pretty badass, considering they MSRP $500+

tippmanns are awesome because you can customize it so much. you can turn it into a woodsball gun, or a speedball gun, depending on what you want to do. with the right upgrades it can be pretty lethal. they are also pretty cheap, but a great vaule.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:29 pm

I've never heard the terms Woodsball or Speedball. I imagine Woodsball is just played out in the open or in, well, the woods :P? And is speedball in more of a smaller course? inside? or what?

We have this place called Neverwood. It's $20 for four hours and they have different games and such. Capture the flag, they have one with a bunker...but it's on a bunch of acres about 30mins out of town. Is that woodsball?

jonnyb · Post by **jonnyb** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:05 pm

woodsball is, yea, played in the woods. usually you try to wear camo to blend in. woodsball is more about tactics, and strategy, and trying to sneak up on your opponent. a game we usually play is hide and seek. one team has like 5-10 minutes to hide, while the other team stays at base, and trys to find the other team. first team to elimnate the other team wins. games take anywhere from 15 minutes to 45minutes to play.
speedball is played on a much smaller area. camo isnt nessacary, cause there probably isnt very much natural coverage around. but usually has a freaking bunch of bunkers made out of whatever. they have big inflatable bunkers, or some people use cars, pieces of wood, etc. speedball games last about 5-10minutes, to maybe around 15-20. maybe longer. speedball is much more about the shooting part, you know where your opponent is. there is still alot of stratagey behind speedball, though.

speedball course woodsball course

a good website on woodsball is http://www.specialopspaintball.com

heres a link with a couple of pictures, of a paintball place near me.

also, at most speedball courses, there is a ref.

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:57 pm

jonnyb wrote:oh, im not going to get the flatline for my 98c, its horrible on the 98c. but ive heard its excellent on the a5.

yea, i heard about the propane gun too. if they can find a way to make it just safe as co2, or nitro, and make it semi auto, i think it would change alot.

those smart part guns you are talking about are probably pretty badass, considering they MSRP $500+

tippmanns are awesome because you can customize it so much. you can turn it into a woodsball gun, or a speedball gun, depending on what you want to do. with the right upgrades it can be pretty lethal. they are also pretty cheap, but a great vaule.

i guess you could say the tippmann is the RE of paintball. They are great for the price, and everybody raves about them!

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:28 am

so is this a pretty decent gun? http://cgi.ebay.com/Tippmann-C3-Pump-Pa ... dZViewItem

its a pump so that sucks but it uses propane so that part would be cool. or would this one be better

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Tippmann-A-5-Pa ... dZViewItem

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:16 am

The A-5 is an all around better gun, since it is semi-auto. And the one you showed had the E-grip which allows you to select semi-auti, 3 shot burst, 6 shot burst, and i think fully auto.

The C-3 is a cool gun if you play mostly for fun in the woods and dont live very close to a filling station. Using the propane allows you to get about 50,000 shots off.

I will probably be buying a gun after x-mas sometime when i have a job. Im going to go for either the A-5 or the Model 98. The c-3 is a cool concept, and a lot of hardcore ppl are using them, but i'd rather have the option of playing speedball or woodsball with the gun i buy.

mikechec9 · Post by **mikechec9** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:12 am

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?

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:34 am

wow i never new so many people here had a love for guns like me?

ridr4lif · Post 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.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:56 pm

they have paint ball granades? what fun is that you could like throw 4 of those and win