The Paintball Gun – A Beginner’s Guide to Recreational and Speedball Guns

kevin asked:


The choices can be overwhelming for a paintball beginner.. So, to simplify, there are two main game types: recreational and speedball. You need to know about these to decide the sort of player you want to be and, therefore, what paintball gun features you will need.

Recreational

Recreational markers are used to play paintball games over a large area, often woods or fields. Scenario paintball is played in an area made to replicate a chosen landscape. Woodsball, as the name suggests, is played in a wooded area. Tactical paintball is a strategic game with a variety of rules.

Sniper paintball guns are for recreational players to shoot accurately over long distances. They often have long barrels that can cause the paintball to spin, thus increasing its distance.

Speedball

Speedball paintball guns are used in more confined areas, often utilising bunkers and obstacles. These games are of shorter duration as the players are within close proximity of each other. Camouflage, therefore, isn’t a consideration, so the markers are more visual and come in a wide variety of colours and designs.

X Ball is a type of speedball game for which any standard speedball paintball gun will suffice.
Recreational and speedball markers have the same internal mechanism; the differences are external only. Recreational guns are generally camouflaged or darker in colours. They often resemble real guns; some have been designed to replicate guns from historic battles. Speedball guns are lighter, smaller and more colourful.

You need a paintball gun that fits the sort of player you are e.g. front, cover or sniper. A front player needs a light, easy to handle gun. A cover player needs a big hopper and air supply. A sniper may need a longer barrel with a scope.

Markers can range in price from $50 to over $1000 depending on quality and features. You don’t need to spend too much money on your first paintball gun. You can upgrade it as and when you need to without difficulty. Try renting or borrowing a range of markers before you make a purchase to find one that is suitable for you and feels right. You should expect to pay around $200 for a gun that will give sufficient performance for a beginner’s needs.

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Sniper Paintball Guns

kevin asked:


Sniper paintball guns are used by recreational players who want a gun that shoots accurately over a long distance. Recreational games are played over large areas including woods and fields.; they have several variants.

Scenario paintball is played in an area which replicates a chosen landscape.

Tactical paintball has a variety of rules and rewards strategic play.

Woodsball paintball is played in a wooded area.

So, what are the features of a sniper marker?

Recreational guns, including sniper paintball guns, have similar internal operations. They are generally dark in colour or camouflaged. They are often designed to look like real guns. They are bigger and heavier than guns used in speedball games.

Sniper paintball guns often have longer barrels than other gun types. To increase the firing distance, some barrels have a texture that causes the paintball to spin. Most barrels have rails on top of them. This allows you to fit a scope so you can have your target in a more precise line of sight. This is ideal for a sniper player covering a long distance.You can also fit a red dot laser light to the rail to add to the realism of the scenario.

Sniper paintball guns should have an adjustable stock allowing them to fit against your shoulder comfortably. The adjustable stock will enable it to be moved into the right position for you. The sniper gun is big and heavy, so it also needs a comfortable grip. Many guns have a pistol grip rather than fit your hand like a rifle. You need to choose a grip that feels right for you.

Sniper paintball guns don’t need big hoppers/loaders or a large air supply. Some players enjoy the classic pump action markers that need to be re-cocked after each shot. Other sniper markers are either fully or semi-automatic enabling you to take repeated multiple shots at your target. Some guns have a ramping feature that switches the gun from one setting to another depending on how you pull the trigger.

Some cartridges can hold 100 paintballs, others may only hold 20 rounds. You need to reload less often with a cartridge that holds a lot of ammo making your reaction time quicker.

One of the most exciting positions in the paintball game is that of the sniper. Game strategies vary with each opponent and their positioning. Good sniper paintball guns make a great difference to a player’s success. Paintball supplies on the market allow you to upgrade any standard paintball marker into a sniper rifle, which is a good way of keeping the costs down.

 



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What’s the difference between Speedball and Woodsball? And what the heck is Scenario Paintball?

Mark Etinger asked:


There are basically two ways to Paintball. One is Speedball and the other is Woodsball.  Didn’t know that? Starting to get that Paintball addiction? Well it’s time for you to learn a thing or two.

Speedball and Woodsbal are two special variants of paintball. If you’re just an amateur paintballer, you’ve probably used those commercial paintball parks, the parks that charge you loads of money and let you fool around like a little child.

Then there’s us, paintballers who think paintball should be played in the wild. We pick our own teams and create our own rules. We’re the Woodsballers.

Woodsball is the real deal. It’s called woodsball because, Mr. Sherlock, we play it in the woods. There are no fences, no limits, you can be in the game or run home for your mommy. We use the outdoors, relay on nature, the woods are bunkers and rocks are hideouts. All you need is a gun, some paintballs and probably a couple of your paintballing friends. Want to get in? Try these possible games and scenarios:

•    Elimination – As sweet and simple as it sounds. Kill everybody. By yourself or with a team. Only the strong survive.

•    Capture the Flag – If you’re looking for some tactics, try CTF.  Use flag stations and collect more flags, or have just one flag for each team and claim it for victory.  

•    Assault! Get yourselves into two teams. Let one team protect their territory and let the other charge. The attackers should try to eliminate their opponents or take hold of their territory.

Then there’s Speedball. This form of paintball was created mostly for professional competitive paintball and provides a standard field and better viewing possibilities. If you thought that paintball is just for fun, some professional speedballers would probably disagree – speedball turned into a real competitive sport, with teams, coaches, uniforms, merchandizing, sponsorships and the whole shebang.

In speedball, there are between 2 to 10 players in a team. The professional speedballers use smaller guns, because speedball tends to be, well, speedy. Also, the small size of the field makes it hard to camouflage yourself, and there has to be rapid movement and constant communication between the team members.

Scenario Paintball is basically a couple of paintballers who really want to fight in Vietnam. Or on the Enterprise ship. Or just add any theme to their game of paintball. Most of the scenario paintball games are played large-scale with huge crowds and themes like D-Day.  

If you’re into starting your own team of woodballers or even a professional team of speedballing, it is always recommended to carry the best and safest equipment. So before you go on battle, go online to www.choicepaintballguns.com and check out some discounted paint ball guns. At www.choicepainballguns.com you can get the accuracy you’re looking for, faster fire power, the perfect upgrades for your current paintball gun, as well as kits, supplies, ammo and lots of fun accessories – all sold at discount prices. We can help you take your paintball game into the next level.

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4 Paintball Games you Can Have Some Real Fun With!

Art Luff asked:


Paintball games have grown in diversity, developing into an assortment of tournaments and games. As its popularity grows so do the number of folks that try it. If you haven’t tried your hand at the paintball game, loosen up and don’t deprive yourself of some real fun. I’ve compiled a short list below. There are more but this should peak your interest.

Capture the Flag

2 Strategies:

1. Played by two teams, where each team has a flag and the objective of both teams is to capture or seize the opponent’s flag and carry it to your team’s starting point.

2. Another way is by eliminating the opposing team entirely.

Each team has to defend their base and simultaneously dispatch team players to eliminate the opponent and capture their flag.

These games are usually played in the forest; bunkers and structures can be put up throughout the area.

Scenario Paintball

This is a paintball game with a theme set up behind it: there are an endless number of themes that can be created making the game feel and look very realistic. There are a number of players; in many cases as many as a hundred are involved in each team.

Each team gets the theme (storyline) a day before the start of the game. There are usually two teams participating, having the general as a team’s leader.

Each player is given a role and they should work together as a team in order to carry out and win an assigned mission. Props in accordance with the theme are introduced and distributed throughout the field. There are questions asked in connection with the theme and points are awarded for correct answers.

These points are totaled at the conclusion of the game and the team having the most number of points wins.

Backyard

This can be played right at your own backyard, a friend’s empty property or at times any property but you must as you get permission first. You gather your friends to form a group and then conceptualize your own game which typically is capture the flag.

Speedball

Also called Center Flag, the speedball field is designed with many huge bunkers; usually inflatables filled with air that are shaped similar to big snakes, soda cans, water tanks etc.

Here, a team can be composed of between three to ten players in a game. There is only one flag that is involved and it is located at the center of a field. The two teams start at each end of the field and attempt to gain possession of the flag at the center and carry it to their bunker. The team that does this successfully wins.

Paintball Tournaments can surely challenge the “soldier” in you. Tournaments attract many spectators of all ages, as it is a very exciting game to watch. The sport of paintball has a distinct and accurate set of rules that are strictly followed. The producer of the tournament is the absolute authority in regard to either an alteration or addition to the rules; marshals oversee the event, and their decision is always final.

There must be a lot of team work involved, as everyone moves through the field. As a team member moves, there should be others to guard and keep watch and give off covering shots when necessary. A team that moves together with a common objective will have a great chance of succeeding in this game.

Communication in the field is also very important. A team-mate can shout the position of the opponent. The moment that a player is seen, the game for that player is up; so there is no reason for you to keep quite; instead, inform the others the location of the enemy.

The excitement of this game concludes when you are seen and eliminated – a situation that all team players struggle to avoid.

Give it a shot!



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Popular Paintball Games

Andri Irawan asked:


As paintball improved and became popular, many individuals tried their abilities at it; giving rise to the assortment and diversity of paintball tournaments and games.

Recreational or Capture the Flag

Played by two teams, where each team has a flag and the objective of both teams is to capture or seize the opponent’s flag and carry it to your team’s starting point. This is one way for your team to win and another way is by eliminating the opposing team entirely.

Each team has to defend their base and simultaneously dispatch team players to eliminate the opponent and capture their flag.

These games are usually played in the forest; bunkers and structures can be put up throughout the area.

Scenario Paintball

This is a paintball game with a theme set up behind it: there are an endless number of themes that can be created making the game feel and look very realistic. There are a number of players; in many cases as many as a hundred are involved in each team.

Each team gets the theme (storyline) a day before the start of the game. There are usually two teams participating, having the “general” as a team’s leader.

Each player is given a role and they should work together as a team in order to carry out and win an assigned mission. Props in accordance with the theme are introduced and distributed throughout the field. There are questions asked in connection with the theme and points are awarded for correct answers.

These points are totaled at the conclusion of the game and the team having the most number of points wins.

Backyard

This can be played right at your own backyard, a friend’s empty property or at times any property but you must as you get permission first. You gather your friends to form a group and then conceptualize your own game which typically is “capture the flag”.

Speedball

Also called “Center Flag”, the speedball field is designed with many huge bunkers; usually “inflatables” filled with air that are shaped similar to big snakes, soda cans, water tanks etc.

Here, a team can be composed of between three to ten players in a game. There is only one flag that is involved and it is located at the center of a field. The two teams start at each end of the field and attempt to gain possession of the flag at the center and carry it to their bunker. The team that does this successfully wins.

Paintball can surely challenge the “soldier” in you. Give it a shot!

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The Many Genres of Paintball

Mike Mitchell asked:


Paintball, while extremely fun and invigorating, isn’t the end all to be all of the game. There around about six different genres of paintball play including, scenario paintball, woodsball, tournament, tourney ball and speedball. To further the point, speedball itself can be subcategorized into airball and hyperball. This article is going to go over these genres and explain what fun they provide.

Woodsball

It is said that woodsball is the birth of paintball. As the name describes the game is played in the woods. The primal and natural setting adds much more dimension to the paintball played in a controlled arena. Since the game is played au natural, it is a game of stealth and requires the players to stalk their opponents. The area the game is played in offers the capacity for dozens and dozens of players.

Keeping quiet, playing possum and keeping watch are the strategies woodsball players excel in having. Being sneaky is imperative because paintball markers (guns) are really loud when they are fired and as a result the players will do everything possible to avoid that. There are markers that act the same way a silencer acts for a real gun by offering a much quieter release. Any obstacle to upholding the secrecy of a team’s location is sure to be averted and a player’s accuracy when firing is quintessential in this effort.

The great thing about woodsball is that the players can custom fit their theme to their imaginations. They aren’t forced to conform to a scenario and have free range to dream up any character and story they wish!

Speedball

This form of the game is as its name bluntly suggests, fast! It’s not played on a broad field rather speedball is held in close accommodations like around the size of a high school indoor basketball court. The same props used to offer players shelter from their opponents are used in speedball and are evenly placed to offer both teams places to duck and cover.

Unlike in woodsball, the players shoot like there’s no tomorrow and are usually closer to their intended targets. Due to its quick style, speedball is a surefire way to practice your aloofness and dexterity. Because of this, this style of paintball is normally used for paintball training.

Scenario

Scenario paintball is a lot like woodsball. It’s based on specific scenario and the players each have roles to play. This sort of paintball play usually involves a great deal of players and is done on a very large field and lasts way longer than traditional paintball or speedball, commonly lasting for days at a time.

Airball and Hyperball

Airball is a form of speedball that is very common and highly popularized. Hyperball uses different types of markers made up of uneven pipes. Both Airball and hyperball is played on a rectangular shaped field.

Of all the possible ways to play, paintball has become a highly sought after game and widely played sport. Pick your poison. For the super athletic and fast paced speedball may be for you. With the sneaky may prefer a game woodsball. No matter the genre you choose be safe and have fun.



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