Our ‘Paintballer’ engraved Zippo lighters are back in stock after being sold out almost immediately around Christmas. Our supply is back in, but still limited – So get yours while you can.
We now have Brush Chrome and Black Ice colors available for purchase. Both looking stunning, and are sure to turn a few heads at the Disco ;).
Get more information and purchase them here.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
It’s complete. Our new website redesign has finally come to a finish. We hope you enjoy our new look so it can better serve your eyes.
We’d like to celebrate the new style with a new addition to PaintballGuns.net… VIDEOS! We will update 5 new paintball videos every day in our videos page.
Suggestions are welcome as well in our forums as well.
Force be with you
Getting Sponsored: The Holy Grail
You might have be the best back player in the world, surrounded by the best teammates you could possibly wish for. You guys click with each other, play to each others strengths, and cover up each others weaknesses. You guys are unstoppable. Unfortunately, you guys can’t afford to play tournament paintball on a professional level. Most people can’t. The cost of paint alone is more than enough to drive most people to bankruptcy, let alone the cost of transportation, lodging, food, and tournament entry cost. Let’s not factor in the opportunity cost of practicing (meaning you can’t be working if you’re practicing for the next tournament).
So you have this great idea of finding a sponsor. You and the other 5000 teams out there. How do you differentiate yourself? How do you actually FIND a sponsor?
“If you want my OPINION as an experienced player (5 years) and an online paintball product reviewer, the Smart Parts Ion is my favorite paintball gun for beginners to novice players. The Ion has everything you need to count on in a competitive tournament, but without the huge price tag that you expect.” – Kyle, PaintballGuns.net
So, to answer our original question of what makes the best paintball gun; we will never really know. Even if a company makes a paintball marker with the best accuracy, best reliability, and the best upgrade-ability, there will always be a group of players that just don’t like the looks, or they had a bad experience with it, or they just think it’s too expensive.
When deciding which gun you’ll want to buy in the near future, do a little research (read reviews, watch videos, etc) on the markers that interest you most. Determine what kind of paintball game you will be playing – whether it’s speedball, woodsball, or scenerio; look into the top 3 best rated paintball guns and then see which one is best for you.
Things to consider and research when buying a new paintball gun:
Accuracy
Gas-efficiency
Upgrade Ability
Value (how much will it resell for used?)
Don’t let any manufacturer’s marketing allow you to believe that they have created the “best paintball gun ever”. Good luck on the field.
So what defines a good paintball gun? There are thousands of requests every month asking “What is the best paintball gun out there?”. First of all, there is no best paintball gun. “Best” is all relative to each and every person – the manufacturers know they can’t please every person, so they tend to target a certain age group by improving their latest gun model’s feature to the maximum.
Take Tippmann, for example. Notice how they’re one of the leading paintball manufacturers on the market today – and they have yet to release a “high-end” paintball gun. Why is this, are they stupid? No. Tippmann markers are targeted more towards the Beginners and Scenario paintball players. Tippmann focuses more on its reliability; since their guns usually take more of a beating.
So, to answer our original question of what makes the best paintball gun; we will never really know. Even if a company makes a paintball marker with the best accuracy, best reliability, and the best upgrade-ability, there will always be a group of players that just don’t like the looks, or they had a bad experience with it, or they just think it’s too expensive.
When deciding which gun you’ll want to buy in the near future, do a little research (read reviews, watch videos, etc) on the markers that interest you most. Determine what kind of paintball game you will be playing – whether it’s speedball, woodsball, or scenerio; look into the top 3 best rated paintball guns and then see which one is best for you.
Things to consider and research when buying a new paintball gun:
Accuracy
Gas-efficiency
Upgrade Ability
Value (how much will it resell for used?)
Don’t let any manufacturer’s marketing allow you to believe that they have created the “best paintball gun ever”. Good luck on the field.
Now we all know the less air you use the more shots and better consistency you get. This is a quick guide to help you get the most of your fills…
What you need:
– Gun
– Air (Co2 or N2)
– About 200 paintballs (1 hopper)
– Allen wrenches (different guns use different size wrenches, so just get a set of all sizes)
– Chronograph (for fine tuning)
Step one
Turn your velocity all the way out. Then turn it two turns in.
Step two
Turn your regulator and LPR (if you have one) as far out as possible
Step three
Slowly turn the reg up a quarter turn then take two or three shots, make note of your velocity
Step four
As soon as the velocity starts to go down then turn the reg back 1/8 and your set to go
*NOTE* To time the LPR on a cocker, you hold down the trigger so the back block is back then turn it until it hits the cocking rod, then just turn it like 1/4 turn after that to be good.
The New Year is coming (2007, if you’re not keeping track). I thought it’d be most appropriate to review the 2005 Angel Speed. What sets a good paintball gun apart from the other wannabes is its reliability. The 2005 Angels Speed has been out for about three years now, and it’s been through heaven and hell on the paintball field. I, personally, have heard good and bad things regarding WDP’s speed machine. Hopefully you won’t get suckered into all the manufacturer’s marketing gimmicks claiming world records and useless features and spending an extra $500 on it.
Read the 2005 Angel Speed review and see if compares to the paintball guns in this age or not.
On behalf of the sport of Paintball, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from PaintballGuns.net 🙂
I hope to serve you this upcoming new year by providing fresh and hot new regarding paintball guns and equipment.
Peace be with you all.
