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  dave

  11 years ago

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  I've only been paintballing once, I was quite disappointed by it, the hopper full of ammo does ruin it a bit as everyone just hunkers down and sprays the opposite team as fast as they can fire.
  I have just taken up archery and I hear that you need to practice a LOT, I would love something like this if it could realistically simulate the experience, and using a 'real' bow sounds like a very good start; the point being that I can't practice archery in my garden (obviously), even with enough space, but a sort of neutered version that still requires the same movements and encourages good form would be great.
  probably quite a limited application that, but still..

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  Dan

  11 years ago

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  It all depends on the style of play you prefer. Hoppers came about as soon as someone realized they'd have a major advantage if they didn't have to reload every time their 10-shot tube ran dry. In modern tournament paintball the goal of back players IS to shoot the entire game to suppress opponents so the front players can advance while the players opposite them are tucked behind their bunker. For recreational play I agree that a never ending barrage of paint is not conducive to fun and it indeed hinders the ability of new players to make moves and take risks. While pumps definitely restrict the ROF, they have their own set of problems and require a certain amount of mechanical aptitude many don't possess. Our solution was to offer a special mode on our electro-pneumatic markers that field owners and players could select when they wanted to. The marker still operated with the simple pull of a trigger but it only allowed 1 shot every 2 seconds. We were amazed at how much more players moved around the field knowing that they weren't going to get lit up or that they had a short window of opportunity to eliminate their opponent after they shot. There is definitely a trend toward magfed play over the last several years which I am glad to see. I think this is partially due to the development of new paintball rounds that mimic a more traditional bullet shape. They have drastically increased range and accuracy over regular paintballs. As for the obtrusive nature of the hopper, people have been attempting to solve that problem since they arrived on the scene.
  
  "First Strike" Rounds: http://www.tiberiusarms.com/first-strike-paintball/
  
  Hopper Alternatives
  Warp Feed: http://www.airgundesignsusa.com/Images/bluefade1-480.jpg
  
  Strike Loader: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNH_fOoXqsw/Tix6HFfyomI/AAAAAAAAAds/c2v9_qo0vkA/s1600/strike-loader.jpg

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  Noah

  11 years ago

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  As an archer this scares me quite a bit. When playing paintball you usually do a good bit of running and shooting on the fly. If you try to do that with a bow, and you don't really know what you are doing, it can result in a bow failure. Not the best video but it shows what can happen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoxJJjcQFU

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  James Patrick

  11 years ago

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  You should look into pump guns.

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  Scott Watrous

  11 years ago

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  I would invite you to check out MagFedPB.com
  
  It's a website that caters to a new 'style' of paintball called 'magfed', which requires that players use magazines that hold 7-20 rounds in their various guns.
  
  The goal of magfed is that it forces each player to reload more frequently and gets rid of the large, obtrusive hoppers. It helps players focus more on those tactics and less on their trigger fingers. It also saves money, as a magfed player goes through a fraction of the paint as someone playing 'tournament' style.
  
  Plus the guns tend to be heavy duty and tactically-minded in their design; so it's a bit more practical than using the airow gun.

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