| Paintball gun packages are offered by most paintball | | | | aggravation. |
| gun shops, dealers and paintball gun manufacturers. | | | | There are,however, drawbacks to paintball gun |
| They offer an ideal start up kit for players new to the | | | | packages. They are compiled for beginners and |
| sport, or players on a tight budget. They give you all | | | | although they offer relatively low prices, their quality |
| you need to get you out there on the playing field. | | | | may not be as good. Also, you may not actually want |
| However, are the package deals as useful as they | | | | all of the pieces included in the package. |
| seem on the surface? | | | | Most packs will include a traditional gravity feed |
| Typical paintball packages will include: a paintball gun (or | | | | hopper. If you want a marker with a firing speed of |
| marker), a mask, a hopper (or loader), an air tank, a | | | | greater than 11 balls per second, you would be better |
| squeegee and a barrel plug. More expensive packs | | | | off with a more sophisticated hopper. Packages will |
| may have in addition paintball oil, ammo packs, | | | | generally include a small co2 tank, when a bigger tank |
| paintballs and other accessories. This covers all the | | | | or a high pressure air tank may be of more use to |
| basic kit you need to get you started at a reasonable | | | | you. |
| price. | | | | The gun and the mask are the two items you should |
| The greatest advantage of the paintball gun packages | | | | choose most carefully. The gun must be easy to |
| is their value for money. Buying piece by piece is | | | | maintain, reliable, hard wearing and perform well. The |
| expensive; it would cost you a lot more to buy the | | | | mask must fit well and be comfortable. You must do |
| package items separately. For those of you on a | | | | your research and select a good quality, sensibly |
| limited budget, new to the sport or just not too fussy, a | | | | priced gun and mask that you really want. These two |
| gun package is a good way forward. | | | | items must be your first consideration when browsing |
| Another advantage in purchasing these packs is a | | | | different package deals. If the package includes the |
| guaranteed compatibility. Every gun needs compatible | | | | gun and mask that you want, it is a good compromise |
| paintball parts, such as the hopper. Paintball gun | | | | to get you started and you might be prepared to put |
| packages come straight from the manufacturers and | | | | up with the other items in the package with a view to |
| they know what pieces go together. You could end up | | | | upgrading them at a later date. |
| spending a lot of money on separate pieces which | | | | In short, paintball gun packages are good value for |
| may not even fit your marker if you are not well | | | | paintball beginners as long as they include a good |
| informed. | | | | cheap gun and mask that you actually want. To settle |
| Also, buying everything in one swoop is far more | | | | for less would be an unwise compromise and a false |
| convenient. You will save a lot of time, energy and | | | | economy. |