| When SWAT teams, Special OPs, and the military are | | | | construction, giving durability and sustained reliability. It |
| training, it stands to reason why they need weapons | | | | would not be at all acceptable to send those folks into |
| that will respond and mimic their actual work weapons. | | | | dangerous settings with weapons that would only last |
| To train on a weapon that responds one way, and | | | | part of the time they were needed. The same could |
| then utilize a weapon in battle that responds another | | | | be said for the paintball guns of the sports enthusiast. |
| way could be life threatening. We want those men | | | | Certainly, their lives are not endangered, but what a |
| and women to have every advantage possible. Is it | | | | waste of time and money it would be if the weather, |
| really necessary, however, for those of us who shoot | | | | terrain and other elements caused early deterioration |
| for fun and games to have such realism? | | | | of that weapon. |
| Let us analyze why the sports enthusiast might want | | | | Paintball fields, by nature, need to be rough and rugged. |
| the same realism in their paintball gun. When a shooter | | | | They need obstacles to trip over and bang into. Even |
| selects their weapon, the prime goal is accuracy, range | | | | in simulated city settings, you find stairwells to stumble |
| and precision. It really does not completely matter | | | | down and doorjambs to bang against. It is times like |
| whether that goal is fuelled by the need to survive (in a | | | | these that realistic, durable construction keeps you in |
| professional setting) or the desire to place well in | | | | the game and not working out in the parking lot making |
| competition (in a sporting event). The goal does not | | | | repairs. |
| change: it remains--accuracy, range and precision. A | | | | Yes, from my perspective, it seems only natural that a |
| great deal of the challenge would disappear if that | | | | paintball sports enthusiast would want every bit of |
| realistic response was not present in your paintball gun. | | | | realism available on the market. |
| Another factor for the professional is a solid | | | | |