| 3/1/2010 | | | | you want to play more woodsball or scenario type |
| The paintball gun originally started out as a paintball | | | | games you could opt for more of a replica type of |
| marker used to easily mark trees for harvesting or | | | | paintball gun. |
| livestock in the field for branding or inoculating. Today | | | | - What your buddies have: |
| we use the terms gun and marker interchangeably | | | | It can be difficult and frustrating to compete against |
| depending on whom we are addressing. There have | | | | your friends if they have an electronic paintball gun that |
| been many posts as to who developed the first | | | | can fire upwards of 20 balls per second while you are |
| marker and who played the first game of paintball. | | | | carrying a pump marker that can only fire as fast as |
| Suffice it to say that we owe a lot of fun and | | | | you can pump to chamber another ball. The pump |
| excitement to the gentlemen that first decided to | | | | paintball marker is normally more accurate but that can |
| shoot each other with those tools and made the | | | | only go so far when you are staring at a cloud of |
| paintball marker of today the thing of beauty that it has | | | | paintballs coming at you. |
| become. | | | | - Electronic trigger vs. manual trigger: |
| As with so many things in life, you can ask 20 people | | | | Paintball guns with manual triggers will fire a ball with |
| what paintball gun is the best and probably get back 18 | | | | each pull of the trigger. Markers with electronic triggers |
| different answers. Only you can make the decision on | | | | can be set to fire single shot, 3-5 round bursts, or even |
| which paintball gun is right for you. There are many | | | | fully automatic (which will empty your hopper in short |
| variables that come into play when choosing the best | | | | order!). |
| marker for you. | | | | My favorite style of play is woodsball, and I have |
| - Cost: | | | | chosen the Tippmann A5 as my paintball gun for my |
| Get the best paintball gun in the price range that you | | | | style of play. The A5 is accurate, easily maintained, |
| have at your disposal. Most brand name markers from | | | | and with the response trigger nearly as fast as a lot of |
| companies such as Tippmann, Dye, Kingman, Invert | | | | electronic trigger paintball markers. It also has a lot of |
| and others have markers in several price ranges | | | | options to upgrade and add different looks to the gun. |
| available. | | | | No matter what paintball gun you decide on, be sure to |
| - Use or game play: | | | | learn how to treat it and care for it. Always treat it as |
| If you want to play only speedball or on airball fields, it | | | | if it were loaded and ready to fire. |
| would be advantageous to get a lighter weight and | | | | Above all: |
| thus more maneuverable marker. If, on the other hand, | | | | HAVE FUN & BE SAFE!! |