"As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost."Margaret Mead
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Paintball 101 - What You Need To Know
Paintball is a game played up of many players or teams. It can be played indoors or out, with as few as two people or as many as 500. Paintball is played at designated fields, back yards or even in the woods. A game can last as little as 5 minutes or ...
Paintball Accessories You Can’t Play Without
Having the markers, tanks, guns, vests and other equipment complete the excitement when you plan to play paintball. But little do others know that it is the small and simple things that count even before the game begins. Sometimes the little accessories ...
Paintball Gun Reviews
Paintball gun reviews serve as an important tool to check out the market price, application, features, and specialties of different types of paintball guns available in the market. In other words, paintball gun reviews help one to assess the product and ...
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Since 1981, paintball players have been shooting each other with marble-sized pellets of paint using a special gun called a marker. Players launch their paint pellets by pressing a trigger that releases compressed air or gas to propel the paintball out of the marker towards the target. New paintball players unfamiliar with their equipment have always had questions about whether compressed air offers an advantage over carbon dioxide (CO2). Is compressed air really better than carbon dioxide? To put it simply, YES!
Inside your paintball tank, carbon dioxide is primarily in liquid form. As the carbon dioxide expands, the liquid turns into gas. In its expanded gas state, carbon dioxide can serve as a stable pressure that will enable your gun to propel paintballs. Liquid carbon dioxide, however, can have a devastating effect on your guns performance. The presence of liquid carbon dioxide inside a paintball marker can freeze the guns inner seals and cause cracks and leaking. Carbon dioxide is unreliable because its sensitive to outside temperatures and the velocity with which you shoot. The faster you shoot, the colder your tank will get, decreasing the likelihood of carbon dioxide converting from liquid to gas, and thus increasing the chance of liquid CO2 entering your marker.
Compressed air, on the other hand, is a much more stable propellant source for a paintball marker. While temperature changes can alter the pressure inside a carbon dioxide tank and drastically impact the performance of a marker, external temperatures do not affect compressed air tanks. The performance of compressed air tanks and their ability to produce a consistent stable pressure is consistent in any climate. Its also cleaner than carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide can contain dust and dirt that will clog air paths and valves in your marker. Compressed air is typically very clean. Most compressors used to fill compressed air tanks are S.C.U.B.A. compressors with air filters that produce grade E breathing air. If its safe enough to breathe, its safe enough for your paintball gun!
In addition to its stability, compressed air is cheaper than carbon dioxide, and the price continues to fall. Many paintball facilities are moving exclusively to compressed air rental equipment, and carbon dioxide paintball products will eventually be obsolete. Given the performance differences between carbon dioxide and compressed air markers, the industry is clearly heading in the direction of compressed air. You can no longer afford to use carbon dioxide equipmentswitch to compressed air now!
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About the Author
Anthony Sakakeeny founded Sak World Paintball in 1998. Sak World provides state of the art paintball products online, featuring guns, barrels, nitrogen tanks and apparel. Visit Sak World Paintball today to purchase new and used paintball equipment and gear at affordable prices.
Written By: Anthony Sakakeeny
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Police: Teens arrested in Oakland street robberies used paintball gunSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Harry Harris, Oakland Tribune OAKLAND -- Two teenagers were arrested Monday night after a series of street robberies where the victims were threatened with what turned out to be a paintball gun, police said. The names of the suspects, ages 17 and 18 ... |
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Paint Ball Park To Open In Mystic This JunePatch.comHe emptied his 401K, used it as payment against a business loan, rented 50 acres in Groton and is opening a paintball park. “I played paintball when I was younger, and I know all you need is woods,” said Vignato, 43, of Mystic.and more » |
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Paintballer's dream becomes realityUniverse.byu.eduPlaying cars with his nephew led Dallin Smith, 26, from Idaho Falls, studying industrial design, to his next big idea — a huge game of paintball using jeeps as transportation. Now this wasn't an average game of paintball. It was a war. |
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