How much Paint do you shoot? ( Information for a future project.)

[luke]

I need to know how much paint you shoot per outing?

Rec?

Team practices?

Tournaments?

Thanks.................

[pip_999]

well in one 5 hour sitting
usually bout 800

[mrkbik]

When I go for a full day at an outdoor field I ususally shoot about 1300 balls.

[Cliffio]

well if i dont have a budget ive been known to shoot about a case and a half, but im a back player and i love to shoot, and my angels have all made that easy, i usually fill my 5.4 reds with all 9 pods and then just go play

anyways

and last time i played it was tourny/team play


Cliff

[oldsoldier]

Play rec and speedball both in the same day...usually about a case a day

[Rocp15126]

Rec Ball mostly - about half a case (1000-1250)
Scenario/big games occasionally - about a case (2000-2250)


Rocp15126

[Creative Mayhem]

Practice 500-800

Tourney depending on how well we do... 1200 - ?

Rec 4 hr session 500

Creative Mayhem

[luke]

Prefect. Thanks guys, keep it coming.

[FatMan]

We play hopper ball to save paint. On those days I can usually play all day on a 1/2 case. If we go into the woods, or load up pods I'll throw a lot more - mostly because I tend to play back.
I'd say a case if I'm playing speedball for real (with pods). I've played big games in the woods and shot 1 1/2 case easily, even as much as 2 cases.

FatMan

[dropkick1]

in one outing, i usually try to limit myself to about a 1000, but if i have some more paint i ususaly shoot about 1300, this is playing rec ball and speedball in one day.

ken

[Scorch]

6hr practice = 1.5 cases

Tourney = 3-5 cases depending on field type, quality of paint and if we make it to Sunday.

Just havin' fun = hopper ball with the open play players = 300-600 for 2-3 hours


Tourney estimates are tough... I've shot as much as 4.5 cases and as little as 1.5 cases in a day.

Scorch

[Jonno06]

Playing rec i shoot about 1000 a day...7 hours....

thats playing hopper ball to save paint.

[gothicel]

Ok, is there a dictionary for all the terminology that goes with paintball? I don't quite know what people mean when they say "hopper ball," my idea of speedball is on a 40-50 yards by 40-50 yards field with wooden spindles. correct if I'm wrong. Hyperball is the round construction looking pipes. And of course the wood fields is just that in wooded area. I'm not getting the rest though.

[Cliffio]

hopper ball is when you dont take any pods on the field, you know that carry paint, your just limited to the 200 ni your hopper

Cliff

[DarkPhoenix]

In a complete day of play, I expend roughly 3/4 to a case of paintball. In rec play, I primarily serve the purpose, for lack of a better term, of fire support. People call for help and I go and provide heavy type of gun fire support. I also enjoy small group and single person tactics, but I rarely shoot more than 500 rounds in those cases.

[Dubstar112]

I dont exactly know how many balls my hopper holds, but in tournament-hopper ball(pan-am style) I shoot a full hopper in each game, and that is 3 games a day. In rec, maybe 1000 depending on how long we play, but its usually around 5-6 hours.

I have shot a full case in a matter of 4 games, but thats a different story..lol

[SqueegeeKid]

I got to try out my Warp yesterday, went through around 700 in one round.
I was a little excited.

We usually play out in the bush at our makeshift speedball field, and there was around 14 of us, so there was alot of people to shoot at.
All in all, i went through around 1400 balls. I took it easy after that one round.....

On a normal day, i'll go through half a case in one day (about 4hours).

[Thordic]

I use about a case a day, easy.

[FeelTheRT]

anywhere from a case to two cases on a full day of rec.

For tournaments, it depends... If we do'nt make it out of the prelims, then about a case. If we make it to semi finals, 2 cases; if make in finals, i'd say about 2-4 cases.

As you can see i shoot alot of paint, and that's with a Cocker ;), now u know why i switched to a Cocker instead of keeping an RT or BM2k.

[manike]

In practice usually at least 1000, sometimes a case. Sometimes though only a few hundred. Depends what I am practicing and who I am against.

In a tourny... no idea but a hella lot. I play back and shoot quick :) but the paint bill is split between the team... so none of us keep count of what we shoot.

I have a redz 5.4 and load it all up. I often shoot 5-7 pods in a game and sometimes all 9...

manike

[Croix71]

Usually 3/4 of a case at most. We'll see how that goes with my new Warp. :D

[-§on-]

Well, I shoot about Half a case to a case in a 7 hour day of rec ball.
Case in a Practice.
Tourneys- Anywhere from 2-3 Cases Im going to say for this year.

I Fill my Hopper and my Extreme Rage 5v all the way up so thats 900 rounds. I shoot 2-4 tubes a game. Im Mid player and Im using a Shocker for the time being.

[SlipknotX556]

I use 1500-2000.

[mrbrutal]

I try to limit myself to half a case per outing unless I have leftovers. That usually carries me about 2/3 day

[xmetal2001]

REC: about 800 a day

Front Player during tournament: about 200-400
Back Player during tournament: as much as i can shoot(600)

[ShooterJM]

6 hours of Hopper Ball Rec: 500-800

3 Hours Practice: 500-600

[liigod]

case a day, no more no less

[RATM]

about 700 in a day of rec ball.

[HoppysMag]

in like 4 or 5 hours of REC play, id say around 800-900.

[virus]

well if i decide to pretend i dont have any bills coming up.... more then i want to think about =)

though i try to limit myself to a case a day... though this past sunday i went through 3/4 of a case in 2 hours (all indoor play) and then saw what i had left and played hopper ball and even came home with some paint still in my hopper...


now the weekend of may 12th... i'll be meeting up with the guyz from AO nightmare (and playing this time) at pnl (i just noticed... i'm addicted to indoor) i plan on bringing 2 if not 3 cases with me and maybe buy another one there.... but i do know what ever i bring i will shoot.... if only for the fact that i dont want to carry it back to my car

[pumpamatic]

On a full day of rec play, 700-800, half a case at the max. I'm not a very good back player, sometimes I can shoot 200 on a short hyperball game and only have 1 kill. Other times I can play front and shoot less than 75, and have 4 kills.

[Brian68mag]

Depends, if some friends and i go out and play at our homeade field ill spit out about 500-700, if i go to a real field(2 hour drive) ill use 1000-3000 depending on the type of games and how much money i have, our newly made team will start having practices and hopefully play in some novice tourney's by mid summer so i dunno how much paint i would use in tourneys

[Jason Reed]

I got to paly with an Emag the other day with a warp-feed and halo. I am amazed, it was amazing, i never chopped and i was ripping on the trigger. I know this sounds impossible, but i went through 1000 balls in just one game. When I said I was ripping on the trigger i mean i was really ripping on the trigger. I completely painted a bunker. I must say I have to get me an E-mag with Warp and halo.

[Telefragged]

Probably 800-1/2 Case here too. We'll play a few rec games out in the woods, and then everyone will use up the rest of the stuff they brought with them (paint, air) and we'll play in our little speedball field. Its pretty fun, and I'm not half bad at speedball either, I think some of my friends new to PB revere me as some type of tech/speedball god...its interesting!

[xtreme paintball]

for about 6 hrs of rec: about 1000 balls

[luke]

Thanks everyone, you've all been a big help, it's just what I needed.

Luke

[pip_999]

whats it for

[luke]

Well........... It's for something that has not been done yet. I find it somewhat curious that no one has. Eventually (soon I hope.. after licensing, incorporating, web page etc.) I'll be starting a small PB business to TRY and market some ideas I have. Currently I have a few prototypes for a different product that is not related to this question, again I haven't seen anything like it on the market, so if I can pull it together I'll let you know, for now it's a secret.:)

[HoppysMag]

Well........... It's for something that has not been done yet. I find it somewhat curious that no one has. Eventually (soon I hope.. after licensing, incorporating, web page etc.) I'll be starting a small PB business to TRY and market some ideas I have. Currently I have a few prototypes for a different product that is not related to this question, again I haven't seen anything like it on the market, so if I can pull it together I'll let you know, for now it's a secret.

now that you said that we want to know what it is......

[AcemanPB]

well the field i go to plays half the time in the woods and half the time on the speedball field, i stay for 7 hours and i shoot about 1000-1500

[luke]

Originally posted by HoppysMag


now that you said that we want to know what it is......

I 'm not going to shake up the industry or anything, that's Tom job, but, as a player there are always things we want that nobody makes. I have a few doable ideas, but who knows, they might be flops, time will tell.

[ShooterJM]

Hmmm ball hauler, backpack warp, who can say?

[Paintballer86]

Rec: 800-1000
Practices: I will call this playing in my friends back yard, becuase that is where we practice : 500-600

Tourtaments- A Case and a Half to two cases a day

Your welcome...........

[pbR2k2]

The more I have, the more I shoot... If I have a case, i'll shoot a case, if I have 500, i'll shoot 500... I usually play rec cause I'm always to tired to go anywhere, but if I got the money ill use 1000-1500 in 4-5 hours but sometimes all i got is 500 for 4-5 hours so then i just gotta conserve... oh yeah good luck with your project thing

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[mykroft]

1-2 cases for Rec ball. Anywhere from 200-700 a game (Hell I shot 400+ with a pump in a 15 minute game once).

[LittMag]

About 1200 a day for rec

that's about 200-300 a game assuming I make it until the endo of the game =P

[blnk162]

At practice about 2 cases at a tournament usually about 3.5-4...playing 10 man and taking 12 pods and a hopper on the field adds up.......

[MPC-Tim]

As an indoor field owner I can tell you the average for 3 hours of play which equals about 12-15 games as being 750. I've seen guys go through 2 cases during our Friday Night Fighting which is 5 hours.