Illegal Aliens Get Ready for Some Paintball !

[Beemer]

Get it back on topic so it dont get locked.

You missed this part. Its about PaintBall guns used for border patrol not a history lesson.

[ThePixelGuru]

In their armory, the only paintball guns I remember seeing were a couple of pro-lites and the single boxed FN. Since they did buy the far more expensive FN, they must be thinking they'll get something out of it that the prolite doesn't deliver...(although they didn't share any complaints about the pro-lite to us)

A couple reasons. First, the FN303 round differs from paintballs in that it has fins, so it's more precise at greater range. Second, the FN303's round weighs 8.5g, thanks to a granulated bismuth load in the forward half of the round. The back half can be loaded with water, washable paint, indelible paint, or a paint/pepper spray mix. Basically, the Pro-Lites are paintball markers, while the FN303 is a less-lethal weapon based on a paintball marker, but heavily modified to be easier for LEOs to use and more effective against their targets - the kinetic energy of a paintball is unlikely to slow down determined rioters, while the FN303 has a much better chance of taking them down (think getting hit by three paintballs at once).

[dahoeb]

A couple reasons. First, the FN303 round differs from paintballs in that it has fins, so it's more precise at greater range. Second, the FN303's round weighs 8.5g, thanks to a granulated bismuth load in the forward half of the round. The back half can be loaded with water, washable paint, indelible paint, or a paint/pepper spray mix. Basically, the Pro-Lites are paintball markers, while the FN303 is a less-lethal weapon based on a paintball marker, but heavily modified to be easier for LEOs to use and more effective against their targets - the kinetic energy of a paintball is unlikely to slow down determined rioters, while the FN303 has a much better chance of taking them down (think getting hit by three paintballs at once).

hmmm thanks for getting me up to speed.

[DanMan]

Pro Team was the original company working on the gun. They made the first prototypes that had a rotating loading tube assembly that could hold several different types of paintballs. Pro Team used our stock valves from the beginning and the gun shot round paintballs of normal weight.

The military kept upping the requirements and thats how we took over the project. We had to develop a more accurate projectile which lead to the heavier fin stablilized round. From there we had to develop a gun to fire them and by that time they didn't care about multiple types of rounds.

The original protos are still the coolest looking paintball guns ever.

AGD

Pics!!

[jonnygros]

haha paintball at the border sounds interesting, it's not as extreme as a "shoot-to-kill" policy at the border but might be effective. No pun intended but we seem to be alienating our neighbors to the south when in all probability canada, united states, and mexico will in the future become more cohesive than before, guess i better learn french and spanish :-/

[Warwitch]

haha paintball at the border sounds interesting, it's not as extreme as a "shoot-to-kill" policy at the border but might be effective. No pun intended but we seem to be alienating our neighbors to the south when in all probability canada, united states, and mexico will in the future become more cohesive than before, guess i better learn french and spanish :-/

Actually, by meeting in the middle it would be much easier for them to learn English.