Smaller Balls are you ready?

[Beemer]

So.......50cal ball at 3Grams at 300FPS = how many Ft. Lbs. of force?

[Chronobreak]

subscribing.

not much to say that hasnt been arleady, unles they have drasticaly changed how the 50cal balls shoot and break this is setup for failure before it begins

[DamianTC]

Do you know they make tiny paintballs for airsoft guns? and yet with all the benefits that would have like an actual marking showing a hit rather than playing totally on the honor system.. everyone who plays still uses the plastic BBs. Ask anyone who plays airsoft why that is..

[Reiner]

Do you know they make tiny paintballs for airsoft guns? and yet with all the benefits that would have like an actual marking showing a hit rather than playing totally on the honor system.. everyone who plays still uses the plastic BBs. Ask anyone who plays airsoft why that is..

because war should be clean?

[Beemer]

So.......50cal ball at 3Grams at 300FPS = how many Ft. Lbs. of force?

My math aint great. I come up with 12.5 joules or 9.25 Ft. Lbs. Anybody else?

[deathbypaint1213]

Do you know they make tiny paintballs for airsoft guns? and yet with all the benefits that would have like an actual marking showing a hit rather than playing totally on the honor system.. everyone who plays still uses the plastic BBs. Ask anyone who plays airsoft why that is..

6mm paintballs jam like a ***** in airsoft guns. That is why airsofters do not use them.

[insixdays777]

Please help my poor math skills. So would these make markers more or less efficient? Less gas used or more per shot?

[txaggie08]

Do you know they make tiny paintballs for airsoft guns? and yet with all the benefits that would have like an actual marking showing a hit rather than playing totally on the honor system.. everyone who plays still uses the plastic BBs. Ask anyone who plays airsoft why that is..

because getting paint in your expensive AEG's hopup and mech box is a sure fire ticket to tearing it down and scrubbing it out? any other questions?

[insixdays777]

With a new stack of cash and the low price valuations of many paintball business, the Gardners could very well be considering a new round of acquisitions to further solidify their position within the paintball industry.

[Mechanic79]

They can have fun on their .50 Cal Island!

[Lee]

i heard about this a couple of weeks ago and the my first thought was..." does anyone remember how bad .62 from the old smg's hurt?"

when i started out, standard fps was 300 for .68 (and they were much closer to .68 than paint you buy today) and .62 was 325 fps with the reasoning being that higher velocity was needed for the smaller ball to reliably break on impact, and it was still a good idea to try and hit a hard point (mask, pods, gun etc,) to ensure a break.

setting aside the technical stuff which frankly, i don't understand all too well, i think the "ouch" factor alone will hurt growth via new players.

my second thought was..."if .50 replaces .68, i'm retiring."
because frankly, i am not interested in replacing all my gear to conform to a new round.

third thought: "how many field operators can put out the upfront costs of equipment conversion and how many players will want to?"
that is the question that i would want answered before i went ahead with something like this.

possibly, the people involved with this are thinking of a gradual change over. provide less expensive material and over time it will become the norm and .68 paint and the equipment designed to utilize it will eventually be discontinued.

my humble .02. rays vs a's are on time to go

[DamianTC]

if nudity was allowed on this site.. I'd post a pic of two .68 caliber butt cheeks mooning you.... they aren't going anywhere :)

[secretweaponevan]

A .68 ball has 2.5 times the volume of paint as a .50 ball.

I hope the Gardner's bet the farm on .50.


Edit: Tom beat me to it and calculated volume on post 77.

[JaNordy]

I am sure someone from here or MCB will start making .68 balls after everything is changed to .50 and make a killing cornering the .68 market...

[secretweaponevan]

I am sure someone from here or MCB will start making .68 balls after everything is changed to .50 and make a killing cornering the .68 market...

I think all of us from MCB will just horde them all and build intricate wall racks to display them so we can photograph our collections to show how many we have on the internet.