Tech Tip #4 How to Test Paintballs and Adjust Breakage

[bond1313]

I had some big balls left over from my last practice and the did extremly well, i had 15 balls to use here's the reults.

3,4,4,4,3,3,3,2,5,4,5,4,3,4,2 "AGD edit: note the consistency"

So the average was 3.53 not bad at all, I can only remeber breaking 2 balls at the tip of my barrel in the last game. The paint is 12 days old, I will try it with some new big balls sunday and report the results, but as for me I will stick with my Big Balls.

[RTrampage]

I just tested ten Zap, and was pretty disapointed at the inconsistancy of it. I dont think it gets much more inconsitant than this, but the only good thing was that it averaged out to 4.6.

11, 6, 3, 1, 11, 4, 1, 2, 1, 9

Well, now I know why alot of my balls seemed to be hitting people but they didnt come off the field. Im definatly going to try a different brand now that I know this. Thanx for the great info.

[Lone Gunman]

You might as well call me Mr. Hardballs.

Broke on the following bounces: 17, 8, 26, 9, 13, 14, 33, 22, 11, 31!!!

Averages out to: 17.875

I know what I'm playing speedball with next time! LOL

[bond1313]

17.875!!!!!!!

What kind of paint were you using, I have to get me some of that.

[tremis]

Dry paint?

Now, I've been out of the loop since my retirement. Hey,
You may call it too old and fat to play, I'll call it retirement. Anyway, whats dry paint? Tom referred to it in his post. I havent heard of it. Sounds interesting.

[Lone Gunman]

bond, they are one year old marbs. Since I live in Iowa, the humidity really gets to my balls and makes 'em bouncy. God I hate when that happens. LOL

[Flip540]

Brand X

Check this out guys...this is what i had left over from my tourney yesterday.

6, 1 , 6, 13, 19, 28, 32, 5, 7, 9

this was the fields tourney paint.

[TheTramp]

THAT PAINT SUCKED!!!!!! The few balls that didn't break in the barrel wouldn't have broken on a brick wall. It had to have been the worse paint I've ever used.

I'm glad Flip did that test. Can you believe one ball was 1 bounce and another 28? Great stuff.

[Psycow]

Tried the new advantage yellow all star 2 weeks ago, and altough it broke extremely easy (most of them would break if you dropped them on a hard surface) I only had one single barrel break in my RT (the revolution was almost empty) out of the entire lot. All of them also broke on Supairbunkers, not a single bounce. The only problem I had was that the paint is very small, so I won't buy it again untill I get a smaller bore barrel. If you have access to it try it out, I doubt you would be dissapointed.

[wadd]

The only problem with this test is that there are too many variables that aren't kept constant. Temperature, surface dropped on, etc. I don't think the actual numbers have very much validity, but the consistency does. The hard surface in my garage is not nearly as rough as the hard surface in my driveway. It would make sense that the rough surface on the driveway would break paint easier than the smooth surface in my garage. I doubt everyone here dropped the paint on the exact same surface. Also, did everyone drop their paint from EXACTLY 6 feet, or was some of it an estimate? Was it a really hot day? Or a really cold day? That'll affect how the paint breaks.

What I'm trying to say is that you can't compare your marbs with Billy's Evil and Joe's blaze. You have to do all your own tests, so that you get consistent results. There are too many variables to be considered.
Jeremy

[Bubonic Plauge]

Thats awesome! Thanks Mr. Kaye.

Now....only two fields in my city are complete desolate wastlands of dirt for miles..... :)

Tucson Arizona = dirt + cactus

CraigEgg

P.S. We got great bush ball though!

[Ultimator]

First of all, way to resurrect a thread! :)

Originally posted by wadd
The only problem with this test is that there are too many variables that aren't kept constant ... There are too many variables to be considered.
Jeremy

Second of all, welcome to paintball. There are far too many variables in almost everything you do, so this isn't an incredibly scientific sport. It's hilarious when people try to make up statistics like "Every ball I shoot has a 2/3 chance of breaking." or "When I snap shoot 1 out of every 4 balls will be right on target." It's ridiculous, the sport just doesn't work that way.

Also, I think the point of the test was to get an estimate on how brittle the paint is, I don't think anyone wants to know exactly how many ounces of force per centimeter squared it takes to crack one of their paintballs or anything like that.

[Bubonic Plauge]

Mr. Kaye, would opening my paint and placing it in a room with a humidifier be to much?

CraigEgg