Teen killed by paintball tank....First pball related death?

[frgood]

I'm not sure about that.
No one can explain safety precautions on the air compressors they sell. Or even mention that car lifts are not to be used in place of proper supports when working under your car.
On the flip side I'm sure there a lot of stories about 'PRO' shops. Two off the top of my head involve running 300 psi into my matrix the first time gassing it up and popping the solenoid. And I recall the infamous on/off flying out of my mag across the store to the amusement of the staff (and myself I must admit).

There is something to be said about customer reading manuals before use. Some manuals put a lot of safety information that most gloss over when assembling any item.
Take a lawnmower for example, Skip the warnings and a blade is flying across the room. They also sell circular saws.
Or even assembling a bicycle. The customer should take some responsibility.
Before my kids played paintball I found out all the safety issues before spending a dime.

[Evil Bob]

Operating pressure of a 12g CO2 caplet is 600 to 800 PSI depending upon the outside air temperature. Yes, there is sufficient power in a 12g to kill someone should it become airborne and hit someone in the head.

I'm betting that he poor kid was unscrewing the retaining nob looking directly over the nob, which would result in it being pointed at his face.

This is what happens when people fail to read the documentation on safe operation of paintball markers.

-Evil Bob

[openboater]

I suggest you guys wait for real facts about what happened before you create all kinds of rumors.

[Vendetta]

I played with 12 grams for many years,a nd with many differnt quick releases. I have never seen one fly out of the gun with enough force to even bruise someone.

[hitech]

Have you ever been hit with one of those things launched from a six-pak? That hurts!

[FalconGuy016]

When I first saw this thread I thought a tank had rolled over someone. Honestly I've always been afraid of that happening

If they were really trying to make the tank explode ... I dont know what to say... im sorry they died, they should have gotten a painful injury though. You dont try to explode something like that

but yah... thats hard to think about... someone actually died no longer around anymore

[silentdeath55]

How come they don't have a section in the paper about the national/international tournament winners or new developements in the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and maybe the world. And yet, when some kid in a small town kills himself because of his own stupidity, the story is all over the place. And now, some parent is probably not letting their child start "paintballing" because he/she read this in the news.

[spydervenom]

have you guys ever seen those little cars that use co2 to propell them to about 80mph? i'd say it would hurt but not kill.


i dont think this is the 1st death related to pb. remember that guy that got shot up and then hurt himself on his rollerblades or something..like last year? didn't he die?

[xen_100]

I heard it was a 12 gram that caused it, from the papers around here.

I totaly believe that a 12g could kill. In science class when I was in high school our science teacher was trying to show "cause and effect" or something. he had a wire on the ceiling and a 12g with a straw taped to it. everybody got to one side of the room and then he hit it with a nail. it jetted across the room(about 50 feet) faster than you could see and punched a hole in the wall....lol. I am sure if a full one hit you in the right place at close range, it would kill you.

[superdesk2007]

There was something about this on pbreview. It might have been a different incedent.(SP)

[i like tictacs]

speaking of the unscrewing the reg form the bottle, that happend to me at a tourney recently. i was unscrewing a 68/45 tank from my friends ****pulse and all of a suden it just burst. i looked down and saw that the bottle came off the max flow. it won't fly anywhere, it just leaks...and leaks hard. still scared me though.

[banzaimf]

The story I am getting from the shop in the area is that he had an out of hydro Co2 tank, unscrewed the tank and the valve stayed in the gun and the bottle unscrewed.

[Matt_mg]

Darwin award!

Too bad the parents probably sued and got money... That's what I love about Canada, that **** woudn't hold 5 minutes before the plaintiff gets turned back with a couple hundred dollars in bills to pay for his/her attorney...

Canada ain't the land of the free, it's the land of people who don't sue for anything ...

[Tron]

I thought tanks were screwed to the reg the opposite way so we can't unscrew them? How is everyone unscrewing them now?

-Tron

[xen_100]

not on any tank I have ever seen. they either have 3/4"-16 or 5/8"-18 threads.