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  • Lohman446
    Useful posts: 7
    • Jun 2003
    • 9315

    #1

    How much paint

    Ok... I play recball on Sundays - I get to the field about 7 or 8 (I help out for discounted paint prices), we start play at about 11 and I usually play till about 6.

    When I first started a half a case of paint in a week was normal... than it became a full case... now I've noticed that a case and a half is about right... for tournaments I bring two or three cases (small tournaments can expect 6-12 games). Coincidentally I play front and carry three tubes. Is this kind of paint usage normal? What do you all go through in a day.

    Just curious really, if it makes any difference I have moved from a Mini-mag to a X-valved, intelliframed ULE mag. I'm wistfully considering an E-mag over winter but gotta wonder on the paint thing.
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  • Albinonewt
    Team Icky Forest
    • Apr 2003
    • 2456

    #2
    I'd say it's pretty light.

    But at Shatner I shot 4 1/2 cases and everyone made fun of me.
    Or better yet, why don't you kill yourself. No, really, die. Drop dead, don't leave a note, in fact burn your house while your little ego is stuck in a bench vice so that you'll also incenerate yourslef and everything you own with it. Because that's all you're worth. You're not even wirh thte time it'll take for the house to burn down, so just kill yourself. You're a waste of space. You are nothing, you always will be nothing. Don't leave a note, you're not worth the ink. - Tyger

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    • bryceeden
      www.vernalpaintball.com
      • Dec 2002
      • 1076

      #3
      I'd say its normal for recball.

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      • dansim
        ive been busy
        • Jun 2001
        • 4479

        #4
        dude i play hopperball and i need to sit out a few games to last the day(1case)

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        • Python14
          Norsk
          • Jun 2001
          • 3343

          #5
          I have been known to shoot as much as 2 cases in a day of recball...and I too play front with three pods. I am moving to the back though, so lets just watch that number rise.

          It's perfectly normal.
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          • punkncat
            One foot less
            • Feb 2003
            • 5841

            #6
            I generally play on a half case a day on recball.
            I have found that being selective with my shots gives better results than just spitting paint.
            Some games you just need to use loads of paint to make it through though.Get down to a few on the other side vs just you , or something , and you hope like hell you have a few pods with you....

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            • FalconGuy016
              Divine Right, Pevs @ AG
              • Aug 2002
              • 6127

              #7
              I use 3/4 a case when im skimping, but I'd rather have a full case in a full rec day

              although I have a stock valved minimag
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              • 1stdeadeye
                Still around????
                • Jun 2002
                • 8501

                #8
                2 to 3 cases in a day of recball.

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                • afrankart
                  driving blindfolded
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 713

                  #9
                  Used to be just a case a day for recball, but with the new viking, I have a sad feeling that is going to double.
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                  • Derman2k
                    MSG Regulators
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 896

                    #10
                    You guys shoot like crazy...I get to the field at like 8 and start playing around 12 and a case lasts me til about 5
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                    • Riot[Z-Grip]
                      ::TeamMint::
                      • Aug 2001
                      • 380

                      #11
                      For recball my paint ussage varies between 500 and a case a day. This usuall depends on a few things. Days I bring my pump out for a few games, I'll shoot closer to 500. Other days there are enough of the 'regulars' there that I'll feel comfortable playing front without getting angled out or bunkered every five seconds. =) Those days I'll shoot around half a case. Finally on days where I'm not comfortable with the others playing back (days when we get alot of rentals and such) for me, I'll play back to keep them alive longer, and usually end up shooting closer to a case.

                      Tournaments I play front, carry out 2-3 pods, and shoot up to a case and a half. (6 games)

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                      • Sir_Brass
                        I love mechs!
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 736

                        #12
                        this last saturday I shot probably a little over 600 balls (finished off the remaining bag of evils and began to finish off the first bag of marbalizers), and that's alot for me. Usually I shoot a minimum of 300 in a full day of play and no more than 500. that's usually b/c I only buy a bag of paint at a time, but now that I've got a connection to low cost high quality paint (I'm getting RPS Marbalizers at a very nicely reduced cost . . . it's nice to have friends with connections ) I buy by the case. I have yet to use up half of the current case of marbalizers.
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                        • 68Classic
                          I LOVE MY MAGS!!
                          • May 2003
                          • 267

                          #13
                          for recball I usually shoot like 3/4 case. Tournaments I play front and carry 3 pods. I use about a case or a case and 1/2.
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                          • davidnj
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 218

                            #14
                            Between 1\2 and 1 case for me.
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                            • Jeffy-CanCon
                              veteran rec player
                              • May 2003
                              • 1309

                              #15
                              1/2 to 3/4 of a case when playing with my Mag. Most days I use a Sniper2, and get by with less than 1/2 case.

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