"Mythbusting" in paintball. What's your "favorite" one?

[Lohman446]

Originally posted by Mag_SEAL-6
btw, to than205: longer barrels are slightly more accurate than shorter ones but the difference is so slight, it's hardly noticeable. Plus, this usually only applies to short ranges, where tighter shot groupings are more apparent.

At longer ranges, the ball has achieved a more steep negative slope and the wind has had more effect on it, rendering the barrel length almost unnecessary.

Show me this... it is my understanding that the principles of fluid dynamics and vortex shedding, while I have only the vaguest idea of what they are, assure that any paintball coming out of any barrel (reasonable) at a consistent speed will be consistently inaccurate.

[Brophog]

AGD is bankrupt

Please do this one! Too funny.

[Garrum]

Wearing camo will bring ruin to paintball.

Woodsball players are violent hicks.

Players who like the mil-sim aspect are even more violent than the woodsballers, and are a danger to society at large.

Referring to a paintball gun as a gun will cause the world to end.

Pro team players getting into fist fights, being pricks to everybody, and cheating on the field is a better image for paintball than a group of friends having a good time in the woods.

A low pressure gun will get 43,000 shots off of one 47/3000 HPA tank. And never chop. And shoot farther. And get more breaks on your target. And make you a better player. And get you a girlfriend. That doesn't mind kinky sex. Involving a paintball gun. And a battle swab.

Blow-back semi auto paintball guns recoil so much that you can't keep two shot in a row within a 400 foot circle. They also routinely snap off fingers at the elbow when the cocking handle hits them during firing.

[Miscue]

AGD made nailguns.

[can'tthink of1]

Dare I say...

Blowback vs Electro

[minimagjim]

compressed air/nitro vs co2

i always hear this one..."oh, if you use compressed air it will make your shots more powerful(?) or it will make your velocity go very high"

some other arguements too, just cant remember them all they are all very strange!!

you should definetly debunk the mystery of why the guy with nitro is always shooting "hot" lol

[Ov3rmind]

Mags chop
Matrixes get bad efficiency
Timmys are really just Spyders
The Impulse is a good gun

[Meph]

Hey Tyger I'll talk to you more about this in Canada when we have time off from PPIG-ing! But here's my list that I planned on doing myself as well this summer with some spare time (if I find it) and equipment...

Open face bolt VS. Venturi Bolt : One more accurate? More consistent? Shoot further?

Open Bolt VS. Closed Bolt : One shoot further? More accurate? etc. This will also cover the pump V semi, just word it in there man! Kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Oh... and SP "seal forward technology" toss that into this mix as well!

Mechanical/E-gripped hybrid VS. Electro-Pneumatic (like Dragun TES VS. an Intimidator) : Again, listing performance differences.

Rifled VS. Special Ported (HAMMERHEAD!) VS. 'Regular' barrels : Any one better than the other?

WAS board bps readout VS. computerized testing : See just how fast the marker actually fires BPS as compared to the readout on the LCD screen.

Smart Parts VS Quality Control : Self explanitory!

CO2 VS HPA : Shots per fill, consistency, et cetera...

[GT]

Originally posted by Ov3rmind
Matrixes get bad efficiency
Timmys are really just Spyders

but those are true

[edweird]

LOL nice topic...

Seal Forward Technology is stupid SP hype... Oh wait that isnt a Myth.

/checks that one off the list :P

[845]

My favorite is X gun shoots harder. Its such a stupid myth and it just amazes me how many newbs believe it.


And wouldnt a longer barrel get more range because you have a 10" barrel and a 16" barrel if the paintball exits the 16" barrel at 300fps and it exits the 10" barrel at 300fps wouldnt it have 6 more inches of range?

[Gabriel]

no, balls stop accellerating in all barrels after 8 inches.

gabe

[tony3]

Get someone with an angel speed and all 3 volumizers, and do shot groupings at 3 different pressures and see if the accuracy changes.

[mjs1217]

Originally posted by than205
"Longer Barrels are more accurate."

YES! Definitly do that one! Also, "Autocockers and Angels hurt so much more than spyders"!! Those two are probably the most common, and the most wrong.

[manike]

Different guns (except the flatline) have different trajectories.