a cure to noobs

[bokraham]

I'v been to 7 different fields, one in SanFransiscon, one in Las Vegas, one in canada, and 4 in colorado. Absolutly none of the above gave out barrel condoms instead of barrel plugs.

Another thing that gun manufactures could do is make safe/not safe marking when they put in the safetys. When ever I shoot my barrel condom It is because I'm not sure if the safetys on (i'm really stupid.

[Lo�us]

Originally Posted by bokarham (im really stupid

You said it. lol

[SpecialBlend2786]

Another thing that gun manufactures could do is make safe/not safe marking when they put in the safetys. When ever I shoot my barrel condom It is because I'm not sure if the safetys on (i'm really stupid.

hahahahha

But seriously, condoms are much safer.
Also, many times the ball wont break in the condom
cant say the same for a barrel plug that'll just clog your barrel with paint

[kscullin]

I don't now, nor have I ever trusted barrel plugs. Recently, I found out something that makes me leery of bags as well. I read that they're only designed to stop the first shot - after that, they can pop off the end of the barrel. I was appalled, especially in light of the firing and bounce capabilities of todays electro markers - if one falls and bounces once, it could feasibly fire 2-5 paintballs (or more).

For some reason, I wasn't "warm and fuzzy" with the elastic cord idea on the bags, so I made my own bags out of black denim with a shoelace cord and drawstring keeper, with a red denim "flag" on the end for visibility. The first one I made and tested only stopped the first 5 shots at about 310 fps before the side blew out, so I failed it and redid the stitching and cord so it could survive at least 10 shots without visible deterioration or movement. That was my criteria.

Either way, though, I believe the most important safety device is me - safety on, don't touch the trigger, put it somewhere so that if it gets kicked, something dropped on it, knocked over, whatever, I've done everything I can to make sure the barrel will be in a safe direction, just in case. I've yet to have an accidental fire incident, but I believe that it can happen anyway. I insist on knowing that, if I'm chasing my marker across a parking lot like a little kid chasing a large ball, and it keeps going off, the bag will stop every ball.

[shartley]

I don't now, nor have I ever trusted barrel plugs. Recently, I found out something that makes me leery of bags as well. I read that they're only designed to stop the first shot - after that, they can pop off the end of the barrel. I was appalled, especially in light of the firing and bounce capabilities of todays electro markers - if one falls and bounces once, it could feasibly fire 2-5 paintballs (or more).

For some reason, I wasn't "warm and fuzzy" with the elastic cord idea on the bags, so I made my own bags out of black denim with a shoelace cord and drawstring keeper, with a red denim "flag" on the end for visibility. The first one I made and tested only stopped the first 5 shots at about 310 fps before the side blew out, so I failed it and redid the stitching and cord so it could survive at least 10 shots without visible deterioration or movement. That was my criteria.

[Kevmaster]

why most fields wont do it?

National sells barrel plugs as cheap as $0.35 to fields. Barrel condoms/socks start at $2.25 (and those are the CHEAP barrel condoms. They break after 2-3 shots its $3.00+ for a GOOD barrel bag). Newbs lose barrel plugs like nobody's business on the field. its simply not economically sound right now for fields to do it by choice--especially for a small field.

SOME insurance providers are considering it, however only one company I know of requires it...and its a small insurance company

[Hasty8]

Hey, you know what they need? How about a bag with an elastic, adjustable cord on it that won't come off when a marker gets fired into it? Man, thats a great idea. Oh, wait. Nevermind.

Not entirely true friend.

While at a field a few years ago I had my barrel bag on my emag, accidentally hit the trigger and the bag flew like a bat out of hell. The cord was fairly snug (or so I thought) so yeah, it was most likley my error but on one other occasion I had the bag snugly with enough room to move to absorb the hit but instead the ball went right through the dang thing.

Ingenuity is no prevention from stupidity.