Technalogical advancements In markers?

[Miscue]

I think the innovations will be finding ways to manufacture the same stuff cheaper.

[hitech]

Maybe, but there is one out now that is rated at 3000psi and could be rated higher since it was tested at over 5000psi.

Sure, but I think Tom's quote only applied to the new marker he was talking about.

Sell a backpack and I would run it. Wait, I'm still stuck in the box

When I first got a warp I was determined to use it on a backpack. Then the realities of having children took hold...

[teufelhunden]

Not if its multi-Barrel....see above vid.

Er, a multi barrel gun for paintball is so far from practical it's laughable. There's a reason we don't send troops out carrying multi barrel weapons [don't mention Alien..].

[Beemer]

Ya I know. That was in response to you saying the barrel wouldnt stay solid at HROF.

You can send me out with one of those

[Twiek]

Er, a multi barrel gun for paintball is so far from practical it's laughable. There's a reason we don't send troops out carrying multi barrel weapons [don't mention Alien..].

Yea, but it's not necessary for paintball (i.e. you're not using explosives that heat up the barrel). Until you get into the 100+ bps range, a single barrel is fine.

As for this phantom 32 bps limit, who ever said you need a bolt? Opening a bolt, waiting for a ball drop, chambering the ball, and then firing seems like such a long and complicated process if you're going for speed. Just have multiple chambers on a rotation.... similar to a gatling gun in process, but with only the necesity of one barrel, simpler, smaller, and lighter.

I can understand Tom's complaint. Look where out of the box thinking got most designs: the ATS markers, the Epic, the Phoenix, the Nova.

[Lurker27]

Heaven forbid I forget about the doppler effect.

[SlartyBartFast]

Paintball is in a Paradigm shift but everybody is still stuck in the box.

Why do I still have to load my hopper from silly little pods? Oh ya because thats the ONLY way right now. Sell a back pack and I would run it. Wait, Im still stuck in the box

What paradigm shift? That little minigun is cute but not terribly practical. Why shot thousands of underpowered rounds at a target that has to be stationary when you can fire just one of these?

http://members.cox.net/311n/vault/LOSAT2.mpeg

"Firepower" and the appropriate amount depends on the scenario and the mission.

The only "paradigm shift" is if you want to change the game. What kind of game will it be if you need to have 4000 rounds and a SCUBA tank on your back to play?

Is that a shift we want to make?

Additionally, what's so silly about pods?

While you can over engineer for the sake of over engineering, what will an alternate feed system provide that's worth the cost? Change for the sake of change means an industry that will never mature or grow... Changing too much may well eradicate the industry by splintering it into small enough factions that they are no longer viable markets.

[mag-hatter]

see, all that that would accomplish would be some new boards being purchased, and some new batteries.

quite an ignorant statement.

hohohohokay e-cool. looks like someone overlooked A JOKE HAHAHAR

nevermind the fact that the emp would probably kill the shops that MAKE batteries/boards and after a huge strike against the u.s. who gives a crap about creating electronic boards for paintball markers? but nevermind, im ignorant.

[kylyo123456]

best tech advance...

A case of quality paint for $15....that would be awesome

[madstan]

purely hypothetical

I tend to agree with the sentiments that there is a physical limitation on how fast you can sling paintballs out of a marker. I'd say it's more of a factor of the .68 cal. paintball shell's (necessary) fragility and other physical limitations that will limit the ROF. What that ROF is, I have now idea...but let's face it, at some point the human limitations will stop ROF from increasing, because of accidental/incidental overshooting.

The real increase in a team's firepower would come through incoperating different, complementary paint delivery systems into the current arsenal. I'd say a high-angle mortar/grenade paint delivery system or a paint sprayer(look at Gunga's flamethrower pic and think about buying paint in 5 gal pails) would be a much more substantial increase in firepower than a few BPS on your marker. Don't get me wrong, rifles and machineguns are still the primary tools of the infantry soldier, but mortars, grenades, rockets and flamethrowers have been and are still used in necessary specialty roles. I'm not trying to compare the military to paintball, but there are fundamental similarities.

I'm getting the wagner paintsprayer out of the garage tonight and tweek it for bunker-clearing