What are you looking for in future advancements...

[DiSoRdeR]

Maybe some type of rail gun to go along with that body armor? Markers would no longer need an air source then.

[jsdatjsd]

Maybe some type of rail gun to go along with that body armor? Markers would no longer need an air source then.

CUrrent rail guns require massive capacitors, just to shoot a penny a feqw yards. Try shooting a non-ferrous object like a paintball with a railgun and you would need a powerplant larger than an aircraft carrier.

I have seen a strawberry levitated with magnets before, but, holy cow, those were huge magnets.

I wanna hear people exclaiming, "this new gun is so awesome, I get 100 shots out of it!" because they use so much air to shoot one ball.

I want the paint flying so fast it heats up from friction with the barrel.
I want the guns so lound they sound like cannon.
I want people to be knocked on theit tushes when hit.
I want shoulder pads, neck braces, articulated joints, and huge booming sounds when someone shoots.
I want the paint going so fast that it would rip the hopper off the feedneck on one of todays markers.
I want paintball guns to have stocks because there is real recoil!
I want the paint travelling fast enough, that if it was any faster, firction with the air would burst the ball in midflight.
I want ambulances waiting on the sidelines!

[dahoeb]

holy crap dude.....thats hardcore....^^

a year ago there was a battery powered paintball marker released by NPS called the EVolt. i'd like to see where that technology goes, theres definately room for advancement in that.

[Duck Hunt]

I want to see people focus more on playing ability than equipment....


Sean

[REDRT]

The only advancement I'd like to see is AGD stop going backwards and step it up with a new electro. Everythiong else seems ok to me or atleast going well enough.

[DoomWithAnXmag]

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Weight and size of the actual markers are pretty low. Accuracy is as good as it will get with paintballs such as they are now. Markers are faster then they need to be and any new advanced electronics like internal velocity control and FPS meters would just add complexity and are really just gizmos.
How about a propane marker with modern electronics. The gun would use 12 gram tanks which would still be guite a few shots. Drop paintball size to .50 inch or smaller. If we could create a fill that would cover a larger area with less volume to drop paintball size enough we could even integrate hoppers on to the gun. Imagine a pod roughly coke can sized built flush onto the top or a marker holding 200 .30 or so sized paintballs.

[the mag guy]

Wide-scale propane use could attract unwanted attention. Using 'combustion' to propel a paintball out fo a gun might give some or our wonderful lawmaker friends ideas about classifying them as firearms.

Im not saying that propane will never happen, but maybe very slow at first.

they are already considered firearms in my home town. My buddy got a ticket for discharging a firearm in his back yard, when all he was doing was tweaking his gun. My home town also considers BB guns firearms on the same grade as real guns. (I dont consider BB guns real guns)

[REDRT]

they are already considered firearms in my home town. My buddy got a ticket for discharging a firearm in his back yard, when all he was doing was tweaking his gun. My home town also considers BB guns firearms on the same grade as real guns. (I dont consider BB guns real guns)

Humm doesn't seem to fit

air gun
One entry found for air gun.


Main Entry: air gun
Function: noun
1 : a gun from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air
2 : any of various hand tools that work by compressed air; especially : AIRBRUSH

Now that seems to fit. Law makers seldom use a dictionary?

[the mag guy]

Im not trying to go all geeky on y'all, but I think the bluetooth thing is gonna catch on but then fade out. My current boss used to be an electrician and is pretty much an engineer. He built a bluetooth jammer that could be carried in a backpack. His reasoning to make it was because he got tired of people talking on their phone/headsets during movies. He wanted to relax and watch his movie. When he turns it on, everything bluetooth in a 30 ft radius quits working. It doesnt break, how it works is it covers the spectrum with garbage signal and floods out everything. He just cranks it on and watches people go "hello..?" its great. Whenever he tunrs it off, bluetooth works again. He has since developed an aiming device so he can "point and shoot" to disable bluetooth. Its not like pinpoint or anything, he can just focus it in a direction instead of in a big sphere.

anyway the reason I told you this charming story was not to say if he brought this to a paintball field and tunred it on nobody's gun would work, but think of the possibilities. This is pure speculation here, but I would assume there is a frequency that would flash the board and erase any type of shooting mode. Or you could make a gun go haywire.

all im saying is bluetooth is just small term wireless, therefore somebody somewhere will find a way to use his/her computer to clusterscrew your gun, or your entire team while playing on the field.

I'm down with bluetooth. I'd really like to see how the electro world will change from it.

I just wanted to let you know I am working on a product that WILL change the way paintball is played. Most likely the woods/tactical side, but the speedball side as well. I;m not going into detail at all right now, because I'm in the starting process of patents and all that crap. But mark my words, I will change paintball.

I will answer 3 questions:
1. It has something to do w/ bluetooth.
2. IT IS NOT shooting mode software or any type of hacking/flashing device.
3. It is an accessory that will be available aftermarket.

I hope to have my prototype up by late december.

[RogueFactor]

Now that seems to fit. Law makers seldom use a dictionary?

They dont use dictionaries.

When laws are made, whether they are city, state, or federal, the term/s that comprise that law are defined in the subsections. This keeps folks from saying "my dictionary defines it different your honor".

This is why in some places paintball markers are defined as firearms, and in others they are not.

[Lohman446]

Humm doesn't seem to fit

air gun
One entry found for air gun.


Main Entry: air gun
Function: noun
1 : a gun from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air
2 : any of various hand tools that work by compressed air; especially : AIRBRUSH

Now that seems to fit. Law makers seldom use a dictionary?

It fits perfectly if one uses the Michigan legal definition of firearm.

[White_Noise]

standardized threading:
cocker barrels, and maybe angel or matrix feednecks
also a fan of using only 3 wrenches: 3/16, 1/8, 3/32.

field advancement: get spectators involved. tourney players want pball on Tv, and in order for that to happen it needs to be spectator friendly, we're working on the game type, why not make the fields for it?

[WenULiVeUdiE]

standardized threading:
cocker barrels, and maybe angel or matrix feednecks
also a fan of using only 3 wrenches: 3/16, 1/8, 3/32.

AKA Feedneck threading is the strongest. Never have to worry about stripped bodies or feednecks again.

Barrel threading is fine. I'd just like to see the price of them come down. Yeah, $110 for an anodized aluminum tube...Meh, easy and safe to buy used!

[SlartyBartFast]

Before you ask for "improvements" or "advancements" in markers, hoppers, or other paintball equipment you should answer one questions first:

What changes do you want to see to the GAME of paintball.

A game or sport will only be mature and gain wide spread acceptance once it has defined itself.

Think of the myriad "advancements" that could be made to football, hockey, baseball, even technology driven sports like NASCAR, F1...

Even taking the examples to the absurd, fishing is easier a night with lights, or even better with explosives, but against the rules of sport fishing competition.

Why do established games and sports limit themselves in this way? Because changing the equipment changes the game.

[BigEvil]

they are already considered firearms in my home town. My buddy got a ticket for discharging a firearm in his back yard, when all he was doing was tweaking his gun. My home town also considers BB guns firearms on the same grade as real guns. (I dont consider BB guns real guns)

Some places are still way behind the times with liberal definitions like that. In many areas, paintball guns are considered "toys". IF you are stupid, and say, shoot up someone or something with them I think then it would fall under "assult" or "vandalism".

I believe there is still a BAN in NYC on paintball guns. Im not 100% sure on that though. Doesnt mean you cant get them, but your not supposed to have them in city limits. I know there were efforts to get that law changed but I dont know what ever became of it.