Could A PaintBall Kill you?

[Beemer]

Make allot of little ripples all at once I kid, I kid.

I got a big boat so its okay. But there will be very little space between the ripples.

[Lenny]

Beemer's a mod? Huh. Never knew. Cool.

[grEnAlEins]

Beemer's a mod? Huh. Never knew. Cool.

Me neither...

Beemer, these are great threads! I love seeing the discussion unfold, especially on something like safety standards (which I always thought were common sense, and therefore universal). I guess "common sense" might not be so common [shrugs]

[hitech]

But hey how is she[you] doing now?

Things are getting back to "normal" (not that I'm sure what that is). Her strength is returning. She only goes straight to bed when I get home from work one night a week now. We have taken weekend trips and she was her usual whirlwind during the preperation. They told us it would likely be two years before she fully recovers. Now I can see why. Only eight months to go...

Thanks for asking.

[hitech]

20 years and no real governing body. Standards that arent followed...so stupid.

I'll agree with ya there. If it wasn't for the fact that field owners feel the need for insurance coverage things might be a lot worse. Then again, my local field has dropped the "semi auto only" part of the mandatory morning speech. They don't say anything about allowing ramping, but that part is missing (I was listening for it as I almost have it memorized ).

[hitech]

freezing paintballs does not make them any harder, fills are freeze resistant and putting paint in the freezer will do nothing other than make it A LOT more brittle. But, DEEP freezing ought to make them solid.

Trust me, they were solid! Also, remember, I am talking about the late eighties. The fill formula might have been different and the shells certainly seemed different. Paintballs of today store MUCH better than those did.

[bryceeden]

I voted no, even though I believe that anything is possible. However, if I believe that a paintball impact could kill me then I would not play. Of all the things I do I think it is probably the least likely to kill me.

I had to vote no, could it happen in a far off stupid never going to happen event maybe(after all there is one reported case of a guy dieing from a paper cut) but I'm going to have to say no a single paintball fired at 300 fps or lower could not kill a person. Think about all the people that play and how long its been going for and it still has never happened so I'll have to go with no.

[Beemer]

Beemer, these are great threads! I love seeing the discussion unfold, especially on something like safety standards. [shrugs]

Hey thanks but there are some who would think otherwise.

[Beemer]

I had to vote no, could it happen in a far off stupid never going to happen event maybe(after all there is one reported case of a guy dieing from a paper cut) but I'm going to have to say no a single paintball fired at 300 fps or lower could not kill a person. Think about all the people that play and how long its been going for and it still has never happened so I'll have to go with no.

Ya it will never happen. Lets just be reactive instead of proactive. A screw in tank will NEVER kill anybody either. But a mother of two and a 16 year old boy are now Dead because of it. But it will NEVER happen.


Peace Out.

[grEnAlEins]

Ya it will never happen. Lets just be reactive instead of proactive. A screw in tank will NEVER kill anybody either. But a mother of two and a 16 year old boy are now Dead because of it. But it will NEVER happen.

And nobody in Madrid would dream of putting oil in his tank, over pressurizing it, and doing so after replacing the relief/blowout valve with a plug. Even in this case, the tank would NEVER explode, and the shrapnel would certainly NEVER hurt anyone.
I guess some people really do not understand that Murphy's Law does exist...

[bryceeden]

Like I said, a single paintball fired at 300fps or below hitting someone with all the proper safty gear will never and can never kill a person. Now if we monky with that and take away the safty gear, or shoot them 3000 times point blank, of what ever things could change but no way a single(or even 2-3) ball could kill a person.

[hitech]

Something I've always wondered. How many consecutive impacts would it take to cause a "dangerous" injury to "sensitive" areas that are not normally covered by REQUIRED safety equipment? The problem is that I don't think anyone know how many or if it even will or won't.

[calebh]

call me stupid, but ive been playing for my 3 years with minimal safety equipment. my aci jersey (havent even seen anything from aci in a couple of years) is from the days when a jersey thicker than a tshirt could be considered excessive padding. (still is, imo) good luck finding many of those now my redz pants have simple reinforced stitching from the knees down, and this thin vinyl stuff for the rest of it. i do have a small throat protector hanging from my mask, but it hasnt done much good. i took a good shot to the neck from about 6 feet away anyway. it looked like a really bad hickey lol. other than that, nothing. no pads, no cup, no gloves, no hat. just a good quality mask.

granted, i have a huge pain tolerance and i dont play proffesionally, or even in regular tourneys. but i do recball with some tourney players on ocassion. never had a problem before, and im not anticipating any. in a game when you can get shot on a foot, pod, or hopper sticking out, youre likely only gonna take a body hit on the move or walking off the field. ive taken more painful shots sitting on the sidelines of a game and on the occasional reffing job than while playing.

as for getting killed by a paintball... i dont think its possible to get killed only by a paintball hit. multiple hits, maybe. still not likely, imo. id be more worried about being injured while playing golf than getting any kind of injury from paintball. and the statistics back me up

[Desega]

Something I've always wondered. How many consecutive impacts would it take to cause a "dangerous" injury to "sensitive" areas that are not normally covered by REQUIRED safety equipment? The problem is that I don't think anyone know how many or if it even will or won't.

Lasoya gave a kid a concusion afew years back from massively over shooting with an illegal marker so aparently it can happen but it was ALOT of shots fired VERY close. But one ball I'd have to say no, can't kill you.

[CoolHand]

Lasoya gave a kid a concusion afew years back from massively over shooting with an illegal marker so aparently it can happen but it was ALOT of shots fired VERY close. But one ball I'd have to say no, can't kill you.

Concussion != Death

I've wrecked race cars, I've hit my head hard enough to have a concussion, and I don't buy for a second that a paintball impact alone caused a concussion.

Now, getting bunkered, surprised, and then freaking out and falling on your head because you got hit by a paintball and giving yourself a concussion? That I'd buy.

It takes a pretty good lick to accelerate your skull fast enough that your brain can't keep up and smashes into the bone hard enough to make a bruise.

I guess if you had a whole bunch of them hit all at once the equations might work out, but otherwise, meh.