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paintballimpact.com / Glossary / Shooting Hot
Shooting Hot
"Shooting hot" means sending paintballs out at a speed faster than the field's speed limit. While this rule might seem overly conservative, given the fact that all of the players on the field wear head protection systems and protective clothing, it is for the safety of all players. When paintballs start traveling at speeds that exceed the shooting hot range, they have a potential for causing injury. In addition to the risk of injury, there are other problems associated with excessively high velocities. First, when the speeds of paintballs exceed 300 fps, the shots begin to become unreliable. At certain speeds, the shots begin to curve and spring out off their straight lines. In addition paintballs traveling at speeds faster than the normal range have a higher chance of exploding inside the maker. When paintballs explode inside the marker, it can slow down the game and because the person must take the time out to clean their gun.
To make sure that your paintball gun is not shooting hot, its speed in feel per second, a fps, is measured before the game with a device called a chronograph. On most paintball fields the normal velocity limit is (2780-290 fsps). 290 fps or less is usually the speed limit in games that feature .68 caliber rounds. There is also an energizing series of games that feature lower velocity markers called low impact games. In most low impact games, the speed limit velocity is usually 260 fps or less.
Shooting Hot is outlawed on all paintball fields. While checking for gun velocity may seem a little tedious and boring, it is in the best interest of everyone who plays.
In addition to not exceeding speed velocities, there are a number of things to not do when playing in a game.
- When you have been eliminated from a match you must plug your barrel so that it can no longer fire. It is important for player safety that you do not inadvertently shoot at someone when you are leaving the playing field.
- When a player verbally or non-verbally signals that he is "out!" or has been "hit!", you are to no longer shoot at this person. Once a player has been eliminated he is off limits, though he may still seem like a juicy target.
- Also, one a player signals that he is hit, he must leave the game, whether a paintball exploded on him or not. Sometimes, a player may announce that he is "hit!:, only to realize shortly after that the paintball did not break. Too bad, your out.
- In most paintball games, you must be within ten feel of another player to shoot him. This is another rule that is in the best interest of player safety.
The safety of players on all fields must be preserved, so that all games remain safe and fun. There are so many great fields that have plenty of action, such as Cumberland County Paintball in Millville, New Jersey. Log on to their website at www.countypaintball.com to find out more about their paintball store, plugs, grenades, and great products like the Tippmann Airsoft heavyweight AEG-AK47 AT200.
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