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Stockguns - Stockgun
What kind of markers are on the market, and which one should I buy? The three basic choices for paintball guns are stockguns, pumpguns, and semi-automatics. All three types of guns arre popular is recreational paintball, with the main difference being shots per second and firing speed. Stockguns and pumpguns shoot much slower, and therefore use less paint. Stock guns are much cheaper to buy and rent than the semi-automatic. While stockguns are cheaper, it puts the players who use them at a distinct advantage if they are playing in games against opponents wielding semi-automatics.
Stockguns are a cheap alternative to the semi-automatic markers, but they are less user friendly than their speedier counterparts. Stockguns do require a little more coordination. When using a stockgun, you have to pump the gun once each time you want to get a paintball into the chamber so you can shoot it. With a semi-automatic, you will get a shot off every time you pull the trigger. Semi-Automatics are more user friendly than stockguns and pumpguns. Semiautomatic paintball guns are the most common types of marker manufactured by the major companies like Tippmann, DraXxus, and Demon Guns. Companies that advertise semi-automatics usually emphasize a fast firing rate in balls per second, accuracy, and weight of the marker.
When shooting a stockgun, a player must re-cock the gun before being able to pull the trigger for the next shot. With stockguns, pump guns, and semi-automatics, only one paintball is shot for each trigger pull.
Stockguns are paintball markers that fire at a low number of balls per second, because its operator must pump the gun from taking the next shot. Stock close guns are designated as in the same category as pump action paintball guns. Most pumpguns use a power supply that includes 12 gram CO2 cartridges and have small CO2 tanks There are a number of reputable manufactures of CO2 tanks, including Air American, Cross Fire, and Guerrilla Air.
There many excellent stockguns and pumpguns on the market that make for a great starter marker for the beginning player. Stockgun, like semi-automatics must comply with all field safety rules, including a 290 fps speed limit, and a range of fifty feet. Today, paintball stores provide an extensive inventory of stockgun markers at competitive prices. While the stockguun makes for a quality marker for the new player, it does put him in a position to get mowed down on the field of playing against opponents that are shooting at 20 balls pr second or more. To compensate for this unfair advantage, field owners and referees often will designate one of their fields as a beginner course, where player are only permitted to use pumpguns or stockguns. In some newbie field games, individual players are sometimes allowed a maximum number of paintballs that they can use in a game, taking away the semi-automatics advantage.
While the stockgun has largely been marginalized with the arrival of the newer marker technologies, there remains popularity among some circles games that use the pump style gun. Starting in 2003, special pump only events have been hosted in fields encouraging old school matches. Games that feature stockgun and pump-style stockguns are popular for their old school feel. In games with modern weapons, players can compensate for their lack of skill by spraying out hundreds of paintballs around the field. With old school paintball that uses stockguns, players must make the best of their shots with a limited amount of time. An important game tactic when coming out of a bunker is to fire quickly before retreating back under cover. In an old school game, players with stockguns may only get to fire off one or two shots before giving away their position, so they must learn the skill of being accurate enough to aim and make an elimination with one pull of the trigger.
Special pump-only events have become very popular because they put everyone on a level playing field. Games featuring stockguns now take away the advantage of a rich hid shooting up a poor kid. If money is not object, you may have a kid that can just buy the best paintball gun, the most paint, and spray everything that moves until you hit something. The poor counterpart on the paintball field may be on a budget and only want to go through one hopper of balls during the game. Special pump-only events offer games that feature the most skilled players rather than maybe the person who possess the best technology or fires the most paintballs.
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