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Paintball Pistol List
The paintball pistol is popular in paintball games like duel where players have a limited number of shots to turn on a target. A paintball pistol has some limitations compared to semi-automatics because of their short barrels. Short barrel pistols offer a reduced range and accuracy, so compared to semi-automatic markers like the Alien Remains, but they provide adequate fire power games like duel. For an example of a game suited well for the pistol, read more about duel below.
Duel is a game that features 2 players that square off against one another from a close range. The game of duel tests how two players react quickly to pressure, and how fast a paintball player is able to turn quickly, spin, and shoot off an accurate shot. For those romantic about stories of the old west and tough cowboys like John Wayne, duel is like a mini scenario game that channels the old west. In this game, two players stand with their back to each other and both players are each aimed with a pistol and a single paint ball. The players walk a total of ten paces before they turn around and shoot at their opponent. The person who is not eliminated wins.
A paintball pistol is excellent for a game like duel because the shots are fired from a close distance, where accuracy is not as much of an issue. Paintball pistols, despite their limitations, offer a number of benefits to some paintball games that are either tactical, or sometimes they just make the game more fun. In some paintball games, the pistol's limitations are seen as the weapons biggest positive. The two most obvious limitations are the decreased accuracy and smaller CO2 tanks that are associated with the pistol. Because of the pistol design, the decreased barrel size reduces the accuracy of shots, and the much smaller air supply reduces the number of shots that you can take without having to reload. But paintball pistols enthusiasts see these limitations as a positive, as they have cleverly designed games where people need to use finesse and skill to win. In other games, there are distinct advantages to players who rapid fire paintballs in all directions, and pistol enthusiasts have designed awesome games around the less used weapon where every shot truly counts.
There are a number of tactical advantages to the use of the paintball pistols in some games. For starters, they are really light and can be held in one hand, and most of them are small enough to be carried as a side arm in a holster. The small size of the pistol allows players to crawl through some tight places while still having a weapon available in your hand. Some other popular paintball games that sometimes feature the pistol include Freeze tag, end of day, and dynamite paintball. Observe next brief list of some of the games finest pistols and the technology behind them.
ACP, from Ariakon. The Ariakon ACP has installed a number of technical innovations to this pistol to make it shoot faster, and more accurately. The ACP features an oversized trigger guard, variable Bore Size via inserts, a cycle rate of 16 balls per second, and an interchangeable flash suppressor.
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Paintball Guns 
