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Pistol | Pistols | Paintball
There are three main categories of paintball markers: the semi-automatic gun, the pump guns, and the pistol. Pistols are sometimes used in scenario games or paintball games like Duel. The paintball pistol has number of distinct features that differentiate it from the more common semi-automatic. The first major difference between the two guns is how the machines are held. A semi-automatic gun like the Epic from Ice is designed to be held with two hands, while the Delta .68 Pistol from Psycho Ballistics is designed to be held in one hand. The pistol may be the ideal marker in your game for a number of reasons. The pistol may be an ideal marker because of its size and light weight. In some scenario games, the matches can last for hours, and a player may want a firearm that he can holster to the side of his body, or at least carry it in his arms without getting too tired. Pistols are smaller, with a shorter, smaller barrel, and a smaller air tank attached to its air supply. Besides making the gun lighter, the shorter barrel requires less air to fire the paintball, and less air can go a longer way. Long barrels are gas guzzlers; the longer the barrel, the more air that is required to push the paintball down the tube.
As the paintball travels down the barrel, more and more friction builds up, and more gas is needed to keep the projectile at a steady velocity. As less gas is needed with the paintball pistol, small air supplies can provide players with enough shots to make the machine an adequate marker for certain games. Besides the pistol being lighter, it also is much more compact, which can come handy in games where the natural of manmade bunkers are smaller than usual. With bunkers that are short and narrow, the big hoppers or tanks of semi-automatics are sometimes big enough to stick out of the top or sides of the bunker, getting the player eliminated.
One of the main attractions that the paintball pistol brings to some games is the limited range and firing power that the gun's design offers the player. You may be wondering if you have just read that right. Did I just read that the gun's main strengths as its weaknesses. Why would a player prefer a marker with limited range and a limited shots per second capacity. The answer is that some players prefer games where every shot counts, and some people find less-shooting and more strategy games more thrilling. Sometimes the game can get a little obscene when players that are clearly surrounded can just shoot their way out of the corner just because he has more money to spend on paintballs. Pistols offer some players more cerebral, thought out games rather than the semi games where the entire field is covered with red and orange paint.
Paintball Pistol Manufacturers.
The PGP by Sheridan is a pistol that is composed of a simple design that makes it easy to clear, and easy to maintain. This pistol outputs 35-90 shots using only a 12 gram air supply. The ACP from Ariakon is another pistol that has a high CO2 efficiency, and it hold about 11 paintballs before it needs to be reloaded. The ACP has an accuracy of up to 55 feet before the projectiles become less reliable.
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