What are Paintballs?
Paintballs are small capsules made of gelatin filled with a coloured dye. The dye is water soluble so it can be washed out, and non-toxic so it won't hurt you even if you accidentally swallow it. Still, I doubt its very tasty!
A number of companies like www.sakworldpaintball.com supply paintballs. There are good and expensive paintballs and not so good inexpensive paint balls. You can buy paintballs in almost any color in the world and in just about any quantity.
Paintballs come pre filled with a water based paint. Most paintball fields need you to purchase their "field paint", because this is how they earn there money. A lot of fields are now allowing BYOP (bring your own paintballs) for a fee.
The way you intend to use your paintballs will determine which paintballs you buy, as they each have a different thickness of filling. You can see a variety of different paintballs at http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintballs.html.
If you need a paintball for practice purposes you will obviously go for a cheap and more or less decent product. When buying a ball for rec-ball purposes, again, quality will be a secondary requirement. But when you are buying a tournament ball, quality and quality alone is the lone priority. Here you need balls that won t burst easily either inside your paintball guns or in transit. But, at the same time you need balls that will easily smash into your opponents.
Besides quality, the other significant factor to consider is the size of the paintball. You need to make sure that your paintballs are a perfect fit. The precise size of the paintball is measured in calibers, with .68 being the standard. Most paintballs are of .689 size, but there is some variation in the final digit. If the balls avaialble from your local field are the wrong size, you might want to consider getting a different barrel, which you can find more about from http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintball-barrels.html.
Of course, you must know the exact measure of your gun barrel before you can buy paintballs. If your ball is the wrong size, it might break in the barrel, and be completely useless to you.
Paintball guns themselves come in a number of varieties, like the paintballs themselves. Consider the Ion gun, which has all the standard features you woudl expect, plus is extremely versatile. Think about your level of skill and expertise when choosing a gun, as well as your budget. There's no point having an excellent gun if you can't aim it accurately. If you have a look at http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintball-guns-markers.html you will see a list of paintball guns you might be interested in.
Take another look at the Ion gun. It has a 17/sec fire rate, and an automatic fire rate of 10 balls/sec. This alone makes it worthy of consideration, but its price is so low that it could be used for recreational play as well as tournament. So go to http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/smpaionpagun.html and have a look.
If you are looking for a very high end paintball gun, the best place to shop is Planet Eclipse. Head out to http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/planeteclipse.html and take a look at some of the guns on offer there. They make some of the best paintball guns.
If your not sure what you need, visit SAK WORLD PAINTBALL (http://www.sakworldpaintball.com). SAK WORLD PAINTBALL is one of the best online paintball stores to find the newest and best paintball guns and equipment to make your next paintball game a blast!. Enjoy!
Author Samuel Morhaim is a professional paintballer, and operator of a paintball supply site. Click here to see his paintball guns for sale.
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