higher velocity on paintballs

should it be higher than 300fps it should be like 350 or 375 or somethings cuz when u get hit by a 300fps paintball u barely feel it,compared to something like 350.

No, you shouldn't raise the velocity past 300 fps. If you do, you have a higher risk of cracking your lense. That's one of the reasons why most fields have their standard velocity at about 280 fps or maybe a little higher.

350 shoots through clothes if you are close enough. It hurts.

Dude, 300 hurts enough at 2 feet when you get bunkered.

Thats a bad idea. and i rarely have any problems noticing hits at anywhere from 260-300.

most fields keep the veolcity limit at 260-280

This was 250 at point blank.

EDIT: When I say point blank I mean my arm was about a foot away from the tip of the guys barrel.


Edited by rave5910

The limit of 300 fps isn't to do with pain, its to do with physical capabilities. Budd Orr figured out the max speed of 300 fps after hearing of many women and children having their knuckles broken by people shooting "hot." Essentially, if you turn up the velocity you run the risk of breaking hands, as well as masks, which are also rated for 300 fps.
That's it in a nutshell.

In the middle of the circle where the skin is a little bit darker, all the skin died and fell off and I had a big ol' hole in my arm.

Just read what I said, it answers it.