"Aiming"

I've noticed that many (if not most of the guns being sold), do not have any built-in aiming capabilities, and often do not even have the capability to accept a sight.

Now, before you assume that your marker has a sight just because it has a rail mounted on the body, read up on the aiming techniques of various sights.  You'll realize you're missing something when they start talking about posts, blades, etc.  Typically, what goes along with dovetail sights, is a front mounted blade.

That being said, can you aim your marker if it has not complete sight nor, a sight rail?  Certainly, but, how accurately? Assuming you have a consistantly shooting marker (and no significant wind), I imagine, that you can probably look down the side or top of the barrel and have a reasonable chance on hitting a dinner plate at around 20-30ft with a single shot.  But, beyond that, it gets increasingly difficult.

If you have a complete sight built into your gun, or even a sight mounted, you just need to adjust for the range (aim a little higher).  Then your ability to hit the plate becomes purely reflective of how well you know the drop off of the paintball in flight.

um why is this in T&O? This forum is for non-paintball related stuff. Try New Players...

EDIT: Why did you have to make a seperate post in the wrong forum again? That is Spam my friend.... You have been around long enough to know where to post stuff.

Edited by Snake6

This thread is in an appropriate forum. Thoughts and Opinions can be about paintball too.


Paintball guns just aren't accurate enough to use any aiming method better than feel or looking down the side.

i shoot... look where the ball went... and adjust from there...

muscle memory and i guess you could call it instinct is what i aim with. and unless i'm extremely posted up on someone... i'm snap shooting at people. I don't have enough time to aim through a sight

I sight down the barrel, works perfect for me. Sights lead to tunnel vision anyways.

mbro wrote: I sight down the barrel, works perfect for me. Sights lead to tunnel vision anyways.

A properly used red dot scope doesn't, but I still agree that sights aren't all that useful for paintball.

Unless maybe stock class? I don't know.

i just shoot one shot then move from, most of my shots are about 50 feet away and since its an indoor field theres no wind so its easy to hit people that way

i have auto aim on my gun LOL

Gatyr wrote: What the hell is this "paintball"?

I just point my barrel in the general direction, and then adjust a few inches up, left, or whatever if necassary.