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__sneaky__ View Drop Down

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Posted: 03 December 2009 at 11:53pm

If you wear armor playing paintball...

...Get off the field and go home.

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ammolord

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Started from the botttom, not there yet

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Posted: 03 December 2009 at 11:56pm

__sneaky__ wrote:

If you wear armor playing paintball...

...Get off the field and go home.

This.

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buhju1

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Auf wiedersehen

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Posted: 04 December 2009 at 5:42am

Gravdigr wrote:

I got shot in the leg from about 30' by a marker that later had chronod at 370fps (we were playing on private property, not a managed course). 10 days later I still have the welts. over 300 fps can shatter mask lenses, don't tell me it couldn't pop an eyeball.

I have 4-year old scars from playing in my back woods. It's not cool when a paintball tears your shirt and draws blood. This happened on my arm and my chest. Non-chronoed markers are bad news but masks cannot be broken by the force of a standard paintball gun being shot at the outside of a mask. Paintball masks are designed like fire-fighter masks. They are tested to see how much force it take to shatter them, then that level of force is cut in half and labeled the safe limit. Paintball masks are safe to about 600 psi. If you take your mask off and shoot it from the inside, you should throw it away because shooting the inside of he lens compromises the integrity of the mask.

Paintball guns are capable permanent damage to eyes and face and have done this many times. There has never been a case of faulty gear (masks) causing damage. Every case was because a person wasn't wearing gear properly or not wearing any at all. They can kill a person but they never have. CO2 tanks have killed a few people though. I did a college paper on paintball safety. A + Big smile

Potato guns are not cool. They are extremely painful. Nerf cannons are bad enough.

Edited by buhju1 - 04 December 2009 at 5:48am

Mack

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Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:46am

Whatever the upper limit of paintball mask structural integrity is, paintballs should never be fired at other people in excess of 300 fps. It is a bad idea to play anyplace where the markers are not chronographed to a safe speed.

Any close range hit on the lens is reason to replace the lens.

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Location: NY, Son!
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Posted: 04 December 2009 at 2:38pm

scotchyscotch wrote:

ShotFromAfar wrote:

JoStal wrote:

I don't wear armor when I play paintball. Am I missing out?

mmmm.....yes XD

REASONS:

1: IT DOESN'T HURT IS A GOOD ONE!
2:It can Camouflage you.
3: AND SOMETIMES IT LOOKS JUST PLAIN SMEXY!

GAY!
When I work at the site I refuse to give armour to anyone unless they are especially young or female.

gl with your welts then lawl want some ice?

You need some wine for that stunt

JoStal

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Posted: 05 December 2009 at 4:06pm

You really shouldn't be playing paintball if welts bother you.

__sneaky__ View Drop Down

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Posted: 06 December 2009 at 4:18pm

JoStal wrote:

You really shouldn't be playing paintball if welts bother you.

This.

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scotchyscotch View Drop Down

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Truly a shining example to you all.

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Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:29pm

If you come to a walkon here and bring armor you will be lit up beyond belief before a game has even started. It's like a peanut mask. Yeah it has benefits but if you're a regular player then you just cant get away with it.