Mack wrote: StormyKnight wrote: Paintball pistols are great if everyone else that you play with has one. They're fun even when everyone doesn't.  Pistol and pump play is not that big around here so when I use either one, I'm usually the only one and everyone else is using semis or better.  It really gets the adrenaline going.  It also makes you consider every move in advance.  For me this is a good thing as I sometimes tend to get sloppy with my tactics in the woods.

My friend's nephew who plays with us quite regularly has a horrible problem with field economics.  Being young, he's just getting out of the camping stage.  He gets bored and frustrated and will just start shooting.  I'm not sure if it's at a perceived opponent or he's trying to draw somebody in towards him.  Even when he has sombody in front of him with good cover, he'll empty his marker at him and then call himself out after he runs out of paint.  He saw my other buddy's Rapide and thought it was really cool.  He wanted to play a game with it instead of his semi.   He got a quick run-down on the pistol and was ready to take the field.  He wasn't out there 5 minutes in heavy cover when again, he empties that little pistol into a thicket.

It was funny because we all told him he had 20 shots.  That was it.  He had to be very picky with how he operated the marker.  Playing with pistols is a lot more challenging than using a semi.  You have to get closer and you just can't fling the same amount of paint.  You actually have to aim instead of walking a rope of paint towards your target.  It is a different mindset.  I started out with pumps and pistols.  I have one of each should we all get nostalgic sometime and play like in the old'n days.