Paint Bullets

what if we shaped paintballs like bullets and put fins on them to stabilize them in flight and actually make use of rifling in barrels.

thatd be cool huh? then we really could be 1337 paintball snipers!!!!!!

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apparently the idea wasnt too far fetched.....

I've seen them in person, its half of a sphere with a "skirt" on it.

ammolord wrote: old(ish)

the idea, or the actual product?

i know the idea is old as dirt (as i was kinda making fun of it), but the product is relatively new, i just saw them on AVI's "new products" page, and they usually have stuff for sale within a couple days of a new product being released.


Edited by ctchofday - 25 May 2009 at 8:11pm

oldpbnoob wrote: Samples of these were release a few months ago and there were some vids floating around as well. Have these actually been released finally, or are they preorder?

They are in stock and ready to be bought.

ctchofday wrote: what if we shaped paintballs like bullets and put fins on them to stabilize them in flight and actually make use of rifling in barrels.

The problem is, the round shape of a ball is the reason it breaks.  If you shape it like a bullet, it will have much more strength.  They may fly farther, but they would be DANGEROUS because the shape makes them NOT want to break.

For the newbs, about 20 years ago a paintball bazooka was made using over sized paintballs.  Everyone thought it was great until someone was hit in the head and was killed.

ctchofday wrote: ammolord wrote: old(ish) the idea, or the actual product? i know the idea is old as dirt (as i was kinda making fun of it), but the product is relatively new, i just saw them on AVI's "new products" page, and they usually have stuff for sale within a couple days of a new product being released.

The rounds that you saw the Police use were simunation "Spelling" rounds.  I believe they move faster than 300 fps.  They are plastic bullet shaped..bullets with slots cut into the front.  The when the round makes contact the tip of the round caves in due to the slots and the paint is released through the now open slots.  The round itsself if basically a 9mm cut down brass with a primer and a cradle for the bullet. maybe a little extra pouder but i don't think so.  The rounds are fired out of a real pistol with a modified barrel.  The paint isn't as liquid as paintball paint is.  Its tackier or thicker.   Expensive, but very useful tools in training.  When they hit you, you know about it.    Since the other paintballs got covered...I thought I would cover this one.

it doesnt madder what shpe it is as long as theycompensate with the thickness

And Tiberius is now mass producing the "First Strike" for woodsball snipers. Just you buy them in a tube of eight or so and they are pretty expensive.

If it was a true egg shape, this would probably be so.  However, my understanding is that the end is open.  This allows for a "crush zone" that an egg doesn't have.  Additionally, the rounds have a "brittle polystyrene" shell as opposed to standard gel-cap shell to allow easier breakage on target.  I haven't played with these yet, but some friends who tried them at a recent big game say they deliver as promised.

An additional note on the "hitting/breaking harder" is that one of the articles I read on them mentioned that they were designed to perform in accordance with ASTM requirments at normal paintball velocities.

Note:  My friends were impressed enough with them that I will probably give them a try.  (Lord knows I don't have enough paintball stuff already. )