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Cheap Paintball Gear and Accessories

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

V-Force Pro-Vantage Thermal Paintball Goggles: V-Force Pro-Vantage paintball masks range from $19 to $25 according to paint and design.

This one features ProGrille bounce area (rebounds without jawbone slap); thermo-Cured, anti-Fog and anti scratch lens; and a Goof-Proof lens / strap retention system for safety lock. Proto Switch EL Mask: The Switch EL paintball mask is built with a quarter -turn, twist-lock technology.

The lens is constructed from complicated anti-fog materials and is capable of quick-change. The Proto Switch EL Mask costs in the region of $25 to $30. The main feature is the fully-adjustable rear occipital plate designed to offer protection to the head against possible random paintballs striking from behind, or from on top.

Tippmann Pathfinder: This is a 14″ long-range barrel, engineered to provide long-range accuracy. It is sharpened and ported, and made from lightweight aluminum. It is specifically designed for 98 Custom and Custom Pro paintball markers but also fits with many markers.

32 Degrees Ice Cold: This paintball barrel is made from two-piece nickel-plated aluminum. It is air-rifled ported and available in 12″, 14″, and 16″, and supports paintball markers like Autococker, Automag, Spyder / Piranha, Tippmann 98 Custom / Model 98, ProCarbine / Pro Lite, and the BE Raptor.

PMI Razzor 14″ Barrel: This is one of the least expensive paintball barrels available, costing around $29 only. It is assembled with light aluminum design and roller varnished interior finish.

Empire Twister Barrel: The Twister is made of polished 6061 composite aluminum. Main feature is the Twist system that creates a spin on the ball as it leaves the barrel for more predicted ball trajectory. Viewloader 12-volt Revolution: This paintball hopper features a 12-volt electronic perturbing system, sun-proof electronics, moisture-resistant protection, internal anti-jam mechanism and a spring-loaded flip cap.

Tippmann 200 Round Hopper: This 200-count feed hopper is intended to be used with the Tippmann A-5 paintball marker. It has a spring-loaded flip cap, and cots around $8.

Intense Rage Overdrive Motorized Hopper: This is an overdrive motorized paintball hopper with a 190-round capacity that costs about $25. The Vortex feed system uses a cyclonic action permitting fast flush of paint into the chamber.

Empire Reload Hopper II: This hopper features a magnetized lid and contained battery door. The optical loader essentially acts like a regular gravity fed loader, but when it senses a “misfeed”, it then revolves the paddle.

Psycho Ballistic Drop Forward with UFA: This drop forward has on / off switch that’s compatible with any screw in tank like those in nitro tanks or standard CO2 tanks.

32 Degrees Flame Drop Forward: Made in a flame-shaped design, this drop forward is built from machined aluminum, and costs about $30 only.

Tippmann Drop Forward: This $50 drop forward is designed for the Custom 98 and Custom Pro paintball markers. It features an angles tank to shorten the length of the marker set-up.

Tippmann Rear Cocking System: This cocking system lets you cock the marker from the back rather than the side, and has a side plate that covers the cocking handle to offer protection to the marker from the elements. It’s built to be used with use with the Tippmann Custom Pro and Model 98 markers, and costs about $50.

Hoppe’s Luxury Paintball Gun Cleaning Kit: This kit comes in a soft – sided pouch with belt loop for easy use during play. It incorporates a 4-oz spray container of anti-fog solution for face mask, a cleaning material, and lubricating oil, cleaning rods, squeegee, swab and slotted end, tank o rings and cleaning patches.

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A Paintballer's Most Important Piece of Equipment

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Everyone knows what camouflage is, but less folk have seen a ghillie suit. And unless you’re looking extraordinarily hard, you may not see it period. Barons would hire blokes to go round their lands and hunt poachers in the beginnings of the ghillie suit. They were called ghillies and would make suits from rags and frayed materials to cover themselves in the brush and wait for poachers.

Today ghillie suits are implemented for a range of activities from the deadly art of sniping to the far less deadly game of paintballing. The materials have changed but the idea behind the covering stays the same. Even if the enemy or target comes inside a fairly close range to them, the modern ghillie suit wearer can stay without detection and look like a pile of brush in the woods. Ghillie suits have been related to sharpshooting due to their basic design and efficacy.

Round the time of the conclusion of the 18th C the act of sniping began. To conquer and break the spirits of the opposition, rebels would shoot at enemies from concealed areas.

When rifles became more precise and were efficient from more than one-hundred meters, snipers became a commoner in the battle zone. The way battles were carried out was modified due to the implementation of shooters. Infantry warfare went from face-to-face encounters to more covered, flanking strategies as more chiefs were killed. Chiefs had to try and mix in with the common infantrymen to keep from being snuffed out. Covered spots like woods and mountains became the preferred area over open areas as sharpshooting systems became more favored.

The guidelines of engagement that troops during the past held onto was deserted as more vicious and concealed strategies were implemented to battle. To choose off high-ranking chiefs and to demoralize opposing armed forces during WWI, all sides had ghillie suits and shooter strategies. The same design used then is essentially mimicked today; suits are made from textiles that hang down and give the sharpshooter the weird capability to stay concealed. Whatever climate they’re in, there are such a lot of different sorts of the suit the wearer can mix in with their terrain anywhere. A desert ghillie suit, as an example, would appear a great deal different than a woods ghillie suit.

On imperative missions the ghillie suit is still implemented for safety and cover by the modern sharpshooter.

Since a shooter frequently works solo or with one other man the talent to stay unseen is vital for a sharpshooter’s safety. Besides the rifle, a well-crafted ghillie suit to cover the sharpshooter is a sniper’s most urgent asset.

A sniper’s life would be severely compromised if they did not have the capability to remain unseen till it was time to take the shot. The getaway after a shot was taken is equally as important to a sharpshooter as the shot. Many times in the escape the sniper will use the camouflage of the suit to get him out safely.

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