Paintball Lingo & Terms : How to Play Paintball

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Part of the video series: How to Play Paintball

Summary: Learn about relevant paintball terms and lingo in this how-to video clip on the terminology used in the extreme sport of paintball.

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By John Borg
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John Borg has cut and stacked wood and has cleaned chimneys since young adulthood.read more

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kdyami1 said

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on 9/10/2008 clarification, paintball masks are really only rated 250, and the packaging on most masks says to change your lens every time you take a hit to the lens. The reason for the less then 300fps rule is because if you are hit with a paintball traveling at 300fps, it can break bones. Notorious for breaking fingers during the first 6-7 years of the sport before there was chronograph, back in the day where if you could shoot the bark off a tree it was too fast.

tellairai said

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on 8/2/2008 from watching this series, i can really tell that this guy does not know much if anything. *sigh*

noelydeeznutz said

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on 8/2/2008 Any speed over the field limit is a Hot Gun. As for going over 300fps, its due to the mask lense regulations, and anything over 300fps can damage or break the lense in your mask, causing you to potentially lose your eyesight. for an "expert" you dont seem to know too much.

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is John again. Now, I’m going to teach you a little bit about paint balling, as far as some of the jargon or the lingo that’s used. This is a tube of paint balls. It’s also called pods or guppy. Another thing that you’ll need to be mindful of when you are in a competition, you need to ask the referee to give you a paint check. What this means is to take a look at you and see if you have been hit anywhere on your body. Another practice that is frown upon, is illegal, is called wiping. Say you have been hit by a paint ball on the shoulder or anywhere where you can reach with your hand. When the referee isn’t looking, you take and wipe that off or wipe it down. You basically tell them that you haven’t been hit, which you have. Another is a hot gun. The regulations are for 300 feet per second speed for the paint ball to come out of the gun, the marker. If that exceeds, that speed is called a hot gun. That is frown upon because those paint balls can leave a welt or bruise more than normal on someone’s body. "

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