Paintball packages???

BlinkyJJJ

Well I'm thinking of buying a paintball package but I don't know what would be the best one for me with everything I need included just hoping someone here has bought before and knows where to go (website). I'm lookin at the 150-250 range of spending but the lower the better. Thanks

Spitfire666

Dont bother, go airsoft instead.....

o1s1n

Heh, I was tempted to say that but held back.

Whupass plays paintball doesn't he? There was another guy who did but he doesn't really post here anymore.

The forum seems to have been totally overtaken by airsoft.

Someone posted up a link to an Irish paintball forum somewhere. Just trying to remember what it was.

Spitfire666

i think i might have seen a paintball gun and some gas cans for them when i went to pick up my m15a4 at BFSL so it may be worth asking him.....tell him alan sent ya.

I know he does the masks anyway.

Harekin

Paintball guns are illegal with a permit of some kind.

Spitfire666

he may be looking into getting one.
I'm not sujesting ANYONE should go and get a paintball marker illegaly.



PHEW.....

o1s1n

Which is such a huge benefit airsoft has over it that I'm amazed anyone would go to the trouble of trying to get one.

Each to their own i guess!

BlinkyJJJ

lol I don't know if their illegal maybe to buy in Ireland but a few of my friends have ordered them in from England and they arrived so...

Spitfire666

you can get alot of stuff into the country that may or may not be fully legal.....


No further comment on that note.

BlinkyJJJ

lol but doesn't airsoft get taken by the wind way easier????

o1s1n

They ordered them from england without getting stopped? Odd. I was always sure you needed to have a license before you could import them.

Maybe they were just lucky getting them through. Maybe the Police are on there way to their house right now

BlinkyJJJ

haha maybe lol

o1s1n

Well, just in case you didnt know. Paintball guns require a license. Airsoft guns do not. Paintball guns require expensive ammunition and co2 gas. Airsoft guns do not.

If you're not mad into the paintball scene and playing games all the time therefore need your own gun, you might wanna give airsoft a look

Harekin

And Airsoft pwn's paintball. I can say that cos Iv played both.

BlinkyJJJ

hhmmm I live in Galway nd there isn't to much of an airsoft scene, there was last year in school which was good craic but I think the airsoft is dying here, but I did just google airsoft nd did find a replica of the steyr which I'm already really used 2 with the RDF, lol thanks O1s1n now I'm just confustered at what to do lol

Harekin

There aint much of an airsoft scene anywhere in the Republic at the moment really.

Spitfire666

o1s1n wrote:

Maybe they were just lucky getting them through. Maybe the Police are on there way to their house right now

Speaking from some sort of expeirence are ya oisin?

o1s1n

Wah freaky. Spitfire666, post 666...dont jinx me man....

Spitfire666

dammit, and i wanted that to be a special post. i noticed i was close to it yesterday but forgot. ah well.

o1s1n

You'll have to wait for 6,666 now. Might take a while

Harekin

Spitfire666 wrote:

Speaking from some sort of expeirence are ya oisin?

ROFL

o1s1n

shhhh!!!!

Spitfire666

o1s1n wrote:

You'll have to wait for 6,666 now. Might take a while

Not if i post more $h!te it wont.



Edited to insert the word more

o1s1n

For a pretty small and unknown hobby in this country, this section of boards is pretty damn active...so yeah...6,666 before you know it.

How did that happen anyway? Ireland must really be full of..arms appreciators.

ditpaintball

BlinkyJJJ wrote:

Well I'm thinking of buying a paintball package but I don't know what would be the best one for me with everything I need included just hoping someone here has bought before and knows where to go (website). I'm lookin at the 150-250 range of spending but the lower the better. Thanks

Anyway back on topic

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paintball. I see you are trying to be converted to airsoft. I am not going to say that 'paintball is the best thing ever, or you should forget that airsoft crap'. Instead, you should give both a try before you buy....but you can't try airsoft anywhere in ireland yet unless you fork out and buy a gun or know some one who has the toy. I haven't used or played a proper airsoft skirmish (has many people here on the site actually had a proper airsoft skirmish?) so i cant comment on it.

In a paintball package you will need the following:

Paintball Marker (gun)
Hopper - The thing on the top of the marker to hold your paint
Paintball Mask
Air Supply ( Liquid C02 Can or HPA - High Pressure Air)
Paintballs
Other stuff - cleaning kit etc

A marker can cost you from anywhere from €100 -€2000. The differences being quality, rate of fire, accuracy,electronic or mechanical, reliability etc.
If you are just wanting to mess around with your mates or bring it to sites, the a mechanical semi-auto marker will do your job i.e. the VL Maxis is cheap and chearful. (BMFS or Irish Paintball Supply)

You need authorisation to hold a paintball marker, not a license because they do not have serial numbers. A good few of the guys on irish-paintball.net have gotten authorisation for their markers with relative ease, just takes a few weeks in some cases, depending on where you live. It toke me 1 week down here in the country.

The standard hopper holds 200 balls and gravity feeds the balls into the marker. €5 max for the plascic item. Electronic hoppers force feed paintballs into the marker for competition quality where you fire 20-25 paintballs a second.

The Mask is the most important item. The are avaible from €20 to €100. Differences include thermal lense ( does not fog up), single lenes, hard plastic or soft plastic (soft means paintballs wont break as easy), fan system (control fogging), comfort, general size of the mask and ease of cleaning etc.
A basic JT Mask starts off around 20 quid.

Air supply is next. You can go either two ways:
C02 - Canisters start about €30, can be filled in most paintball sites in ireland or fill your self, cheap to use, 600-800 shots per tank for a 20oz tank - cannot be used with some markers

HPA - high pressure air - tanks start at €80, up to 1300 shots per tank for 1.5l tank, lighter than co2 tanks, performs better, easier on the marker, standard for high end guns, expensive to start off, you need 300bar to fill it i.e. scuba tank, works on every marker


Paintballs - they come in boxes of 2000, €25 - €60 per box depending on quality and brand. Difference include consistency's in size (affect accuracy) and paintball shell (make sure it breaks on opponent). These are legal to buy as they are just balls filled with food colorings.

Other - basic stuff to clean your barrel if a paintball breaks in it, oil to lub your marker, anti-fog solution if you have a single lens mask. All the stuff can be got for €20ish

Thats the basic kit you will need. You will get a decent package for that price range that you mentioned. If you have any other questions, pm me here or on irish-paintball.net


Richie

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And Airsoft pwn's paintball. I can say that cos Iv played both

agreed even though ive played more paintball then airsoft

Well Blinky their is a few of us trying to start up an airsoft scene here in Galway and it will get bigger and your more then welcome 2 join the fold.
Whats this about a former Galway Airsoft scene? can ya tell us more pm me if ya have 2?

lol but doesn't airsoft get taken by the wind way easier????

Airsoft guns are more accurate and have better range in most cases [stock form at least] because most paintball guns dont have backspin
Well if you are looking for a paintball "marker" lol i love calling them that :rolleyes: the tippy 98 or tippmann a5 are generaly accepted as the best choice for around that price. but you would want a better barrel for the tippmann 98 cos the stock barrel sucks [it is the only paintball gun ive used and its accuracy is horrendous but with a new barrel [J&j ceramix barrel ] or something like that it should be much better.

o1s1n

I pointed him toward airsoft as he wanted to import a marker and didn't realize it had to be authorized.

Which is kind of dodgy. He seemed to be pretty unaware of the details involved.
I think airsoft would probably be a better route for him in this case if he wished to own his own gun.

I've played airsoft but I haven't played paintball. I wouldn't mind giving it a go. However I'm pretty content playing the former. I like the whole collecting aspect that it involves as well as the actual playing.

o1s1n

ditpaintball wrote:

Paintballs - they come in boxes of 2000, €25 - €60 per box depending on quality and brand.

Jesus man. Those paintballs are damned expensive. How do you afford that much per box when you can fire 20-25 a sec?!

bbs generally cost about €20-25 for about 6000 high grade .20g. When the weight goes up they get a little more expensive.

Spitfire666

Agreed,


Ive played both and although i do like paintballs fast paced game at times, i much prefer the tactics and realism airsoft offers......................... ...................................................................and the grenades.

o1s1n

Spitfire666 wrote:

...................................................................and the grenades.

Truth, I've never seen someone so pyro hungry!

Spitfire666

what can i say, i grew up (or didnt) watching commando and rambo and other films ending with o.

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Grenades!!! i knew i left that small bit of space on my vest for something lol.

They ahve them in paintball to and their supposed to be savage although expensive but savage none the less

ditpaintball

o1s1n wrote:

Jesus man. Those paintballs are damned expensive. How do you afford that much per box when you can fire 20-25 a sec?!

Well if you like something enough then you wont mind spending money on it. the 20-25 balls/s would only be for competition games(in the arena) using electro-phenumatic markers (markers cause they mark you with paint)

If you playing in the woods, then you are not just spraying and praying to hit somebody. You are in semi-auto, one shot one kill with my 20'' sniper barrel or the Apex ( backspin - for distance or turn it for curve shots or dive bombs)

BB guns souldnt even be compared to paintball markers as they are very different. Paintball Markers have around 15times more power than a bb gun on average.

o1s1n

I can imagine them being messy yolks! Still, sound like fun.

That spitfire fellah is also a mad one for the smoke grenades. Put one down someones back, so he did.
Poor guy ran around screaming :eek:

Spitfire666

EH...... WHEN?

I got hit in the chest with one in the doorway of the fort on sat, picked it up and threw it back at them.

BlinkyJJJ

lol Ditpainball thx a mil thats what I wanted to know lol.

Well I'm goin up to Monaghan for paintball this weekend so I'll c wat the craic is up there aswell.

lol well our school (Jes) tour was to Andorra so every1 brought back "Guns" and well u know wat school is like so every1 who had one brought them in most of us only used pistols, it was good craic though only lasted about a week b4 ppl got bored and sussed.

lol this forum??? lol my first ever topic lol nd I think its a fun one lol :cool:

Sparks

BlinkyJJJ wrote:

lol I don't know if their illegal maybe to buy in Ireland but a few of my friends have ordered them in from England and they arrived so...

Oi vay.
You might want to let your friends know that they're now in possession of illegal firearms.
Best course of action would be to hand them over to their local gun dealer for temporary storage and then to go to the garda station to talk to their firearms officer about getting licences...

Sparks

o1s1n wrote:

Someone posted up a link to an Irish paintball forum somewhere. Just trying to remember what it was.

http://www.irish-paintball.net

ditpaintball

BlinkyJJJ wrote:

lol Ditpainball thx a mil thats what I wanted to know lol.

Well I'm goin up to Monaghan for paintball this weekend so I'll c wat the craic is up there aswell.
:cool:

A.W.O.L is probally where you are going. If so, ask to use the speedball field and the hyperball field. That is the setting that the competition paintball is set in. They also have a woodsball area, but you can do that anywhere in the country. Tony is the owner up there. Tell him Richie sent ya

www.irish-paintball.net/map.html for the location of other venues also.

BlinkyJJJ

lol thx again ditpaintball yeah I'm pretty sure we're hedin there lol.

Sparks my friends r into it a bit dnt wry lol theyve probably alrdy gone nd done it anyways.

o1s1n

Spitfire666 wrote:

EH...... WHEN?

I got hit in the chest with one in the doorway of the fort on sat, picked it up and threw it back at them.

You lit one and dropped it over the fence wall of the fort. Someone happened to be standing on the other side and it went down the back of his collar. He ran off screaming and shouting. There were many laughs.

You dont remember that? :O

o1s1n

ditpaintball wrote:

BB guns souldnt even be compared to paintball markers as they are very different. Paintball Markers have around 15times more power than a bb gun on average.

Paintball and Airsoft shouldn't really be compared full stop. They shouldn't really come into contact on each others threads.The equipment is different. The way of playing is different. Yet, to the onlooker, they're both just people running around a forest, with "guns", shooting at each other.

I'm not one of those "Paintball suxOr, Airsoft is teh 1337" (and I hope there are none on this forum )
But, if someone comes in here asking about buying a paintball gun, with very little knowledge of the sport, to the point of not knowing that the Gardaí have to be alerted they have one, I'm happy enough to inform them about Airsoft.

Oh, could you please not call them "bb guns"?. I'm not having a go or anything Just, that, along with "pellet guns" really need to be stamped out of the forum. They're just no specific enough terms.

mikeanywhere

o1s1n wrote:

Whupass plays paintball doesn't he? There was another guy who did but he doesn't really post here anymore.

The forum seems to have been totally overtaken by airsoft.

Someone posted up a link to an Irish paintball forum somewhere. Just trying to remember what it was.

The reason is because most of us post paintball related stuff on a specific paintball website created for Irish paintballers etc etc etc

The url is here

If there is nayhting we can do to help then feel free to PM or register and psot on the above forum link.

mikeanywhere

o1s1n wrote:

Paintball and Airsoft shouldn't really be compared full stop. They shouldn't really come into contact on each others threads.The equipment is different. The way of playing is different. Yet, to the onlooker, they're both just people running around a forest, with "guns", shooting at each other.

I'm not one of those "Paintball suxOr, Airsoft is teh 1337" (and I hope there are none on this forum )
But, if someone comes in here asking about buying a paintball gun, with very little knowledge of the sport, to the point of not knowing that the Gardaí have to be alerted they have one, I'm happy enough to inform them about Airsoft.

Hooray, someone with a bit of sense - nice one!!

o1s1n

mikeanywhere wrote:

Hooray, someone with a bit of sense - nice one!!

Well, you know, I do try