Nah as burly and macho as we all sound ..... ahem! You'll find most paintballers will be chilled out tea (or beer) drinking, bacon sarnie eating, like minded people from all walks of life. In fact, if you start a few threads in the relevant sections, you could ask who is going to the next walkon you fancy going to, and wouldnt mind letting you tag along and check out some kit. If you are polite and ply them with cake and caffeine, most would let you shoot a few paintballs over the chrono. I certainly wouldnt mind.
Also, havent worn a set for a very long time, but these were always pretty big werent they?
http://www.lips-paintball.com/acatalog/VF-Profiler-Black-660.html#.UpZeu8RdXMs
Big as in the lens part I mean.