50 Cal
- Thread starter Cook$
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lol! dont know ive always wanted to have a go with it but cant justify paying for a new set up
The new Splatmasters use 50 cal, I believe.
The idea is that the combination of a small ball and a cheap gun will bring more entry-level customers into the game.
(Less pain, fewer welts, cheaper, etc.)
The idea is that the combination of a small ball and a cheap gun will bring more entry-level customers into the game.
(Less pain, fewer welts, cheaper, etc.)
And as far as tournament use goes, 50 cal is as dead as, oh, the double-barreled paintball gun.
It was the future but then the inventor switched his headlights on at light speed and it became my avatar.
It was always said that it would be a much better ball if it had a certain weight. Without that weight, it wouldnt behave in such a way to make it at least tournament worthy. The weight was promised, Tom Kaye of AGD said that he had tried many many times to make the weight in a ball that size, but just couldnt, saying there was no way to do it unless you use dangerous heavy metals etc.
No ball of the correct weight was ever produced.
No ball of the correct weight was ever produced.
If you made it the same weight as a .68 it would be superior in terms of accuracy, distance etc at the same FPS, you could make it even smaller than .50, make it out of lead to make it weigh the same as a .68, make it more of a streamline shape to makeit even more stable in flight - it'd cut down on the number of wipers too.
.50" calibre has been around a long time in the 'toy' paintball market.
The difference in those and the fairly recent paintball innovation was making them to standards.
Many different sizes were used in the past and .68" established as the standard.
.50" had to be hyped in its marketing, mainly aimed at punter sites for rentals, it didn't kick off a major success and revolutionise paintball but is still around.
Splatmatic 'toy' paintball:
