the old gems were made with the same strength as the black or clear. but as far as the new ones im not too sure, the regular black 12v revvy new shells are extremely weak and i dont know why brass eagle is ruining coompanies like this
My friend owns a 12v Xboard Smoke revy and it is alot stronger plastic than my 12v black. I've seen normal black hoppers broken by hot paintballs so i geuss its a matter of luck. If you hit anything hard enough it will break.
i got a smoked one from planet not long ago and they told me when i asked that they arent selling the black ones cos of the week plastic but the smoke ones are ok