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V-Balls Velcro Target Practice Balls
V-balls make a good tool for practice shooting, improving your snap shot, and just plain giving you something to do on a boring day where you can be out at the field. V-balls, featured in the March 2004 recent issue of Action Pursuit Games, are 68 caliber velcro balls designed to work in your paintball marker.
V-balls come with 100 Velcro balls and 1 target.
Admit it, you've sat around at home holding your paintball gun. You've probably even gassed it up and fired it a few times even though it scared the hell out of the cat, your Mom and your baby sister.
But what if you could actually "do" something productive with your paintball gun while you were sitting around at home? Enter V-balls http://www.vballsusa.com). When we first heard about V-Balls we were both skeptical and intrigued at the same time.
The main concerns we had where:
Will they work in your gun?
Will they damage your gun?
Will they shoot like a paintball?
Will you end up blasting your sister's eye out?
They Work!
Vballs solid plastic balls about the size of a paintball covered soft Velcro. When you shoot the V-balls at the included target, the stick to it 95% of the time. Occasionally a shot will bounce off from sheer chance, but most of the time, if a V-ball bounces off it is because actually pulling a Robin Hood and hitting one of the V-balls stuck to the target.
We made a brief video clip you can download here (you must be registered/logged in): http://www.paintballstar.com/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=17
(note: where you see the V-balls bouncing off the target it is from hitting another v-ball).
One V-balls set comes with a circular target and 100 V-balls. You can buy additional V-balls and targets as well. The balls are reusable, just peel them off the target and stick them back in your gun.
As we used the V-balls we found out a couple things. First, make sure you and anyone else around you is wearing goggles while you use V-balls. V-balls, once you get past the soft fuzzy velcro, are actually harder than paintballs, and they hurt more too.
Using V-balls will bring your velocity down to about 250 feet per second, so you'll want to turn your gun up a bit to make sure your shooting at a realistic speed. Of course, you only want to do this if you're target shooting. There's no sense in practicing with V-balls that shoot at 250fps and then playing with your gun set to 280fps. So make sure to turn your velocity up (and remember to turn it DOWN when you switch back to using paintballs).
V-balls fly just like regular paintballs. But you cannot shoot them accurately much further than about 30-40 feet. Still, V-balls make a great tool for snap shooting. If you want to practicing coming out of a bunker and getting your first 1-2 shots right on target V-balls are the perfect tool.
Post Article Addendum: A couple of comments expressed concerns that Vballs might damage your gun or barrel. The velcro that is on the Vballs is the soft half of the velcro, and is far too soft to scratch your barrel or gun. At most it could actually "buff" and polish your barrel to remove residue build up.
V-ball Lessons
We learned a couple of lessons while using V-balls. First, you must have a motorized loader if you actually want to shoot more than 2 shots without having to shake your gun around like a mad man. And using a loader like the HALO Belt driven hopper yields mixed results. The small fuzzy Velcro balls occasionally get snagged inside the HALO. But with an Evlution, Revolution, Ricochet or HALO TSA, V-balls work great.
V-balls are supposed to be good for "hundreds of shots". For the most part this is true, although 2 of our V-balls started coming apart after about 20 cycles through the gun. Also, when you remove the V-balls from the target, it is best to remove them one at a time. If you try to grab a whole handful and tear them from the target, you'll end up peeling the Velcro backing away from the target. That's what happened to us the first time we used V-balls, but as long as you peel them off one or two at a time your V-balls and target system will last for a long time.
You can also find another video clip at Vballsusa.com: http://www.vballsusa.com/vballsFinal.mov
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V-Balls Velcro Target Practice Balls
V-balls make a good tool for practice shooting, improving your snap shot, and just plain giving you something to do on a boring day where you can be out at the field. V-balls, featured in the March 2004 recent issue of Action Pursuit Games, are 68 caliber velcro balls designed to work in your paintball marker.
V-balls come with 100 Velcro balls and 1 target.
Admit it, you've sat around at home holding your paintball gun. You've probably even gassed it up and fired it a few times even though it scared the hell out of the cat, your Mom and your baby sister.
But what if you could actually "do" something productive with your paintball gun while you were sitting around at home? Enter V-balls http://www.vballsusa.com). When we first heard about V-Balls we were both skeptical and intrigued at the same time.
The main concerns we had where:
Will they work in your gun?
Will they damage your gun?
Will they shoot like a paintball?
Will you end up blasting your sister's eye out?
They Work!
Vballs solid plastic balls about the size of a paintball covered soft Velcro. When you shoot the V-balls at the included target, the stick to it 95% of the time. Occasionally a shot will bounce off from sheer chance, but most of the time, if a V-ball bounces off it is because actually pulling a Robin Hood and hitting one of the V-balls stuck to the target.
We made a brief video clip you can download here (you must be registered/logged in): http://www.paintballstar.com/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=17
(note: where you see the V-balls bouncing off the target it is from hitting another v-ball).
One V-balls set comes with a circular target and 100 V-balls. You can buy additional V-balls and targets as well. The balls are reusable, just peel them off the target and stick them back in your gun.
As we used the V-balls we found out a couple things. First, make sure you and anyone else around you is wearing goggles while you use V-balls. V-balls, once you get past the soft fuzzy velcro, are actually harder than paintballs, and they hurt more too.
Using V-balls will bring your velocity down to about 250 feet per second, so you'll want to turn your gun up a bit to make sure your shooting at a realistic speed. Of course, you only want to do this if you're target shooting. There's no sense in practicing with V-balls that shoot at 250fps and then playing with your gun set to 280fps. So make sure to turn your velocity up (and remember to turn it DOWN when you switch back to using paintballs).
V-balls fly just like regular paintballs. But you cannot shoot them accurately much further than about 30-40 feet. Still, V-balls make a great tool for snap shooting. If you want to practicing coming out of a bunker and getting your first 1-2 shots right on target V-balls are the perfect tool.
Post Article Addendum: A couple of comments expressed concerns that Vballs might damage your gun or barrel. The velcro that is on the Vballs is the soft half of the velcro, and is far too soft to scratch your barrel or gun. At most it could actually "buff" and polish your barrel to remove residue build up.
V-ball Lessons
We learned a couple of lessons while using V-balls. First, you must have a motorized loader if you actually want to shoot more than 2 shots without having to shake your gun around like a mad man. And using a loader like the HALO Belt driven hopper yields mixed results. The small fuzzy Velcro balls occasionally get snagged inside the HALO. But with an Evlution, Revolution, Ricochet or HALO TSA, V-balls work great.
V-balls are supposed to be good for "hundreds of shots". For the most part this is true, although 2 of our V-balls started coming apart after about 20 cycles through the gun. Also, when you remove the V-balls from the target, it is best to remove them one at a time. If you try to grab a whole handful and tear them from the target, you'll end up peeling the Velcro backing away from the target. That's what happened to us the first time we used V-balls, but as long as you peel them off one or two at a time your V-balls and target system will last for a long time.
You can also find another video clip at Vballsusa.com: http://www.vballsusa.com/vballsFinal.mov
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