I've got a round black disc with a hole in

[Silver Fox]

...Is this a record

Saw this while trying to find out what the greatest height anyone had fallen from and survived (its 33,300 feet by the way)

Most Paintballs Caught In Two Minutes
On June 22, 2002, Australian martial arts expert Anthony Kelly caught by hand 23 paintballs at the Echida Gully paintball field in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Each paintball was fired from a distance of 20 m (65.6 ft) at a minimum speed of 61 m (200 ft) per second.

Kelly, who also holds a Guinness World Record for catching 10 arrows by hand in two minutes, claims that paintball-catching is more challenging. "It's a different skill," he says. "They're going a lot faster than the arrows. The trick is to roll with them to be able to catch them without the paintball breaking." And they may not be as sharp as arrows, but paintballs can be just as dangerous. "It's like someone tossing a cricket ball towards you at full strength," explained the Kung Fu guru.

The marksman – Kelly's very trusted friend James Simmons – shot the .68 caliber paintballs from a Tipman SL68 II paintball marker.

Think I'd sooner try paintballs than arrows - imagine what that would do to a sup'air field...

 

[Jon S]

I know which I'd choose between a cricket ball and a paintball headed to me at 200fps. I would definitely take a cricket ball over an arrow, though

 

[jahlad]

not wanting to piss on any camp fires but at 200 fps you would be hard pressed to get paint to break if you tried! use zap and there would be no chance of it breaking!

 

[Cro]

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lol

And on topic, I for some reason on the Trench field where I marshall this year instinctively put my hand out to catch a paintball that was just about to sail past my right leg, I have no idea why I did this and have never done it since, probably coz it hurt like hell as it was too hot to be wearing gloves, and the player that had shot it was about 8 feet away lol.

Cro

 

[Andy.YPC]

I would take this record with a pinch of salt.

To get 23 unbroken balls out of a smeg 68 in 2 minutes must be a record in itself.

Andy

 

[Silentbob]

I think the 33000ft one

ws the WW2 bomber guy wasnt it? Landed in a snow drift.

 

[Shuck]

Originally posted by jahlad
use zap and there would be no chance of it breaking!

Well, we use it and shot your ass out a few times this year. Look at the top placing teams in both Bullys and the MM, and see what paint they are using

 

[IanC]

Well much as it pains me to say it, but Chronic was running lovely in the cold at Hilton Park this Sunday.

Had to abandon our prefered inferno and switch to some seriously lurid pink chronic which was running quite nicely. Sure it didn't always break on the target, but I wasn't mashing it into soup down my barrel or in my loader.

Laterz

Ian

 

[joe bob]

last night a fly was annouing me so i reached out with one hand, grabed it and then threw it ou the window and then shut the window real fast

 

[jahlad]

Originally posted by IanC
Well much as it pains me to say it, but Chronic was running lovely in the cold at Hilton Park this Sunday.

Had to abandon our prefered inferno and switch to some seriously lurid pink chronic which was running quite nicely. Sure it didn't always break on the target, but I wasn't mashing it into soup down my barrel or in my loader.

Laterz

Ian

yeah i suppose it would be good in the cold....would hurt like hell tho! its like being hit with a rock at the best of times