All about Paintballs

Paintballs are small capsules, usually made of gelatin, and filled with dye. They are designed to explode on impact, marking the target with paint inside them- hence the name paintballs. Since the dye isw non-toxic, you don't have to worry about accidentally swallowing it, although I really wouldn't advise it.

Many different companies supply paintballs, ranging from expensive tournament balls to much cheaper bals of lower quality of recreation. If you have a look at www.sakworldpaintball.com you will see some of the ones available. They come in pretty well every color and quantity.

Paintballs come pre filled with a water based paint. Most paintball fields need you to purchase their "field paint", because this is how they earn there money. A lot of fields are now allowing BYOP (bring your own paintballs) for a fee.

The way you intend to use your paintballs will determine which paintballs you buy, as they each have a different thickness of filling. You can see a variety of different paintballs at http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintballs.html.

For practical purposes, you are more likely to go for a cheaper product, and quality might not be a top priority. Of course, a tournament ball will need to be the best, and you have to have balls that won't burst in your paintball gun. On the other hand, you need bals that will easily smash into your opponents.

Besides quality, the other significant factor to consider is the size of the paintball. You need to make sure that your paintballs are a perfect fit. The precise size of the paintball is measured in calibers, with .68 being the standard. Most paintballs are of .689 size, but there is some variation in the final digit. If the balls avaialble from your local field are the wrong size, you might want to consider getting a different barrel, which you can find more about from http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintball-barrels.html.

Of course, you must know the exact measure of your gun barrel before you can buy paintballs. If your ball is the wrong size, it might break in the barrel, and be completely useless to you.

Like paintballs, paintball guns also come in a number of varieties. Let s take the Ion paintball gun for instance. It has of course all the features you expect of a normal paintball gun but its best feature is undoubtedly its versatility. Decide what gun you want according to the level of your skill and expertise, budget and competition. You can find a list of paintball guns here http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintball-guns-markers.html

The Ion paintball gun (http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/smpaionpagun.html) has a 17/sec firing rate and a 10 balls/sec firing rate on auto. This in combination with its low price is a good reason for you to give serious thought to this tournament paintball gun. Apart from that it is a great lightweight instrument (2.2 pounds), as good as many tournament paintball guns out in the market today. Try it, who knows, it might just be the one thing you need to become a winner!

If you want a top end paintball gun, then have a look at Planet Eclipse (http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/planeteclipse.html). Planet Eclipse makes guns which shoot over 30 balls/sec, and are some of the best available.

If your not sure what you need, visit SAK WORLD PAINTBALL (http://www.sakworldpaintball.com). SAK WORLD PAINTBALL is one of the best online paintball stores to find the newest and best paintball guns and equipment to make your next paintball game a blast!. Enjoy!

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