Paintball Pistol
Paintball Pistols
Paintball Pistol
Paintball pistols are a type of paintball marker used in paintball, which loosely resemble pistols. There are two main types of pistols: pump and semi-automatic.
Uses of a pistol and basic use
Speedball
Paintball pistols are not used in tournament level speedball games. Due to one marker per person rules, a player may not carry two markers onto the field. A pistol has a lower shot capacity, leaving the player at a severe disadvantage against an opponent. Sometimes in recreational settings a player will agree to play with a pistol to put themselves at a severe disadvantage to attempt to prove superior skill over an opponent. Playing in such a situation has many similarities to stock paintball
Scenario
Paintball pistols are primarily used as a sidearm, due to lower performance than full size markers. The use of a paintball pistol is often as a last resort situation. In scenario games often drivers of paintball tanks will utilize a Paintball pistols as a backup marker.
Bush
Paintball pistols are often used as a sidearms in a last resort situation. Some players have learned diversionary tactics with pistols, pretending to fumble or reload the main marker, only to pull up a close range shot with a pistol. Many players find this kind of action unsportsmanlike, and some fields ban the use of sidearms.
Pros and Cons
There are several pros and cons to carrying a Paintball pistols (as compared to a standard paintball marker):
Cons
- Smaller ammunition capacity
- Shorter barrels (give paintballs less space to stabilize before leaving the barrel - thus less accurate shots, though the barrel only needs to be 6 inches long to achieve maximum stabilisation)
- Smaller air capacity (usually 12 gram CO2 powerlets, they can usually fire 30 shots, sometimes 3-4 oz tanks)
Pros
- Extremely light
- Can be carried in holster
- Smaller profile
- Intimidation
- Maneuverable
- Extremely portable
- Can be used as a side arm
- can move around corners more easily
- less likely to be shot while blind firing (banned on most fields)
- easier to reload
- no hopper (less likely to be shot)
- Can help improve skill
Some paintball pistols
- 32 Degrees Delta 68
- AGA 62
- AGD Sydarm
- Ariakon ACP (2)
- Ariakon Overlord
- Armotech Zeus G1/G2
- Carter Boxgun
- CCI phantom Pistol
- Core ZX
- Crosman 3357
- Nelspot
- NSG Splatmaster, and Rapide
- Walther P99 RAM Paintball Pistol
- PMI-I,II
- PT Extreme
- PPS Squall, or Micro Squall, Pug
- RAM X50 Real Action Marker
- RAP4 T68 Pistol
- Redux
- Sheridan PGP pump pistol, PG
- Tiberius Tac-8/Tac-9
- WarSensor WSP
- WarSensor Zeus G1/G2+
- rap17
- rap226
- rap p99
- rap4 desert eagle
- Pirhana USP
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