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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.

A number of companies like www.sakworldpaintball.com supply paintballs. There are good and expensive paintballs and not so good inexpensive paint balls. You can buy paintballs in almost any color in the world and in just about any quantity.

The paint is water based, so it will easily wash out, although this might be annoying if you want to play in the rain. The place you play paintball is usually outside, and so is referred to as a field even if it is wooded as many are. Most such places ask you to buy their paint, but some will allow you to bring your own for a small fee.

The kind of paintballs you will be purchasing for yourself will depend on how you intend to use it. Some have a thicker fill, some have a thinner fill. Take a look at http://www.sakworldpaintball.com/paintballs.html for different types of paintballs.

If you need a paintball for practice purposes you will obviously go for a cheap and more or less decent product. When buying a ball for rec-ball purposes, again, quality will be a secondary requirement. But when you are buying a tournament ball, quality and quality alone is the lone priority. Here you need balls that won t burst easily either inside your paintball guns or in transit. But, at the same time you need balls that will easily smash into your opponents.

Besides the quality of the ball, you must also think about its size. The ball needs to fit easily into your gun, which means it must be the right calibur for your barrel. All paintballs are .68X, but the final number varies. Most balls these days are .689, however if your local field paint is the wrong size, you might want to consider getting a different barrel for your gun. You can find a variety of barrels available at 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.

But if you don't know what exactly you want, have a look at SAK WORLD PAINTBALL (http://www.sakworldpaintball.com). They are one of the best online stores, and keep up to date with the newest guns.