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Summary: Why You Should Use Compressed Air With Your Paintball Guns
New players to paintball often go for the less expensive equipment and markers. This is comparable to how beginners of all sports usually start with equipment that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Markers that are more affordable are usually powered by CO2. This power source works just find for many paintballers, but if you want all the edge you can get, a HPA tank is a better choice (but more expensive). Making the switch to compressed air (aka HPA) is a great idea for paintballers that want to have the best performance. Improved performance is the main reason for switching. What is improved when you make the switch? Well first of all consistency is largely improved. CO2 doesn't like to provide consistent performance during periods of rapid fire. HPA however, provides consistent performance during rapid firing. When I say consistent performance I mean that when you shoot, the paintballs don't start to noticeably fly different distances. This drop off is caused from the CO2 not expanding to gas quickly enough. If you often play in the winter months using CO2 can be detrimental to your markers performance. You can think of cold weather as CO2s worst enemy when it comes to shooting it through your paintball marker. Your gun can sometimes "freeze up" when you are unloading the paint in cold weather. The liquid literally freezes the inside of your gun and wrecks its performance, sometimes even causing it to stop working until it can unfreeze. If you have ice shooting out of your gun or what looks like a cloudy, icy, muzzle flash and had your paintballs shooting at erratic distances, you might want to consider making the switch to compressed air. CO2 exists in both gas and liquid. In the case of most paintball markers, liquid is bad and when it gets in the gun it will cause poor performance. HPA tanks are nothing but compressed air, so there is no liquid, and no problems during rapid fire. Paintballers that want the best performance should make the switch to a compressed air tank. It is more consistent and will not give you problems in cold weather. Before you go out and spend too much money on your paintball gear, check out all the paintball clothing for sale.
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Date Added: 02/22/2011
Date Approved: 02/22/2011
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Date Approved: 02/22/2011
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