I went to a paintball field called Air Warriors Paintball in Lemoore, CA. It was a decent size establishment with very friendly staff. The staff were mostly the owners of the field. They're a nice family who are knowledgeable in paintball maintenance. The father is a very nice man who is in the United Stated Navy.
I've been to the place before, but only to test out my gun. They were nice enough to show an amateur like how to troubleshoot some of my equipment, free of charge. Normally, they would charge people for troubleshooting, but since it was my first time, they helped me out for free.
But, onto the day's experience. This was my first time using their actual field. I brought my souped up Carver One and a Tippmann TipX pistol Sadly, I did not get a holster for my pistol so I would have to leave it out for the first couple games.
Their fields were nice. Not too big and not too small. I had prior experience in paintball when I visited my friends in LA. We would go on an all day paintball session in SC Village in southern CA. So I was not really new to the experience and I had a good sense of what to do and what not to do. Together with my friend, we would move as tactically as we can without really getting too serious about it.
The first few games were fun. A couple wins here and there. My only complaint is that I have a full upper body armor and all I got it on were the vulnerable spots. What was the use of all that padding???
Anyway, my games showed how much better it is to upgrade a gun rather than to stick to the stock parts. I changed my barrel to a smaller bore to the paintballs would not bounce around and would fly much more straight. This proved to be useful in scenarios where I would have to fire more than 20 yards.
After a couple games, I decided to try out my pistol. This would be my first time using it and I had to improvise to be able to have a holster. I had 4 clips so I would be playing with limited paintballs, a challenge I gladly accepted.
First and foremost, I am a parkour practitioner. It was a great advantage to not have a bulky weapon like my souped up Carver One. I was able to utilize my speed and my skills as a tracuer in order to traverse the field without having my speed reduced and my movements hindered. If there were a stack of boxes that I need to get on the other side to, I'd vault over it.
The great thing about the gun was the fact that my first trigger pull would puncture the 12oz CO2 canister. No twisting like that of the Tiberius 8.1. So as soon as I got to my planned spot, I would take out my pistol and puncture the canister, then start firing when possible. It's very challenging to be able to only use a limited amount of paintballs. In my case it's 28 paintballs. And I have to change the canister every 14 shots. So accuracy and timing is key.
I was able to get a few kills with only a couple shots. It was fun and rewarding. The experience in using only a pistol will be useful in my future games. I'm leaning towards just using a pistol as opposed to using my normal, bulkier weapon. I like the amount of skill involved in using limited paintballs and the look on opponent's faces (after they take off the mask) when they realize I'm only using a pistol compared to their big, electronically upgraded guns.
I'm done.
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