Does getting hit with a paintball hurt?

wildman · 2 Nov 2007 at 12:01

A2Z said:
just make sure you wear gloves..

quoted for truth

I got a paintball on the knuckle and I tell you it was almost in the same pain ballpark as getting a boot to the jacobs

Bar · 2 Nov 2007 at 12:11

Think a reunion should definately be on the cards - will have to make sure I am between contracts.

Where abouts are you Von?

Von Luck · 2 Nov 2007 at 12:26

Essex - we mainly play the NSPL, attending events in Dartford & Reading: http://www.nspl.co.uk

FakeSnake · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:17

Von Luck said:
We won't be playing over the winter, but once the new season kicks off (prob March onwards), if either of you fancies playing a tournament down south, we're always in need of a player or two and have spare kit to loan out.

I may well be interested.
my MSN is in my trust, I think

Monkey Puzzle · 2 Nov 2007 at 18:40

Depends where you're hit and from what range. Wear baggy clothes but not fleeces as you'll be running round and it's hot enough wearing the mask. I went paintballing earlier this year and whilst playing capture the flag was covering one side. My gun jams and I manage to get it working again just in time to look up to see a girl on the opposing team in front of me - I pull the trigger only to find it's jammed again. And then I got shot in the head lots. Painful, and the paint is dyed animal fat so it mang to high heaven.

mks2005 · 2 Nov 2007 at 20:17

Zefan said:
Watch out for getting hit in the neck, there's normally a gap there between what you're wearing and your helmet. My mate got hit there and bled like a stuck pig.

I second this.

I got hit at near point blank in the neck and I had a lovely "bleeding bruise".

Nymins · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:20

Von Luck said:
Completely untrue - as already mentioned, both velocity and mass influence the force imparted by a projectile.

Paintballs are 4x times bigger (could be more) and are a lot heavier than pellets. They are also filled with a thick paint which cripples the rate of which they are fired. Pellets are always faster and sting more than a paintball would because of its size. Paintballs just splatter, when they don't is when they hurt a lot.

Bar · 2 Nov 2007 at 22:32

Try being hit with a paintball that has been stored in an ice box - believe me it really hurts.

Domo · 2 Nov 2007 at 22:33

Yes. Very much so.

tuffty747 · 2 Nov 2007 at 22:47

It all depends on where you get hit really...
Ive been twice, the first time i was a complete amateur, got shot loads.
The place i went had loads of scenarios, and it had attacking and defending D-Day, which was cool.
On the attacking round, i was one of the last out of the landing craft, placing me last behind any form of defence, which also placed me right in the line of fire for most of the defence of D-Day, consequently, i got shot 3 times, once on the paintball carrier (which i believe counts as out) once in the leg, and third time, most painfully, on the trigger finger, without gloves! Oh my god! i was in so much pain! it really hurt!!!!
Second time i went though, i didn't get shot once, lucky me

So really it all just depends on where you get shot, and from what range, it is advisable to wear lots of protection, and especially gloves.... lol

Ste

sniper007 · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:05

not too bad really. Check this owange out:

Red and White · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:06

yes lots and lots

sniper007 · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:09

Monkey Puzzle said:
and the paint is dyed animal fat so it mang to high heaven.

lol @ "mang". Should it be mung or mang past tense? lol

Red and White · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:12

sniper007 said:
lol @ "mang". Should it be mung or mang past tense? lol

mings at the time, mangs after not having a wash for day

iamdjdz · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:12

it hurt me in the fingernail - but nowhere else, I had baggy clothes on though from a prior warning.

Neoni · 3 Nov 2007 at 03:17

some guy last time i went paintballing, on the way to the next paintb'ng area, fired a load of rounds at my leg point blank, was so ******* painful. marshall owned his ass

NokkonWud · 3 Nov 2007 at 04:07

I got shot right on the top of my head from about 7ft and it REALLY hurt, but it's fun, so who cares.
Best thing you can do is in the first battle, let someone shoot you from range to get a feeling for it.

Oh, I also got hit right between the shoulder blades on the spine from less than 2ft away by a teammate who was reloading his gun on a bridge we were defending. The enemy were all infront of us too, so that was a real nasty surprise and hurt like buggery.

Von Luck · 3 Nov 2007 at 09:15

Nymins said:
Paintballs are 4x times bigger (could be more) and are a lot heavier than pellets. They are also filled with a thick paint which cripples the rate of which they are fired. Pellets are always faster and sting more than a paintball would because of its size. Paintballs just splatter, when they don't is when they hurt a lot.

Look, no offence mate, but you're wrong on the pain issue. If you'd like me to prove it, by all means bring along an AEG running at 320fps, I'll bring a paintball marker running at 300fps and we'll see who experiences the most pain when shot from close range onto bare flesh, ok?

I've played paintball competetively for 15 years and it's by no means just the bouncers that hurt.

Yes, feeding paint through a marker is a more difficult business than feeding non-frangible pellets, however it does not 'cripple' the ROF. My marker with a v35 Halo loader can easily fire a consistent 15 balls per second (900rpm). In fact it has to be electronically capped to prevent it exceeding that ROF during tournament play. Every top-end marker can achieve those ROFs without breaking a sweat.

With uncapped ramping and a top-end loader, it's possible to get even higher ROF. This vid is 20bps (1200rpm)+:

Nymins · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:36

Von Luck said:
Look, no offence mate, but you're wrong on the pain issue. If you'd like me to prove it, by all means bring along an AEG running at 320fps, I'll bring a paintball marker running at 300fps and we'll see who experiences the most pain when shot from close range onto bare flesh, ok?

I've played paintball competetively for 15 years and it's by no means just the bouncers that hurt.

Yes, feeding paint through a marker is a more difficult business than feeding non-frangible pellets, however it does not 'cripple' the ROF. My marker with a v35 Halo loader can easily fire a consistent 15 balls per second (900rpm). In fact it has to be electronically capped to prevent it exceeding that ROF during tournament play. Every top-end marker can achieve those ROFs without breaking a sweat.

With uncapped ramping and a top-end loader, it's possible to get even higher ROF. This vid is 20bps (1200rpm)+:

Who said anything about bare flesh? I mean in general BB's hurt more. Many guns fire more than 320fps (thats the legal limit, but most sites don't care). Some snipers fire as high as 500fps. I think getting hit by that would hurt a hell of a lot more than a paintball. And i would like to see a paintball even travelling anywhere near those speeds.

Mr_White · 3 Nov 2007 at 17:43

Nymins said:
Who said anything about bare flesh? I mean in general BB's hurt more. Many guns fire more than 320fps (thats the legal limit, but most sites don't care). Some snipers fire as high as 500fps. I think getting hit by that would hurt a hell of a lot more than a paintball. And i would like to see a paintball even travelling anywhere near those speeds.

a paintball at 300 fps = 11.8 Joules of energy

A standard 0.20g BB at 328 fps = 1 Joule

A sniper rifle at 500 fps with a sniper grade .45g BB is 4.42 Joules.