Paintball Guns - A Paintball Gun Blog

If you are considering buying a new Invert Mini paintball gun, the marker created by Empire, here is a useful video review.

The Invert Mini is the first paintball gun created by Empire. In short, the Empire Invert Mini is a good marker, but it is a bit quirky, probably because it takes a few years for a paintball manufacturer like Empire to perfect the model.

I love the reviews by Mike from Tech PB. He explains in simple terms what he likes and dislikes about the Invert Mini, how the Invert Mini compares to other paintball guns, and tips for Invert Mini owners.

Here is a video showing the Invert Mini in use.

The Invert Mini has a number of nice features:

• Weighing in under 2 lbs (including barrel, ASA, 9volt battery and regulator) the Invert Mini might be the lightest electronic marker available.
• Patented proprietary P.C.P. (Pressure Controlled Poppet) operating system
• Patented proprietary MINI Regulator/ASA
• Patented proprietary Slipstream™ solenoid Break Beam Anti-Chop Eyes Standard
• Multi-mode (NXL, PSP, NPPL & Millennium) firing capability with easy tournament lockout
• Clamping feed-neck with Smart Parts Ion / ICD threads
• “Cocker” threaded barrel
• No hoses to crimp or break!
• One year limited warranty

You can buy the Invert Mini here.

This paintball minigun reminds me of the Turret machine gun in Halo 3. Pretty sweet, but you’re a slow target while you stand there shooting.

After a full day of paintball, the last thing you want to do is clean your gun or mess with your equipment. But there are some maintenance tasks that can help your paintball gun and gear last longer and perform better.

This video explains a few tips for taking care of your paintball marker and equipment after a great day on the paintball field.

You can travel almost anywhere in the world, and you will probably see graffiti. Although graffiti art is usually more common in big cities, the reality is that it can occur in almost any community, big or small. [Read more →]

Spyder released a list of new paintball guns and gear for 2009 and 2010. Read about the latest Spyder paintball guns and gear from the Spyder press release:

Baldwin Park, CA - Spyder has many new exciting products to add to their line this year including the three new Classic Series Semi-Auto markers, the “Avant” Goggle, and many NEW Marker Kits and Player’s Packs.

The product design team has been hard at work developing the 2009 Classic Series Semi-Auto line featuring the Xtra, Sonix, and Victor that [Read more →]

This video offers tips for how to get your wife or girlfriend to play paintball with you. The video answers questions like

• What is a female’s top concerns with paintball?
• How do you address their concerns with the pain associated with getting shot by a paintball?
• What rules can make females feel more comfortable?
• What clothes are available for females?
• How should paintball clothes be improved for women?
• What are good painball guns and equipment for females?

Is the NPPL paintball league for sale? Yes, according to papers published by a U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee.

In fact, when Pacific Paintball, the parent company of the NPPL, filed for bankruptcy, all of its assets, including the popular NPPL paintball league were scheduled for the auction block.

The bankruptcy auction includes the following businesses:

• NPPL, LLC
• Camp Pendelton Paintball, LLC
• XPSL, LLC
• Xtreme Paintball Fields, LLC
• Pacific Paintball, LLC
• PB2X, LLC

The auction will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in Riverside, CA.

The auction includes rights to the show Xtreme Paintball: Beyond the Paint and a ton of paintball equipment that will be available for bidding:

• Hundreds of paintball guns, mostly SPYDER “Xtra”, JT TAC5”
• JT Synergy & miscellaneous brand guns
• Blow-up bunker sets, canvas siding, netting, tents for (4) complete fields
• Artificial turf for approximately 3+ paintball fields approx. 85) 15″” wide rolls
• Paintball gun racks & multiple sets of protective clothing

Find out more about the auction [Read more →]

If you don’t know what paintball gun lasering is, what a lasered gun looks like, or how lasering works, this video is for you.

This paintball dealer answers all the common questions about paintball gun lasering. He explains how paintball gun lasering works, and he demonstrates some of the latest gun lasering styles.

This video is sick. The guys in the video use over 1100 paintball guns to instantly paint the Mono Lisa. Imagine how much pressure is in those two air tanks—enough pressure to support 1100 paintball guns for one shot each.

Be sure to watch the end of the video where it shows the guns firing in slow motion as paintballs hit the canvas.

There have been many different types of paintball guns over the years. This video explains how far paintball gun technology has come.

The old school paintball gun was pump action. Then came CO2 powered paintball guns.

Today, some paintball guns use the latest technology to shoot 250 feet per second, feature 700-800 PSI, hold 200 paintballs in a hopper, and perform with outstanding accuracy.

Have you wondered how a paintball grenade launcher works? Here is a little demonstration.

As you can see, whoever is at the grenade launcher is located in the back of the field. Often this will be within firing range of your team’s flag so the gunner on the grenade launcher can protect the flag and base.

What does it take to build a professional paintball team? Watch Russian Legion, a professional paintball team, in this documentary video.

The Russian Legion paintball team dominated the European pro scene for years. They now play in the NXL.

It’s a pretty cool video. Although a little slow at times, you get to see how the professionals move, their field tactics, their stance behind bunkers, their team positioning, and more.

If you’re not really into paintball, you might find [Read more →]

In this video, paintball professional Mikko Huttunen of LA Ironmen offers a number of paintball pro player tips for improving performance on the field.

First he explains how to properly walk an NPPL style field. He explains how to use the back bunkers, when to go down the snake, how use the Doritos, the role of team communication, how to make a good initial break, and tips for team strategies that result in awesome tactical moves.

I will pay anyone $5 to anyone for writing a good, honest review of a paintball gun that is not already reviewed on this website. Why? Because it would be great to publish your paintball gun review so others can know what markers are the best. [Read more →]

Last month, Activision unleashed a true next-generation paintball experience with its new video game, Championship Paintball 2009.

The official NPPL (National Professional Paintball League) Championship Paintball 2009 videogame is available now for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), and PlayStation 2 (Ps2), computer entertainment systems, and Nintendo Wii.

Scott Pierce, NPPL CEO, explained a little about creating [Read more →]