How Accurate Are Paintball Guns?
By Adam Lenk, Thu Dec 8th
Many paintball guns or makers are advertised as being moreaccurate, shooting farther or having a better trajectory overother paintball guns. But is this really true? Can one paintballgun be more accurate than another?
Many paintball experts argue that no one paintball gun is moreaccurate than another. In fact, many say that associating theword accuracy with a paintball gun is ludicrous. While there arecertain factors that can prevent your paintball gun from firingas far or as accurate as it can, most experts agree that nomarker or gun can be more accurate than another because no boltconfiguration can be more accurate than another.
There are many factors that can affect your paintball gun'saccuracy including wind resistance, temperature and your FPSreading. These factors cannot be controlled but are alsoexperienced by other paintballers on the field so the paintballplaying field is usually pretty level when it comes toequipment.
Just as there are some factors affecting your guns accuracy thatyou cannot control, there are a few factors that you cancontrol. While these factors will not make your paintball gunshoot farther or more accurate than it is designed to, they cankeep your gun from performing at its best if not examinedclosely.
Perhaps the most important factor you should consider whenexamining your paintball gun for performance is
