Painballs
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Generally you need to buy from where you play. If you go to a normal punter / rental site then you cannot bring your own paint. (The paint is what brings in the money and covers their overheads)
Rental paint will be a ‘lower grade’ tough paintball, to survive hardy mechanical guns and to last as they can never truely predict how much will be sold on a day.
If you play a walk-on then you might be allowed to bring paint, but it’s likely that it will be site paint only. Probably with a choice of grades.
Low grade is hardy and tough
High grade is very sensitive to atmospheric conditions and how well it is stored, and fragile. It’s designed to break on the slightest impact, which means the gun must be soft on paint and your pods need to be well packed without being loose or too tight
If in doubt use a mid grade paint, and ask people for advice on the day.
Thank you, Tom. Very useful advice. I researched this forum and found an interesting article about paintballs https://webproductradar.com/best-paintballs-for-the-money
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I can vouch for the bouncer bruises I got from a practice where someone was using their training paint. @mikey1975 can verify.
Boy was that stuff hard
Boy was that stuff hard
I wouldnt buy tomahawk the stuff i got nailed with was like rock as @Cube Is aware off buy valken gi hk all good paint
Maybe that's why it's called Tomahawk. Because it's like being hit with an axe. Plus cash.
Bought a box of Tomahawk Zero yesterday and people were using their classic paint. Jesus the stuff does hurt 
So many times I was hit and it just pinged off of me
So many times I was hit and it just pinged off of me