Howski Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hi, A few freinds and myself were looking into using airsoft. However we also noticed that you can get paintball bbs .... are these compatible with airsoft guns? How woúld I tell if a airsoft gun could fire the paint bbs? Cheers -How. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 I will give you the best advice ever... DON'T use paintball BBs in Electric or Gas weapons!!! They WILL knacker up. The best things to use for paintball BBs would be cheap springers. Anything else and it's your money down the pan. (I know a friend who's done this and knackered his MP5 up with 'em!) Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Rhino, I wouldn't even use them in springers. I recommend this topic be stickied. Again, Paintball BBs should never be used in ANYTHING. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 That's why i said "Cheap" springers i.e the £1.99 versions you can pick up at holiday resorts like Blackpool. However i agree about putting this up as a sticky... Mods? Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Yep. Just say 'NO!' to paintball BBs, kids. Link to post Share on other sites
outlaw Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 they dont work in the magasine and they dont feed from the magasine on my cheap hfc glock if you breach load them they fire but never break.. now if they dont feed properly in a springer imagine what it would do to a gbb Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 To Quote "I would rather watch a full episode of Telly Addicts with sellotape over my mouth, so that i would have to swallow my own vomit, than buy paintballs for a BB gun..." Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 lol, I dont know what half of that UK jargon is, but I bet it's the US equivalent to eating at Arby's. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Forgot to mention that quote was gladly nicked off Ade Edmondson's character Eddie Hitler off the BBC comedy "Bottom" (apart from the bit about the paintball BBs...) Link to post Share on other sites
Howski Posted September 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Ok ..... I'm getting a few mixed messages ..... so the answer is forget it Cheers -How. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Laymans terms: They will damage pretty much any gun apart from the chinese Zida shotguns (SPAS 12 imitation) which cost next to nothing anyway. They sound like fun, but in the end they'll only cause you heartache. Link to post Share on other sites
Antagon Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Rhino, even if they work in ZIDAs and CYMAS, they usually dont break on impact. Like I said, just keep it simple...NO PAINTBALL BBs, EVER Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 There you go, Howski. Simple as that and if Antagon says that they're ######, you can rely on his word. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 The ones I've seen my mates use have jam in. Mmmm, jam.... No, they're lousy. I see what rhino means though. In these throwaway days, a couple of mini-electrics for £7 each, and a bottle of paintball/jam BB's; at least half-an-hour of fun. I know I've been there You're going to spend £20 in a night at the pub right? So a tenner for some cruddy BB fun? I can think of worse ways to spend the afternoon. Just don't put them in your shiny new KSC M11 Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 http://www.swissworld.co.uk/newstead/jam.wmv Link to post Share on other sites
Supersy Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Forgot to mention that quote was gladly nicked off Ade Edmondson's character Eddie Hitler off the BBC comedy "Bottom" (apart from the bit about the paintball BBs...) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bottom is THE best program ever!! I have always been told never to put paint BB's in any of my guns. Not that ive wanted to anyhow as thats not what airsoft is about is it! why dont you just go paintballing?? Link to post Share on other sites
R22Master Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 The bottom line is that Paint-BBs are expensive, they jam in AEGs and GBBs which necessitates thorough cleaning, they hold VERY little paint making them pretty useless markers, they are very inaccurate in flight, and they rarely break upon impact (unless you are shooting them at a solid object. In which case - what's the point?). Recommendation - Stay away from Paintball BBs. If you really want the 'paint-splat' effect, you're better off playing Paintball. Thread pinned. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 R22, i got some free paintballs with my springer G36 and they didn't cost much (which is probably worse!!!) Even though i was tempted to use them, i'm glad i didn't as my mate had bought a cheap MP5 variant off Ebay and they knackered that up within an hour. Don't buy paintballs, and DEFINATELY don't buy CHEAP paintballs. If you want paintballs, then go to a paintball site. Link to post Share on other sites
Vektor Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Players yearning for better hit detection, please note: -Even real .68 caliber paintball BBs do NOT break on every impact. Last time I played paintball, roughly every 5th hit didn´t break. If the BB hits some kind of soft spot (i.e. jacket armpit hanging loose), there´s a great possibility that it doesn´t break. So no visible hit marks. -In paintball, in the end it´s really a matter of sportsmanship as much as in airsoft. I´ve played paintball few times with different groups (like army reservists) and I´ve encountered few freaks who just don´t take their hits, even with their full front torso painted in magenta/yellow... If you really want it, there´s always a way to cheat. Link to post Share on other sites
enzo100 Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 I put them in a six dollar Walther P99. It worked for a while when one broke in the chamber. Splash. It got so slippery and full of paint that the slide brok off and the spring just was ruined. Talk about a waste of 6 bux. Nah I just learned the hard way. Link to post Share on other sites
BadAssTronaut Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 A mate of mine used some in a cheap gold Beretta of his once, he got about two magazines worth out of it before one split open in the chamber and pretty much wrecked the gun Needless to say I've always steered well clear of these, and those exploding bb's too (I doubt they are even real bb's, they look more like those devil banger thingies to me, the ones that you throw on the floor and they make a little bang) If paint bb's are this bad just imagine what these exploding ones would do to your nice new AEG Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Paintballs + AEG/GBB/Springer = BAD!!! That is the be-all and end-all of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Corporate_Black_Ops Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I have no idea how long ago I saw it but I did read a review of one of the miniguns (and it wasn't the PPP one) where the reviewer tried out 6mm paintballs at the same time and painted the his garage wall in seconds. I would guess that would be a gravity feed (similar to a paintball marker really)... So they might be great if you want to make a hideous mess at short range in a gravity fed weapon (TOP M60?) but beyond that... Link to post Share on other sites
Longhairedhippy Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I dunno if i have quite reached the level where I would be willing to risk my $800 dollar anything for a bit of fun with a $10 box of anything. Link to post Share on other sites
CountDoom Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 One rule of life... You hear paintball or canada?? Get out your magnum and blast them back to hell! (In the nuts with plastic bullets ). Link to post Share on other sites
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