Local feild's paint claims got me buggin'!

[DoctorSolo]

In my limited experience, there's four criteria to juge paint by:1. Roundness 2. Consistency 3. Fill thickness 4.The bounce test (http://www.automags.org/resource/tech/tomstech/04_paint_testing.shtml)

Sounds reasonable, right? So why does my local feild force my to buy their paint(it's all that can be used in the tournament my team's in) under the "primo" guise if it totally sucks?! It's called Pro-ball premium(or something similar), has a nice thick white fill, and that's about it. It's very small bore, not even close to round(the friggin seam is so big they look like Rosie O'donnel with a wedgie) and they bounce test at 2 on a good day. Some handfulls yielded consistent 1s. Does the shop think we're friggin stupid? Are they buying cheap paint to price-gouge the entrants? I bet...Wal mart paint is looking pretty good, since they are starting to carry lower end RPS stuff...I'm done ranting...

[greg1113]

try to find some good quality paint that has the same fill and same color on the outside and just bring that

[papaintballer15]

sounds like me :laugh: went to one field, bought red 32. deg team colors (white fill).. we went to a different field, luckily they had the same paint. My dads like ok.. guess ill have to buy a case for ya.. im like no... (already had 7 pods filled and in my harness) im like i bought paint already.. and my dad caught on and shut up. And they let me play since it was the same stuff.

[Ebonclaw]

Well, guns are getting more and more gentle on paint, so 1 bounce stuf is ideal for tourny paint IMO. I've shot lots of 1 bounce paint an it's a quality I look for and prefer. However, the seams sound totally unacepptable. And the reason they do that is to maximize profit margins. Money, my friend, money.