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Nelson Paintball Special Forces Paintballs Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
15 |
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Average Rating: |
8.8 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
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Elite Grade
Metallic Shell
Designed with Special Forces training in mind
Featuring RANGER (green fill) and SEAL (blue fill)
Available through mass merchants and limited retailers
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| Product Availability | |
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| The Nelson Paintball Special Forces Paintballs are newer, so they should be commonly available. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
PMI, Diablo, Brass Eagle, Evil, Other Nelson paintballs |
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| Marker Setup: |
M98 W/RT, Angel 4, Spyders, Rebels, Draguns, Automag.
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Recommended
Barrels: |
No problems with any of our barrels |
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| Strengths: |
Very accurate. Bright fill. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Only 2 colors blue and green. |
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| Review: |
We field tested this paint, both Seal and Ranger, we where very impressed with the accuracy of the paint. We did not break any paint in the variety of markers we used. The fill was almost as thick as Nelsons Anarchy.
I have used a lot of different paint over the past few years, from the cheap paint at WalMart, Kmart, Dunhams to the top end stuff bought from Paintball stores. This ranks as my top favorite ball. |
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| Conclusion: |
I would recommend this ball to any tournement player. This ball is sweet! |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Draxxus Blaze, PMI Marbalizer, PMI Polar Ice, Worr Game Domination, Brass Eagle Monster Ball |
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| Marker Setup: |
Use both Tippmann A-5 w/ Hammerhead BattleStixx 14" Barrel & Tippmann X7 w/ OPSGEAR 16" Operator Barrel, Low Profile Hoppers on each. |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate!
No Ball Breakage in Barrel! |
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| Weaknesses: |
Price |
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| Review: |
I bought a box of 500 of the RANGER to test this out personally after reading some reviews here on pbreview.com. I'll tell you what, I was NOT disappointed! I have been getting sick of paint breaking in my barrel, warped paint, dimpled paint, etc. So I have been on a mission to find some good paint I can rely upon knowing that my Tippmann markers are harder on paint than most others. I DIDN'T BREAK A SINGLE BALL OUT OF THE 500. All my shots were dead on and I am still using the stock bolts in both my markers. The fill is predator blood neon green and was nice and thick. I wanted to know how the paint would do if I happened to break a ball in the barrel as each time that happens with other paint, game over until I clean my barrel. Balls are just all over the place until I do. I emptied my hopper and put a few lower grade balls in my hopper that I knew would break. I fired them off and sure enough they did break in the barrel. I then switched back to the Ranger paint and fired off about 30 balls. ACCURATE! I couldn't believe it! Even with paint in my barrel the balls were dead on and this never happens. Once I had conducted that test, I was sold that this was the paint for me. And the coolest part is that it is RANGER paint and I happen to be an ex-ranger from the U.S. Army.
*** UPDATE March 31, 2007 ***
I bought 2 cases of RANGER and it performed just like my first 500.
I also grabbed 2 500 count boxes of SEAL paint as well. Same results. The only draw back to the SEAL paint is the blue fill. It's a little dark. The RANGER paint is like freaking neon and the SEAL blue just isn't as bright. Both have the same gold shell. As far as the SEAL performance, the same as my RANGER review above. Top-notch quality and accuracy. |
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| Conclusion: |
Excellent Paint. I will be ordering more. These balls are accurate with little to no barrel breakage. It's pretty spendy paint but I figure I might as well spend $10 more a case for balls that are accurate and don't break in my barrel instead of the other crap that has been wasting my money.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at 6:51 am PST |
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edcan |
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Thursday, November 9th, 2006 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Anarchy
Hemorrhage |
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| Marker Setup: |
WS Pewter Heavy Metal Dark Shocker/ Red 2006 Stock Shocker
HE Bolt
Dye Stainless Boomstick
Trinity on/off ASA |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Freak .687-.691 |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate
Breaks on Target
ThickFill
BrightBRIGHT!
No wipe Fill
The Roundest Paint EVER! |
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| Weaknesses: |
Price
That's It |
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| Review: |
This is the first paint I ever shot through my Dark Shocker and it shot the furthest and straightest I've ever seen a paintball fly period. This is trolley professional grade paint but it should be, considering it costs $79.99 a case of 1800 rounds. I bought the navy seal version of this paint and although the fill was blue nobody could wipe the "Thickest Fill in the World!!!" Anarchy, which is also made by Nelson, claims the previous, but Special Ops has the same fill thickness if not it's just a little bit thicker. If you can find Special Ops for a good price I strongly recommend buying it. |
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| Conclusion: |
Nelson the creator of the paintball they couldn't make bad paint.
TRULY the BEST PAINT EVER
10- Quality
8- Price
9- Overall |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
RPS Marbalizers
RPS Preimum
RPS Menace
Nelson Special OPS
Eliminator
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2000 WGP Autococker
Chipply Snatch Tigger
Check It On Off
Smart Parts 16" All American |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
I only used it with the Smart Parts All American so that one. |
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| Strengths: |
THICK BREAK, I Mean Thick
Good Size
Quailty Shell
Nice Color |
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| Weaknesses: |
The fact that they only had one color where I baught them from. Green. |
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| Review: |
This is a good quality paint that is very consistant. Broke ever time. This paint is great it is a good paint for all types of markers I was shooting through my Cocker and I never broke one and never had a problem shooting it. THIS IS A PAINT I WOULD RECOMEND to anyone who wants a top line paint at a decent price. The case it comes in is pretty cool also. The one thing I liked about this paint is the bright break color. I can say for a fact that I was shooting less paint cause I could see where it was going and I was knowing when I would hit, the color was great. I know I was shooting less paint because I had the best test ever. Actual feild test, In game. I went out with a hopper of Marbalizers and the rest of my pods were filled with the Special Ops. And I threw every last marablizer just cause I had no idea where the hits were so I would throw a few more just to make sure. With The special ops I shot off two pods of paint because I could see where it was going and what I was hitting. I know if I can't see where its going I'm gonna throw a lot of paint. I think that this paint is one of the better paints I have used in a good long while. For the price I would say it's well worth it. Well worth it.
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| Conclusion: |
This is an awsome product I would recomend it to all players. If you play speedball, or rec, or woods ball I recomand this product to all levels of players. It is a good product from a good company that knows what there doing. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Only tested | 2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Marbs, Anarchy, PMI Prems, RPS Adv, etc |
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| Marker Setup: |
04 LCD Dye Matrix (DM3), Crossfire 68/4500 hioutput tank, CP On/Off ASA, Hyper 2 reg, New style Dye Rocket LPR, St!ffi Switch Kit 14 inch Autococker thread
Tippman A5/response / Lapco barrel adapter to allow Stiffi kit |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Barrel kit of a .687 bore |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate, Neat packaging, look very uniform, thick fill, fairly hard shell |
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| Weaknesses: |
Might be a little painful for the faint of heart, the price is quite high |
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| Review: |
My buddy whos a field owner and I bought 500 of these just to see what they were like as there is not a review yet on these. They were not dimpled and had the same "seam" as the anarchy paint does. They shot straight and had a pretty flat trajectory, like the claims that nelson makes "Made to replicate actual ammo flight as accurately as possible".
They seemed rather hard however, and i think they are a larger bore (i didnt size them unfortunately) And are pricey as well.
Seem like any other top end ball, except maybe a slight gimmick product. |
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| Conclusion: |
Pretty cool balls, i would prefer anarchy though, but the box the 2000 round package comes in is really cool (Hard plastic case, good for storage) and they are just plain cool. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Marballizer - Close but not quite as good
Allstars- As good
VL Heavy Metal- Crap
VIsible Impact - A little worse but decent
Diable Nightmare-Crap |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder MR1 and Piranha Evo
Empire Reloader II
PMI Pure Energy N2 72ci/3000psi
BT Apex Barrel
Empire 7 Piece barrel kit
NC Star Red Dot Site (for the MR1) |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Apex Barrel- This paint loves the apex
Any barrel that matches the bore. Seems to be a smaller bore paint -Aboub .681-.683 |
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| Strengths: |
Flies straight
Very consistent
Thick bright fill
breaks on target |
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| Weaknesses: |
Limited fill color selection |
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| Review: |
This is a woodsballers paint. It shoots through brush without breaking but break on target almost all the time. I shot this paint playing woodsball recently and shot it back to back with some Marbz. I like Marbz but what I found is that Marbz will break if you shoot through the brush . For some reason the Special Forces paint shoots right through it and break on target. I don't know how it does it but it does. THe other thing about this paint that I like is the consistency of size and roundness. When I barrel match the paint I check the size consistency so I avoid barrel breaks. I found that on average, this paint is very consistent as far as size and roundness goes. More so than any of the other paints I've used. Bore size is a lot smaller than some people have noted in older reviews. I don't know, but maybe nelson made them smaller. They seem to be around .681-.683. I compared them to the Marbz that I have and they are definitely smaller than Marbz. The Marbz ranged from .686-.689. If you own an Apex barrel this is the paint you want to be shooting. Accuracy on the Apex is excellent with this paint.. I |
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| Conclusion: |
Awesome consistent paint that beaks on impact and flies through light brush. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Zap Spank
Marbs
Big Ball
Core Premium
others... |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann A-5
E-Grip w/ W.A.S Board
4 piece Empire Barrel Kit
Ricochet R5
PMI Remote Line
Pure Engergy 20oz Co2
Core Zx
Core Holster |
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| Strengths: |
Accuracy, ball quality, consistancy |
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| Weaknesses: |
Little brighter fill would be nice
Cost (but worth it due to quality)
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Really impressed with these paintballs. I could not find a single ball with a dent, pimp, or other malformity. The bronze shell is easy to follow, but makes it incredibly hard for your opponents to zero in on. I shoot about 1100+ rounds through my A-5 (with empire barrel) and another 400+ through my PMI Tracer, Electra ACS '05 (with 2 piece All American), and Core ZX without a single misque. The balls stayed right on target no matter how fast I shot.
As far as weaknesses go, I wish green fill was a wee bit brighter. Did have a couple bounces (but I always do with any paint). Cost about $10-$15 more per 2000rd case then some other decent paintballs that are out there. |
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| Conclusion: |
Overall very impressive. Maybe not a ball I can afford each time I go out ($48 a case a local shop) but definately my new favorite for woodsball when I got an extra $10 to spend. Best quality ball for ball I have every seen. |
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Mobius |
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006 |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 1 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
No paint I've used is similar to this |
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| Marker Setup: |
Custom Cocker
ICD Promaster w/ Powerlyte Scepter Kit |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Barrel kit |
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| Strengths: |
Good shell
THICK fill
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Price
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My friends and I have been using this paint constantly for 2 months so I feel I have a pretty good grasp on it's performance.
Strengths: If you play woods ball then a shell that breaks on contact, but not on leaves is a plus. I was able to shoot through light brush without the balls exploding. That said, I had no major problems with paint bouncing off my intended targets. The fill is like toothpaste. After shooting someone you notice pieces of shell stuck in the small but clearly visible splat zone where the ball exploded. There is no wiping this paint.
Weaknesses: I've shot about 4 or 5 cases of this paint so far and one of the problems I've come across is how many balls are out of round. At first I believed the balls just had a large bore range, because when I was trying to drop them through my sizer, I was getting a range of .688 - .692. After taking the larger balls and rotating them, I was able to drop them through a smaller bore. Using the powerlyte scepter, I shoot .688 and in all those cases, I've only broken 2 balls, but because of how out of round some of them can be, I've also had 2 get stuck in my feedneck. Because of the shape of the balls, I would say that accuracy suffers slightly when shooting longer range targets. Within 40 feet, which is where I do most of my shooting, I've had no problems.
EDIT: I've just purchased 2 new cases of this paint and the consistancy is excellent. It may have been that the previous boxes I ordered may have not have been the norm. All of the paint in both cases is .683-.684 according to my barrel sizer. The paint is round and the fill is thick, but not as thick as the cases I previously purchased. This is still an excellent paint for woodsball. The price is a little high for woodsball in my opinion ($55/case). Judging the paint by my last 2 cases, I would give this paint a 9... perfect for woodsball, but too expensive. If it judged by the 6 cases previous to those, it would get a 7.5 for being inconsistant, but since I bought it at a big discount, I can accept that. |
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I love this paint and would rate it higher if it were a few dollars cheaper. I would recommend this paint to anyone and give it an overall rating of 8. |
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| 8 out of 10 | Last edited on Sunday, November 19th, 2006 at 5:59 am PST |
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Period of
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Only tested |
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Nel-Splat
Nelson Hot Spot
Zap Cryptic |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder MR1
Smart Parts 20in barrel
PMI 14in barrel
Shocktech spring
PMI feed neck
Extreme Rage Hopper
20oz CO2- DXS, SPYDER, SMART PARTS
Tiberius 8 Pistol
Crosman CO2 cartridges |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Works in all the barrels I have. |
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| Strengths: |
Very accurate
Almost no seam
Break on target
Thick fill |
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Expensive, But worth it |
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| Review: |
I bought these paintballs to see what they Were like and they are AWSOME!!! They shoot very accurate and break on target. They shoot great through my Tiberius 8 and MR1. No breaks. No breaks in bag. These would be good for woodsball due to the color. (Bronze) (fill, green) |
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| Conclusion: |
Recommend to anyone looking for a great paint. Never had a problem with Nelson Paintballs. |
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The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page.
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Period of
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3 months |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Generic field paint, Evil, JT Elite, Freedom, Kick'n. The Special Forces Ranger works best with my setup. |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann 98C
SmartParts 12" Big Daddy Barrel
20 oz. CO2
Ricochet Apache hopper
Response Trigger |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
All barrels, especially larger bore size barrels. |
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| Strengths: |
Thick fill, hard to wipe, very accurate, shell color. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Shell color, only 2 fill colors. |
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| Review: |
The Special Forces paintballs are available in two grades, Ranger (green fill) and SEAL (bue Fill) They're designed for the special forces to use during training operations and are extremely accurate. I've only used the Ranger, but plan on buying a case of the SEAL for my next game. I played a full scenario game with this paint and did a test session with a friend where we were trying different paint with different setups of the same marker.
It was a little windy the day of the test session, so I wasn't able to get an accurate distance determination, but I was able to put every round within a 1' square from about 100 yards once I accounted for the wind. My friend uses a flatline barrel and was able to do it at about 130 yards. I was pretty accurate despite using CO2 with no expansion chamber. We tested generic Wal-Mart paint, which was crap, up to Evil. My friend liked the Evil just a little more than the Ranger, but I got better accuracy with the Ranger than with the Evil at longer distances. I think the Evil is a smaller size ball, so I probably had some blowby in my barrel.
I've only shot about 1000 rounds of it, but I haven't chopped a ball yet and don't know anyone who has. The outer shell is pretty thick and does not feel as delicate as the evil. It is prone to dimmples, but I did not notice a difference in performace. Although the shell is thicker, the balls rarely bounce off, probably due to the heavy fill paint. The extremely thick fill makes the paint tough to wipe, it's almost like house paint. The fill only comes in Blue or Green, so it could be tough to see if your target is wearing camo or darker colors. The shell is kind of camo color, brown and green, and can be tough to see in flight. This is good if you don't want your target to see what hit him, but bad for you if you use your paint like tracer fire.
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This is my prefered paint at the moment. I'm typically a lie and wait guy who pops off a couple of shots at a time, making first round accuracy very important to me. I've seen it online costing anywhere from $40 to $60 a case making it a possible bargain. I give it a 9 out of 10 because of the color issues. |
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