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RPS Premium Paintballs Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
28 |
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Average Rating: |
7.2 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
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| Manufactured by RPS exclusively for PMI, Premium has set the standard for field level paintballs. Premium exhibits qualities you would expect to find in many other tournament grade paintballs. The Premiums are consistently very round, offer a wide variety of bright shells and thick fill colors, and offer excellent accuracy. Premium paintballs work well in any style of marker. |
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| The RPS Premium Paintballs are newer, so they should be commonly available. |
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Period of
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| 4 years | 5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
evil, all star, popal ice, mence, marbalizer, super swirl, x-ball paint |
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| Marker Setup: |
A5A2, 12'' All American barrel, 72ci 3000psi n2 tank w/ remote, red dot scope, e-grip |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
any |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate
No indents
Good shell
Dosn't break in barrel but on target
Cheap |
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| Weaknesses: |
None |
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| Review: |
a good qualitie paint at a fraction of the cost of high qualitie paint. used it for four years and never had a problem. I've used them in 5 degree weather and in 80 degrees, never having problems. this paint doesn't break in the barrel but breaks on target and the fact that it's fairly cheap i can easily rip through 1500 in a day and still have some money left over for next week. |
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| Conclusion: |
Why not try it? I works for me should work for you
I give it a 10 because it does everything a good paint should at a fair price. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 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: |
Stinger
Midnight
xball gold
evil
Draxxus WHitebox |
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| Marker Setup: |
2006 Dark Ego, Angel G7, Dm6, Dynasty Shocker |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
A kit. I use a Stiffi or Freak. |
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| Strengths: |
-Breaks on everything it hits |
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| Weaknesses: |
-Breaks in pods, hoppers, barrels, and breaches
-Not very round...
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| Review: |
We purchased 60 cases of RPS Premium for our NCPA team. We've used it for six weeks and the vast majority of the team refuses to play until we get new stuff. This paint is really bad. I think I can say that after going through 60 cases. And so you know, we bought all 60, in bulk, from firstcall and have used them for the next six weeks, so they are not old.
As far as accuracy they are not too bad. They seem to be really small bore, but are at least all pretty consistent in their actual size. They shoot about as well as Xball bronze and are fine for recball or team practice.
The big problem with these balls is the brittleness, though. I've used this stuff for six weeks now, and probably get 4 to 5 breaks a game. Granted I'm shooting my hopper and 2-3 pods every game, but still that is unacceptable. I also want to note that when shooting stinger or Evil or midnight, or even Draxxus whitebox I never get more then one break a day. Rutinely we have to throw out pods b/c of a break, and our entire team carries at least two squeegees on the field for every game b/c of all the breaks. It almost hasan't been worth praciticing because all that we ahve been able to practice is what to do without a usable marker.
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| Conclusion: |
I really cannot reccomend this paint at all. After going through 60 cases with my team in both indoor and outdoor conditions, I have very little good to say about this paint. I would only purchase this as a last resort as I have spent day after day cleaning break after break becuase of this paint. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
This is the only paint I've used |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder ACS '05
Stiffi
Egg 2
Dye Stickies
Profiler with Gold Mirror Lens |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Larger bore, from my expirience.
They're a little big for my .689
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| Strengths: |
Good Fill, Thick Shell |
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| Weaknesses: |
Thick Shell, Horrible Seams, some shots were almost horizontal |
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| Review: |
I've only used my field's paint, and this is what they use. It's not a bad paint from my expirience, but it's definatley a mixed bag. My field sometimes buys there paint from another place, that has good paint, but they also buy there paint from the local Outdoors store, and I can imagine that it always wouldn't be the best.
I've shot this paint through a .689 barrel the entire time I've used it, and it's never been that bad. Just a little tight, but I can blow it through the barrel with little effort. I can tell if I had a .691, it would be a perfect match.
But, this paint is such a mixed expirience, I can only say I tolerate it. I opend a box of Marbs in the store, and they looked so much better then these, and they were the same price.
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| Conclusion: |
You can get these, but make sure they are overall a good paint. But you can get Marbs for the same price in stores, so why not get those? And online, you can get Xball and such even cheaper.
It's not worth it to buy this paint, unless it's all you have acess to. It's below average, but it works well. I have to give it a 4, because 5 is the median. |
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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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| Less than a month | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Too many brands to name |
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| Marker Setup: |
Stock Ion, Revvy, Freak, Pure Energy |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Freak |
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| Strengths: |
Nice fill. The balls that didn't chop went decently straight |
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| Weaknesses: |
Lots and lots of chops |
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| Review: |
I bought this paint for last weekend, and boy am I dissapointed. I got the blue/orange filled ones, and I would not stop chopping. Out of the 2000 rds I used, I chopped at least 20 of them, it was horrible. Not only did they break in my barrel, but I had 2 of them break when they fell into the breach of my ion.
It was quite funny actually, cause I would shoot 10 shots, all of which would go perfectly straight, and then chop, which would cause my next 10 shots to drop about 40 ft in front of me.
I might have had a bad batch, but seeing as how they were brand new in the shop, I'm not so sure. |
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| Conclusion: |
The paintballs that didn't break in my gun would be dead on accurate. However, I chopped WAY too much to truly enjoy using these paintballs. |
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Period of
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| 1 year | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Marballizer, Origin Classic, Severe, Super Swirls, Numerous others |
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| Marker Setup: |
A5, Flatline, Egrip, Remote line |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
I ran these thru A5 and 98C flatlines, 14" dye boomstick and A5 stock barrels w/ no problems at all. Honestly couldn't tell you about others. |
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| Strengths: |
Consistency of size & shape
Thick fill
Durability
Price |
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| Weaknesses: |
I didn't encounter any |
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| Review: |
I purchased a case of these for $45 around 05/05 (that's right - about a year ago) They were the silver navy shell w/ blue fill. We used up the last of them this last March - 03/06. I expected to go thru them faster, but nearly all of the games we attended were field paint only. I have had other paint not keep for 2 months - this stuff gave me NO problems after nearly one year. Frankly, I was shocked.
The boomstick was particularly picky about what paint I could run thru it. Last fall these same RPS Premiums went thru fine - some left over field paint less than one month old was unusable - break after break - yet the Premiums ran just as well in my boomer as the day I bought them.
Shot consistency was as good as anything else I have used except Marballizers. My son had no trouble pasting me squarely in the forehead w/ one (I'm glad he hit my mask)
I have read the difficulties experienced by others; I had none. |
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| Conclusion: |
I would buy these again without hesitation, but - I would try to get silver/navy w/blue fill again, I would also check for dimples and I would insist on a fresh case. |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Draxxus Blaze and Midnight, Zap DBX, Zap Amp |
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| Marker Setup: |
Smart Parts Shocker Black
Smart Parts high-efficiency bolt kit
Smart Parts Blackheart board
Freak stainless steel barrel system w/ boremaster kit
Trinity clamping feedneck
Empire Reloader B w/ rip drive
PMI 68/4500 fiber HPA
Kingman Spyder Rodeo Green
Kingman IPI 3.0 C.A.M.D. e-frame
Kingman Xtra Delrin ACS rear-cocking bolt
Smart Parts Freak Jr. rear, Freak front barrel system
Empire Reloader II e-hopper
Palmer Stabilizer Spyder Regulator kit (male)
CP Spyder Assault Block vertical ASA with LPC
Bad Habitz spring kit
Psycho Ballistics Bullet drop forward with on/off |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
Smart Parts Freak, Freak Jr., and/or All-American - pretty much the only barrels I've ever owned and used |
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| Strengths: |
Bright break
Little seam
Accurate
Price |
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| Weaknesses: |
Sometimes they dimple |
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| Review: |
For the money, I don't know how much better of a paintball you can shoot. It shoots perfectly through the .689 bore insert in the Freak, Freak Jr., and All-American rear barrel systems, and the slight seam makes it very accurate once it leaves the barrel. The bright break (pink is my favorite on bring your own paint days) doesn't wipe easy enough for cheaters, but cleans up easily when you're done, and shows up even in low-light conditions.
With most paintballs in this price range, sometimes they dimple if you play with them in the cold and/or humid weather, but I've not had many problems with it. I've actually seen more dimples with Draxxus Blaze in the cold weather than my RPS Premiums. A friend recommended them to me because he swears by them, and I'm glad he did. |
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| Conclusion: |
Few things are perfect, but the RPS Premium paintball is aggressively priced, and is a top-quality choice for field paint (recommend it to your field and neither they nor you will be dissappointed). There are better paintballs out there for speedball and higher-end markers, but for beginner speedballers, weekenders, rec-ball/scenario-ball players, and everyone in between, you can't go wrong with them. Excellent paintball. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Marballizers, Pro Balls, Stingers |
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| Marker Setup: |
Epiphany Ion, DXS 4500, Velocity Jr |
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| Strengths: |
Price is not too bad, Not too many dimples |
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| Weaknesses: |
They break all over your gun! |
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| Review: |
This was the required field paint at my local field last Saturday and it ruined my day. I got about 2-3 chops / barrel breaks per game and it seemed to increase as I turned my marker up closer to 300 fps. I was shooting a JT Protium with no power loader, which explains some of it, but this was rediculous. Even my spyder from 1995 shooting RPS Stigers 3 weeks ago had far fewer breaks! |
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| Conclusion: |
Not recommended |
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Patejl |
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
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Period of
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2 years |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Draxxus Field, Midnight
Toroball Precision
Xball Bronze, Silver
Zap chronic etc |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tipmann A-5, Hammerhead Dominator barrel |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
.689+ |
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| Strengths: |
Hard shell
Accurate
Stable quality |
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| Weaknesses: |
Hard shell sometimes doesnt break on target |
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| Review: |
I´ve tried lots of paintballs in order to find something middle-priced with bets accuracy possible. Also, using CO2 and playing woodsball, hard shelled. We play for hit, not for paint, so break on target was not the real criteria. Finally I found Toroball Precision, which was cheap, accurate as hell, no chops but nicely marking hits. Unfortunatelly, after this superb experience they started to sell some bad batch and the performance went downhill. But that time I discovered RPS Premium and stayed with those till now. Best compare with X-ball bronze - the same (or slightly better imho) accuracy and quality. Xballs have more breaks on target, but RPS will not almost ever chop in the marker.
RPS are a bit bigger than average, whis is exactly what I need for my .690 barrel. However, friends (Spyders Rodeo, Victors, MR-1, Xtra; T98, X7) never faced problem using those too.
Also, I have already ordered RPS several times and unline Toro or Draxxus, the quality of paintballs stays, no better or worse batch.
One more thing - the bals are very round but you have to take care a bit how you store them. If in original box and bag unopened, no problem at all. Otherwise they become more sensitive on pressure than other paint, so store them safely, keep bag tight closed and do not stack anything on it, let it rest on flat surface. |
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| Conclusion: |
Very good choice if you require hard, accurate paintball. But reconsider if you want to paint opponent with each hit, then go for X-ball. |
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| Rating: |
| 9 out of 10 | Last edited on Friday, June 27th, 2008 at 6:25 am PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
core: prime, marballizer, draxxus midnight |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder MR-2
18v Fasta LCD Hopper
16" J&J Performance Ceramic Barrel
Kingman Flux Wraparound Grips
Tactical Stock
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Recommended
Barrels: |
J&J Barrels |
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| Strengths: |
Price, Quality, Bright Fill, Shell, Many colors of fill to choose from |
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| Weaknesses: |
They can break easily in your barrel and hopper |
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| Review: |
i have been using core: prime paintballs for a while and my friend has been shooting RPS: Premium and he said that is was good paint so i got myself 2,000 rounds of them just to try them out. I was amazed at how close they were to core: prime paintballs. for $5 more premium is a WAY better buy. it breaks on contact and has great fill. They fly really straight and are pretty much a cheaper version of marbs. They are made by RPS so of course they have wounderfull quality. this paint helps me get more people out because of the good accuracy. |
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Overall great paintball for tha price and it isn't goin' to let u down. It flies straight, breaks on your target, and gets the job done. I guess if you aren't willing to spend $50 then this isn't the paint for you, but if $50 isn't a problem than why not get them. Overall i am very pleased w/ this paint. |
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Period of
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Less than a month |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
none |
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| Marker Setup: |
speedball-Ion, Blue kit, chrome trigger frame, Drop forward, E/Z on off switch,fang trigger,eggy2,twist lock feed neck
Woodsball-Maverick stock with homemade hopper and bi-pod |
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Recommended
Barrels: |
self cleaning barrels with lots of holes for venting. |
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| Strengths: |
Very Very accurate. |
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| Weaknesses: |
breaks ALOT!!!!!! |
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| Review: |
The field i usually go to was out of diablo heat so the owner gave me a deal. $35 for a $50 case of preimum, so i said ok. I played about 2 games and they shot perfect. I mean they had perfect accuracy. Then they started to break one after another and by the time the first bag was gone i couldnt shoot more than 2 or 3 shots a second with out chopping every ball. The balls seemed really strong but they were brittle. Alot of people were using premium that day and everyone had the same problem. |
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There extremely accurate but they break easily. I dont suggest them to any front or middle man. I would suggest that you only use them if you are a backman with a very fast hopper and a slow gun or a woodsball sniper but besides that i wouldnt use them. they were very Accurate thought. im giving it a five only because they would work great if you are a woodsball sniper. |
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