What is the best brand of paintball gun and why?
468847
the best kind is the tippmann 98 custom.  you can customize the crap out of it and still get more than your money's worth in accuracy.  plus it would be a mega gun that can compete with and costs less that an autococker.  Ive got a flatline barrel and stock on mine and i get really good performance out of it
537722
everyone knows that smith and wesson is the best brand.  all american fire arms.  not made in china ;)
1112474
anything over 700 FPS will be great.\ncrossman makes a good one,\ni like pump or single pump spring load\ni don't like air cartridge\n\n\nhttp://www.compasseco.com/crossman_air_guns_air_rifle.htm\n\nhttp://www.airgunwarehouseinc.com/airgunrifles.html
457982
unfortunately you did not give enough details as to which starter paintball gun.  if you would please give the web page than i could help. and also did you mean icon z instead of icon e?
744056
cheaper - airsoft by far\n\nrealistic - im gonna say air soft because paintball markers look unqice (or however you spell it)\n\nHurts - paintball hands down\n\nYou can get paint bbs for airsoft.\n\nFor airsoft prolly just sun glasses or something over your eyes.\nPaintball - Mask, then you porlly want to go with a long pair of pants and well igo in a t shirt and a hoodie. (you DONT need a cup, lol when its my friends first time i always get that qestion)\n\nIm gonna go with paintball on the protection.\n\ni find paintball to be more fun but it is way more expensive so you play less then you would airsoft, you can play airsoft when ever, when ever, not paintball.
137163
If you are playing woods or scenario I'd get a Tippmann A-5 or 98 custom. For speedball I would gat an Ion.
403172
Airsoft is much more fun than paintball.  I've played both, so I know.  Airsoft is much more realistic than paintball.  The guns actually look like real guns!
1108868
I prefer the 5,56 mm AR- M4SF , fits nice, great range, easy to clean. Hits harder than a paintball gun too. At 500 Meters it's not looking good for the "target".
959924
I like electric the best since you don't have to cock it and you don't have to buy gas and they don't hurt too bad. Spring guns are the cheapest though
715626
A barrel kit with different barrels would be the best due to the fact that paintballs are different sizes and to get a better accuracy you need the barrel that you can blow a paintball through easily..\n\nThe Silencer\nwww.texasghostwalkers.com
834962
like they've said you're not going to get anything that strong or that durable for that low of a price. when it comes to airsoft  you get what you pay for. you're very seldom going to get any stock (unmodified) airsoft gun, you'll have to upgrade it and the only guns worth upgrading are gonna be over 2-300 dollars.\n\nairsoft is not a sport for those looking to be cheap and play it well, you're going to need to break the bank like it or not to get anything nearly that good unless you are extremely lucky and find a used gun like that on ebay and even then it's going to be 1-150 dollars.\n\nmy suggestion personally, save up and buy a good gun for a few hundred bucks or switch to paintball, it's cheaper :P
739814
do not use that!   use paintball marker oil at a paintball gun store...dicks sporting goods should have it
741526
it depends. un upgraded you want a Crossman airsoft shotgun for the cheapest, on the expensive (better) end a gas gun like a gas sniper is best.\n\nelectric wise the strongest you're going to get is a Tokyo Marui or Classic Army gun that you upgrade. \n\nthe crossman does 300-375 fps, the gas ones do 400-700fps and the tm's start at about 300 and upgrades can get them well past 500 or 600 FPS
796654
Here, take your pick:\nhttp://www.pyramydair.com/airsoft/
320837
the tippmann 98 custom is the best because it is designed to be accurate on all fields. I have one and it has 150+ accuracy right out of the box. i added a flatline barrel and i now get 300 feet of accuracy.  also you can customize the tippmann 98 to fit your style of play.  one other thing you can customize the heck out of it and end up with a gun that can take out the highest priced ones for half the cost.  that's why its the best woods ball gun. also you could compete with the best if you got just the flatline barrel because you hace very good accuracy
438232
Here is how it breaks down, you have spyders/spyder clones, \nTippmanns, and used guns/e-bay. First option, Spyders are great guns, IF kept clean the internals last and will not break down. They allow for you to easily play both Speedball, and Woodsball. They allow for you to easily upgrade after any amount of time to an Electronic Gun, as well as other upgrades making the gun more "air" efficent. Their downside is that if Regular maint. is not done the internals break down quick and you soon find yourself at a local pro shop spending more $. Spyder clones I.E.  The Icon E (32 Degrees clone of the Spyder E-99)are similar to spyders in most ways, but have a reputation for using parts made with "less quality". \n   Next you have Tippmanss. Tippmanns are built to last, I have even seen one driven over (with out a tank attached of course, that would be moronic) Unlike spyders you can Play with a M-98 custom,you are able to play with it and not have to worry about cleaning it was well as a spyder. It is also easily upgradable, and is universal as far as Woods/Speedball is concerned. The downside of the Tippmanns, M-98 in specific is that field stripping is not a fun task, where as a spyder is more easily field stripped, squeegeed out, then put back together to rock n roll. \n Your other options include used guns at local proshops, and E-bay, You will be able to find plenty of Guns, but you dont want to buy some meat heads used problem...You can easily find a gun for under 100 and a gun/mask/tank/etc for under 200 by visiting a web retailer. This is a good idea since used guns dont come with warranties, and you cant return them if its not what you wanted. Hope this is of some help to you.
245390
www.mcsports.com actually has a pretty large variety and you also get free shipping and hadnling the prices are relatively low compared to paintball shops too and they have the same quality and brands