How far does a paintball go?

[SR_matt]

One other factor is that 45* is only the maximum distance when doing high school physics (disregard air resistance/friction/etc). Real world you have to go a bit flatter, for some reason I remember an alleged engineer telling me it was like 38* but it was 20+ years ago and I have no idea if the guy was actually an engineer… but he at least sounded smart to my young self.

[markdem]

I remember hearing the same thing. But its not like my mother had the gun at an exact angle. She just lobbed some paintballs "above those trees"

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

From shots I've made if you arc it enough I'd say 150 yard maybe. 100 yards much more consistently. But at that point the ball is unlikely to break

[ih8cornnuts]

I read this as "How far does paintball go?" as in where it progresses as a sport, i thought on it a bit and clicked the thread link only to hear your guys talk about physical distance...

[uv_halo]

I'm not surprised that AI LLMs can't answer this correctly, forum posts haven't seemed to have gotten much attention from those training the LLMs. And to date, I don't think there are any published scientific papers on paintballs specifically. LLMs are trying to infer based on whatever papers they have been exposed to (i.e. Golf ball flight).

I am disappointed that many folks in this thread (who have been on this forum since well before the purge) hasn't seen or remembered that I have a whole thread that breaks down the ballistics of Paintballs and FSRs.

Here's the quick answer for a .683, 3gram paintball fired at 300FPS, in 70deg, sea level, conditions:

• Maximum Range: 94 Yards
• Angle for Max Range: 26 Degrees
• Terminal Energy: .453FtLb

If you want to know how, why or more, check out the External Ballistics thread linked in my signature.

[uv_halo]

WTH? Sigs don't show up on my replies? Here's the link: https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/p...and-paintballs