Best way to dispose of old balls

[wycke]

So, I was (finally) cleaning up my basement and found a cache of old field paint, mostly from various EMR events over the past 10-15 years. Also found a box of several hundred rounds that I brought back from a Skirmish big game sometime in the early 2000s. The EMR stuff still looks mostly in-tact and would probably survive cycling through a marker, but not with any level of straightness or accuracy. The Skirmish stuff looked like golf balls, so I put that right into the garbage. I know it's biodegradable and all that, but is there a better way to get rid of it? Should I just plan a day trip to the local BYOP field to burn through it?

[Mr. Hick]

Please don't shoot that at people. Either yeet it into the woods yonder, Bag it up and dump it or bury it in a hole. Please, please don't be that asshole at BYOP day.

[Ecapnation]

If it breaks in a drop test shoot it.

Used 20 years old proball platinum last year, ironically shot better than the paint the field offered.

[cougar20th]

I had a similar experience a few years ago. Found a full case of 2003ish vintage Marbalizer. Let the guys I was playing with make the call as to if I could use it. After several drip tests they said use it. It shot far better then the paint we had bought the day before.

Now I also have leftover paint from the last few years. And it was crap when new and is now worse crap. Shooting straight is impossible for it.

[Nish]

Wycke! How are you not green?

I would also suggest testing before using in a game. Some paint seems to get more brittle with age, other stuff turns into marbles. All else fails use to just dump them in the woods and step on them.

[wycke]

Wycke! How are you not green?

I would also suggest testing before using in a game. Some paint seems to get more brittle with age, other stuff turns into marbles. All else fails use to just dump them in the woods and step on them.

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I think I've been around since before green existed. Anyhoo, the consensus seems to be check some to be sure it won't give someone a concussion or break a bone if I intend to use it in a game. Or, just blow it all out in the shooting range. Think I'll go with the latter as that doesn't involve anyone shooting at me. 😉

[Axel]

Plant those seeds in the ground and grow a paintball bush.

Pro-tip: Harvest 10 days early for .62 cal, or let them grow an extra week for old-fashioned .690

[OpusX]

[grabs paper, takes notes for next growing season]

[Memornix]

[Daltech]

Please don't shoot that at people. Either yeet it into the woods yonder, Bag it up and dump it or bury it in a hole. Please, please don't be that asshole at BYOP day.

Yeah, I got some welts from some asshole using old paint. He thought it was hilarious when I said his paint wasn’t breaking and he hit me a dozen times. Seems like the a holes are fewer and further between these days, but yeah, don’t be that guy.

[Ecapnation]

I have had new paint do that too.... in general quality is terrible lately

[Daltech]

It was HK army level 2 dark purple shells. Couldn’t have been too old I guess. Your probably correct in it just being crappy to begin with.

[PlawB]

Don't just toss them on the ground. They're toxic to dogs.

I keep about 2000 on hand for when I really have to test a lot of guns, and anything more than that I just throw in the trash.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Anything remotely round gets used for tech'ing, anything looking like a golf ball or the death star gets trashed.