Have you chrono'ed your marker?

[Deerslayer]

What speed have you set your marker to?

[cougar20th]

Nearly every field has a limit of 280 fps. So all my markers are set right at or slightly below 280.

[Daltech]

I got a WDP Angel LED up to 450fps. I went to Hollywood sports and the 11 year old working there told me that’s too high and I need to turn it down, I said, hang on, I didn’t think I could get it up this high. It was bench tested only and the reg was way to high, I still don’t know how it didn’t blow a seal or pop a gasket. I was dry firing the shit out of it too. Angels are beast paintball guns.

[Jordan]

Depends how consistent the paint is and how fussy the refs are.... usually between 260FPS and 270fps. Almost got booted at one field for shooting "hot" - the field limit is 280fps, I had a spike to 282fps twice over 10 shots, all other below 280fps.

[Siress]

clutching their pearls, eh

[RAZRBAKK]

🤨🤨

[JeeperCreeper]

Even in outlaw games, we always chrono 280 and under, because although we shoot each other, we aren't trying to hurt anyone.

[Trbo323]

some fields allow 300fps.

Dumb fields if you ask me. What always happens is you get that one kid who wants to sit right at 300 so he is chronoing right at 299 and the occasional 304 shot he says is a stray then as the day goes on he never checks again, the paint swells and he is shooting 315 consistently

I got a WDP Angel LED up to 450fps. I went to Hollywood sports and the 11 year old working there told me that's too high and I need to turn it down, I said, hang on, I didn't think I could get it up this high. It was bench tested only and the reg was way to high, I still don't know how it didn't blow a seal or pop a gasket. I was dry firing the shit out of it too. Angels are beast paintball guns.

I'd have to find it again but there's a professional match on YouTube I watched and the ton tons were the guilty party but they were caught with 4 of their 5 guys shooting dangerously hot. I'm pretty sure one was around 450. He was ejected and marker confiscated to be investigated by officials.

What was happening was the ton tons noticed the refs were not checking Chrono between points so they would Chrono in at the beginning of a game, play a few points and then turn the markers way up. Towards the end they would turn them back down to pass any Chrono at the end. A bunch of teams were complaining and finally the refs came out in the middle of a game, rather hilariously actually. One ref comes out from behind the home bunker, grabs a player's marker straight out of his hands and chronos it, throws a red flag, turns around grabs the next player's marker. Repeat.

Since only 1 guy passed but the rules were that you had to have 2 players to start a match they had to forfeit one point then start the next with only 2 players (one guy got a minor so he could come back in after one point)

Pretty sad that that kind of cheating exists but it was fun to watch

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[Chuck E Ducky]

300 fps is actually pretty common in the US it’s rarely an issue. Tournament paintball is a completely different animal all of them are 300fps and under in the US. The TonTon issue was more about blatant cheating then it was about actual injuries. I think the irresponsible First Strike players are way more “dangerous” from an injury standpoint. Thing is those First Strike can stay together at much higher velocity and they only become more accurate when you do so there is “incentive”. Paint on the other shreds and often shoots terrible at high velocities.

[Cdn_Cuda]

All my local fields have been at 300 fps. I rarely shoot that high, usually 280. Usually shoot a few yours over the chrono to make sure nothing strange happens. Definitely taken a shot or two during the day the felt a little hot. My local field does sometime do a chrono check at the start of a game though, which is good.

[Trbo323]

All my local fields have been at 300 fps. I rarely shoot that high, usually 280. Usually shoot a few yours over the chrono to make sure nothing strange happens. Definitely taken a shot or two during the day the felt a little hot. My local field does sometime do a chrono check at the start of a game though, which is good.

I love seeing that. One of my local fields used to check everyone before every game but they have stopped doing it.

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[BrickHaus]

My field let's pumps chrono at 300. 280 for semis. I can honestly say I personally feel the 20 fps helps anecdotally. Though it doesn't help stretch 12ies.

[Grendel]

Over the years I have found most of my markers perform the best overall around 270-275 fps. That is what I generally shoot for when setting up a marker. The reality is each marker is a little different so I will settle for something between 270-285 fps; whatever the individual marker settles down at and is most consistent at the time. As an example my Pyre really likes ~275 fps and I rarely have to make an adjustment, I go up to the chrono shoot 3 random shots down range then shoot three "aimed" over the chrono. Weekend before last was the first time I had used the Pyre in 6ish months and shot 276, 276, 278 so I just walked away and used it all day. No excessive fiddling with velocity is the name of the game.

[Cyberpyr8]

Yeah I prefer to keep mine around 265-275 range. I’ve learned how the shots will drop at that speed and put a bunch right over bunkers and into people hiding behind them. Any higher or lower I miss the shots these days. I always test my markers at the beginning of the day to be sure they’re good with the paint I’m using. Our field doesn’t chrono much unfortunately.

[glaman5266]

Depends on the marker. Most of my stuff shoots well enough around 280, which is what most fields around me limit velocity to. But one field I play at (same as BrickHaus ) allows pumps at 300 and First Strikes at either 250 or 260.

My '96 sniper shoots absolute lasers at 290-295, so I'll go for that if the field allows it. Back when I was learning how to play, my Flatline'd A-5 shot best at 260-270. It just depends on what I'm shooting.

[MrBarraclough]

I usually keep mine in the low to mid 280s. My local field uses 290 as the limit so some idiot doesn't set his marker to 297 and then as paint swells from heat and humidity he's shooting >310 by the middle of the day.

Like any competently run field, we chrono every marker before playing every day. Changes in weather, batches of paint, different barrels, etc. can all affect velocity, so you cannot just assume you are still shooting whatever velocity you last chronographed at, even if you know you haven't touched your regulator.

I also have my own handheld chronograph that I use at home when teching markers. It makes my day at the field go just a little bit smoother if I've already dialed in the velocity at home after servicing the marker, so I have minimal or no adjusting to do at the chrono station. It's not really necessary with most of my markers, but if I've been tuning my Autococker it helps a lot to go ahead and chrono it at home. And having a chronograph is very helpful for diagnostics.

[Arthur]

I keep a hand held chrono on me.

For RB, anything under 285 is cool at my field.

For FS, it’s got to be consistently below 280. Shooting plastic is a different beast.