New Vetgun III- anyone know how it works?

[SignOfZeta]

It was a rhetorical question. As an adult of at least basic level intelligence I understand that the people who want to make things that dose cows from a distance (of probably 10 feet…) have no overlap with people who literally set out to make the “more powerful” paintball gun of noob dreams, regardless of the timing.

My point was that the only interesting thing about FS is the strategy that comes about when you have two classes of gun and when I look at this it makes me realize that if someone wanted to do that they don’t necessarily need to create a more high tech system, it could even be a gun that’s crappier on all counts. This makes .68 into the “sniper” class these 1.00” mofos having the ability to shoot through brush better…or bouncing less. Or something. We’d have to figure out what the advantage is. I’m having a hard timing thinking of one. I do like the bad photoshop image of the MkI a lot. That huge bubblegum dispenser looking mega stock class feed…love it.

[Hp_lovecraft]

This makes .68 into the “sniper” class these 1.00” mofos having the ability to shoot through brush better…or bouncing less

There is a reason why all tournament rules specifically state .68.

Back about 30 years ago, Bob Long had Bullseye paint company secretly make him some larger paintballs. Maybe .80? I don't remember. But it was a huge advantage, since they ran at the same fps, it meant a longer range, less curves, etc. And this went on for a while in secret, until a money dispute came up, and Bullseye tried to release the paint to the public, which caused a huge scandal, and all tournaments and insurance rushed to standardize .68. This is part of the reason why .50 didn't take off. Because of Bob Long, .68 because hard-coded into lots of insurance policies and tournament rulebooks. SP worked hard to change that, but it just never really took off.

I think that Stingray lazerball gun was .80? to shoot those reusable paintballs?

[Ecapnation]

It was just .70

It was very undetectable and ran fine in most unmodified cockers at the time... Well other than barrel

[The Great Equalizer]

VintageRex has them at .80 cal (which is what I remember too). Its in the description, but the specs section shows .68 https://www.vintagerex.com/cgi-bin/i...=Brass%20Eagle

[The Inflicted]

There is a reason why all tournament rules specifically state .68.

Back about 30 years ago, Bob Long had Bullseye paint company secretly make him some larger paintballs. Maybe .80? I don't remember. But it was a huge advantage, since they ran at the same fps, it meant a longer range, less curves, etc. And this went on for a while in secret, until a money dispute came up, and Bullseye tried to release the paint to the public, which caused a huge scandal, and all tournaments and insurance rushed to standardize .68. This is part of the reason why .50 didn't take off. Because of Bob Long, .68 because hard-coded into lots of insurance policies and tournament rulebooks. SP worked hard to change that, but it just never really took off.

That's wild. I'd never heard of this story.
Can you recall what sort of specialized equipment was needed to shoot the specialized paint?

[Fubarius]

I think that Stingray lazerball gun was .80? to shoot those reusable paintballs?

Yep. In that case I believe the idea was to discourage players from stealing the reusable balls to use at home, and to prevent players from bringing in outside paint to mess up the clean indoor fields.


A Lazerball gun next to a Stingray 1.



Close-up of the business end of a normal Stingray II barrel and a Lazerball barrel. Really the only way to tell the guns apart externally.


Some foam Lazerball rounds compared to some old swollen Marbelizer. The Lazerball rounds are actually a bit oversized (though I never did measure them with a caliper), and have a very tight bore fit with the Lazerball barrel.