Paintball

[Tallen702]

HP, those actually made me feel a little better about the structural durability of the equipment we use. The HPA tank didn't shred like I thought it would.

[Cunha]

Thats what Dot certification is all about.. and things like that.

Thats why we cant have those ultra light weight all carbon fiber tanks, because they fail catastrophically, as in they explode all over the place.

[HP_Lovecraft]

Originally Posted by Tallen702

HP, those actually made me feel a little better about the structural durability of the equipment we use. The HPA tank didn't shred like I thought it would.

I think the tanks might not have been full?

I rememeber some pictures last year of an "oil in the fill nipple" accident with steel shrapnel everywhere.

nick

[Ruckus Fox]

Originally Posted by Jordan

Didn't look like it took the guy down right away.

Almost looked like he got pasted in the head, then he dropped. The way he was hotstepping when the bottle came his way, his ankles looked okay.

Jordan

The way he reacted kind of implies that he hurt his ankle...his feet never moved from the center of where he was standing. Most people don't realize they've broken something small until adrenaline passes. Still...it looks painful. That's why I don't superman.

--Ruckus

[splattttttt]

Originally Posted by Ruckus Fox

The way he reacted kind of implies that he hurt his ankle...his feet never moved from the center of where he was standing. Most people don't realize they've broken something small until adrenaline passes. Still...it looks painful. That's why I don't superman.

--Ruckus

Last time I did a Sup Man, i received a compound fractured bone. But that's woods ball for ya. But that's a different thread that was already discussed a while back.
There's really no valid argument here regarding what the safest air we use to launch a paint ball.
But if you like to take chances...

[Hard8Mike]

One of our warehouse guys dropped a 10 pack of 12 grams on the floor a few years back. Several of them exploded and shot across the warehouse going through a few cardboard boxes. The scary part was that a few of them ruptured and expanded like hollow-point bullets (they almost looked like flowers). The edges were razor sharp. Luckily, no one was hurt, but it did make me a little extra careful about carrying 12 grams.

[Milky Spore]

For some reason, I feel safer when the size of the air source I am using decreases.

I was scared to hell carrying my 20oz. tank on my bike to and from the shop, but I don't mind carrying my 3.5oz. there now. I don't know why though, even though they both hold the same pressure.

I feel much safer with a 12g though, as said before, they mostly get rid of the human element for stuff to go wrong. The only thing that can really go wrong with them, that I can see is a 12g rocket.

[shoot to thrill]

I slide into the snake once and my pug bounced off a root in the ground and I had a good ould sheridian mortar when the part of the fast changer the always stays threaded into the marker snapped. Still cringe when I see people superman with hpa tanks on, biggest tank I use is a 9 oz on my open class pump, might get a 13/3k, for winter play but wouldnt dive with it on there, or any tank above 3.5 oz for that matter.

[Cunha]

Shoot to Thrill. Those Fasst changer bases are notoriously brittle. I dont know why PPS doesnt just thread the lower tube to work with the fasst change.

I think having a weaker rail to ASA connection will protect the tank from actually being severed from the regulator.

[Party of A-5]

Originally Posted by shoot to thrill

Still cringe when I see people superman with hpa tanks on, biggest tank I use is a 9 oz on my open class pump, might get a 13/3k, for winter play but wouldnt dive with it on there, or any tank above 3.5 oz for that matter.

I supermaned with a 92/4500 on the back of my gun.