Yes, I agree with the fact that there are no accessories for the .50. I do not see this taking off that much unless tournaments start leagues for it.

Great idea all you paintball producers, but next time please try to create something either more affordable for us or something that will help bring the price of paintball as a whole down. It is getting expensive =/

Sure companies like RPS, KEE, DXS will save some money in manufacturing these little terrors but what will be the cost to the player.

just think if you buy a case of DXS Gold or Evil you looking at £40 a box for 2000 high end balls. thats alot of money and considering teams can range between 10 and 50 cases at an event.

now sure we can all say this will half our costs as in a box of 2000 68cal you’ll get near double that in a case of 50cal and it would be cheaper, and if it was the same price companies would lose a hell of a lot of money. and i dont see them giving us more balls for less money just cuz there smaller.!!

just to add to the paint cost, upgrading your kit will be more as well. i can see the 50cal conversion kit retailing at about £150-£200 and the loader upgrade being about £50-100 no to mention barrels

so after you just bought your shiney new luxe,ego ten or dm10 you have to fork out another shed load of cash to convert it to shoot 50cal.

i can see the pro side of it for woodballers, big games and sites etc as the site will save money and make more money from a smaller ball.

but please god keep this away from the tournament scene. the splat of the ball is irrelevant.. the changes it will implement such as chrono speed will change, we shoot a 68 cal ball at a max of 300fps now airsofters (bb guns) shoot a i think 18cal ball at speeds of 1000fps cuz the ball is smaller or something like that. ( i could be wrong)

but i do hope this fails in the tournament scene. but i hope it goes more towards the site owner and woodballers/milsim etc

p.s the gun is fugly its like an ion tried to but fuck a luxe

case of .68=$60
case of .50=$30
accuracy of the .50 may be a little off? maybe better. due to the fact theres less surface area for the wind to affect.

.50 wont take over you rich noobs.
but for those who have no idea what im talking about its simple.
.50 is a nice thought for change, only time will tell if it happens but as far as .68 leaving
.68 will never leave becuase thats all most fields allow, and theres more .68 guns.

All in all, though, I just don’t think that this will generate nything more than initial hype that will fizzle out quickly. .68 caliber has been around for a long time, and one new company’s idea isn’t going to be enough to change an industry standard. There are still no .50 caliber hoppers, no .50 caliber aftermarket barrels, almost nothing for .50 caliber paintball as a whole, where everybody already has a .68 and are, for the most part, happy with theirs. The only people who would buy into this hype are mostly new players who will find out that big events don’t have enough .50 caliber participants to care about them, and that they will either have to change to .68 caliber like everybody else or stay in the woods.

If anybody would like to refute anything else I say, please have the good graces to post a detailed reply explaining your thoughts, not simply “You’re wrong.”

My second issue is looking at their product line, these look like 50 cal versions of the luxe, vibe and sp-1.

As per their youtube video…The accuracy tests are done against stock guns I’m betting and I doubt the paint match is correct on the 68s. The more major detail is the paint splatter dispersement. They are shooting at a hard surface. A ball splatter is much different when it hits. Sure you’ll be able to identify a gogg shot, but how about inbetween pods on the pack, or in the elbows or under the arms. Also, in speedball, with 2 refs for 5 guys and fans, not a big deal, but when you play scenario its hard enough to get people to call themselves out anyway.

The fact that the balls will hurt more is a benefit i think. If you don’t agree with me on this point you should probably stop playing paintball.

but that’s just my opinion.

You forget to take into account that the surface area is smaller, the barrel is smaller, etc. Even if air consumption will not be less, the .68 caliber will NOT have less consumption. At most it will be equal.

This is the result of poor education on multiple levels of Math and Paintball.

Also, e=mc^2, people. If you give the same speed to a .68 caliber paintball and a .50 caliber, the difference in energy will be that the .68 caliber will be (68/50)^3 times as much, or 2.515456 times as much, energy as the .50. It won’t go any farther; it won’t go even half as far unless it goes more than 300 fps. Remember here, folks, this is a Smart Parts affiliate making this one. You know it’s a bunch of lies. Same general argument goes for accutracty as well. I pity the morons who buy this garbage….