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Paintballs... simply called "paint", are spherical gelatin capsules containing primarily polyethylene glycol, other non-toxic and water-soluble substances, and dye. Paint is made of materials found in food and are edible, but taste bad. [1] Early paintballs were made of glass [2] and filled with indelible oil-based paint, since they were made for marking trees and cattle, but modern paintballs should easily wash out of most clothing. The color of the shell does not necessarily indicate the color of the fill.
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Paintballs are round, acorn size gelatin capsules filled with water soluble, non-toxic, bio-degradable, hypo-allergenic paint. These balls break on impact, leaving a temporary, washable paint splat that marks a player as being "eliminated" from the game in progress.
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Paintballs vary in terms of quality and consistency, depending on the brand. The seams of paintballs are never perfectly consistent and tend to cause a slight increase of width. Other paintballs may have shape dimples or be slightly oblong or egg-shaped, or contain voids (bubbles). Irregularities such as these adversely affect the aerodynamics and trajectory of a paintball. Slight variations in the size, shape and weight of paintballs can affect velocity by 15 fps, and greatly reduce accuracy as well. But these variations are negligible with the higher quality paints on the market.
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Paintballs generally change shape or size due to differing temperature or humidity. If a paintball is larger than the barrel, it may break inside the barrel and cause horrible inaccuracy until it is cleaned. If the paintball is too small for the barrel, air will escape around the paintball when firing causing a drop in velocity and accuracy. Correcting for this by adjusting the velocity adjuster on the marker could cause a lack of air efficiency.
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Generally speaking, paintballs of greater price are subjected to more stringent manufacturing processes, quality checks, and standards, making their size and shape more consistent. This is very important for accuracy. Better paintballs ... tend to have higher quality fills and thinner shells to improve the frequency of breaking on impact rather than bouncing, and thus raise the percentage of "eliminations."
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