| There are tons of paintball accessories and supplies | | | | the ball rolls completely through your gun then you |
| but one that you hardly ever hear about is the ball | | | | paintballs are to small. If, when blowing lightly through |
| sizer. Who knew that paintballs could come in so many | | | | the barrel the paintballs get stuck in the middle of the |
| sizes that you may want to consider owning a ball | | | | barrel your paintballs are too big. Too big will cause |
| sizer so that you can check the size of your balls? | | | | problems with the ball having enough power to get all |
| Everyone knows that different barrels have different | | | | the way down the field. |
| size inner diameters. So how can that affect my | | | | The proper dimension and fit of your balls in your |
| game and why is it important? Well, lets get into it and | | | | paintball gun should be when you blow lightly and the |
| find out. | | | | ball goes all the way through. It doesn't get stuck and it |
| The inner diameter of your paintball gun barrel is | | | | doesn't roll out the other side by itself either. There is |
| designed to be a certain size. That size is designed to | | | | just enough pressure to hold the ball in the barrel as |
| fit a certain size paintball. If the size of your gun barrel | | | | you gently blow it through. So what does a ball sizer |
| and the size of your paintballs don't match up properly | | | | have to do with the size of the balls that I'm using? |
| that you are going to have some problems. Have you | | | | Well once that you determine the proper size of balls |
| ever played with your friends before and wondered | | | | for your gun you can be sure to use that size only and |
| why your shots just don't have the punch that they did | | | | not have the problems that some of the lesser |
| the last time you played? Chances are that your | | | | experienced paintballers have because they haven't |
| paintballs were the wrong size for your paintball gun. If | | | | learned this technique. |
| your paintballs are a smaller diameter than the inner | | | | Again having a paintball sizer can eliminate some of |
| diameter of your gun barrel than you are loosing | | | | the problems you may be experiencing because the |
| precious air around the ball and there is not enough | | | | paintballs that you are using don't fit your gun properly. |
| pressure to move the ball properly. | | | | To determine whether you are using the right size of |
| Or maybe you have experienced a shot where the | | | | ball remove the barrel of your paintball gun and roll a |
| ball missed the target to one side or the other and you | | | | ball through it. If the ball rolls easily on it's own the ball is |
| knew that you had them in your sites. Again the ball is | | | | to small and if, while gently blowing on one end of the |
| too small for the barrel. The best way to check to see | | | | barrel, the ball gets stuck in the middle your paintballs |
| if the balls you are using fit your barrel properly is to | | | | are to big. The perfect size paint ball for your gun will |
| remove the barrel from your paintball gun, be sure to | | | | blow through your barrel with a slight pressure. As |
| do it safely, and try to roll a ball through the barrel. If | | | | always be safe and don't shoot yourself in the eye. |