Thursday, March 31, 2011

Stock Paintball: What Makes a Stock Class Gun

By Jerry Manuel


So you want to get into stock class play? It takes a special type of paintball gun, one that isn't common on the paintball field. More importantly, its different, but for a good reason. See, a stock class paintball gun is a key part of a unique and very challenging part of paintball. A part few paintballers ever give a chance to participate in.

What makes a stock class paintball gun different? Well, a couple of things. To see these things, take a look below!

The most noticeable feature is the overall size of the marker. If you take a close look, you'll see that a stock class paintball marker is missing two parts you often find on a normal paintball gun. These 2 parts are the hopper and the air tank.

A gun without a massive 68ci 4500 HPA air tank is one thing, but a marker without a hopper? Now that's just a whole other level of crazy...

Instead of a hopper, a stock class marker has a feed tube, which sits horizontally on top of the markers body. A typical feed tube will hold anywhere from 12 to 20 paintballs, but most often around 12.

The rules for stock class play also require the use of 12 gram co2 cartridges. A typical 12 gram cartridge can provide 25-50 shots at most. As you can see, with only 12 paintballs and such a tiny air supply, strategy definitely comes into play.

If this sounds like a challenge you would like to take on, then get yourself a stock class paintball gun. It can challenge your skills in many more ways and turn you into a much more rounded player. One that thinks and moves like a pro, and hits exactly what he is aiming at.




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