[Der Kartozeichner]

Well, I was thinking about paintball one day. Big surprise, right? Specifically about a friend of mine's several-year-old barrel that cause extremely poor accuracy, as panitballs are now smaller than they were, causing the 'ball to rattle around in the barrel. I'd also thought of how paintballs are supposedly getting smaller and smaller over time, now to below the .680 line. Then, it occured to me that Spyder already offered .50 paintballs, and I thought..

Are .50 paintballs not just a gimmick, but are they really just the future of paintball? Are the 'balls going to get smaller and smaller until they reach a .50 caliber, or are they going to go smaller, all the way to airsoft sizes, in a hundred years? Will paintball be around in a hundred years?

What do you guys think?

[Riddler]

.50 cal is a desperation move by financially-hurting companies to offer something "new" in an otherwise stagnant market.

the shrinkage many of us are seeing in paint sizes is a result of manufacturers trying to cut costs by using slightly less material.

i do not believe the two are in any way related; nor do i believe that the 'future' of paintball consists of anything other than .68 cal as the mainstream.

[Eskimo]

Companies started to use less to save more. thus slight decrese in sizes,
The .50 has way to many negatives to be completely moved into.
.68 is going to stay for awhile.

In the mean time.

Underbore and your always safe.