[Snail]

FPS?

Feet?

[sigtau]

Feet per second.  Most of the time it ranges from 100FPS (lower end sidearms) to 700FPS (gas powered marksman's rifles).  Anything higher than that is usually completely disallowed from tournaments or public competition.

At least, that's how it works in this state.

Also, ≥300 FPS is enough to break skin from 10 feet away, with results varying as the distance widens between the person firing and their target.

[Pred the Penguin]

Yes, I know those things can break skin... but if it just hits your clothes, how do tell when your hit?

[Scotty]

You feel it.

EDIT:  Unless you're wearing medieval plate armor, in which case you'll hear it.

[Unknown Target]

On a bit of a tangent...I'm curious as to how 'real military' you guys are meaning here? Are you referring to mil specific tactics and perhaps some BDU crap or an actual rank structure and ****?

Honestly, both. It's 17-25 year olds dressing up in BDUs (which are actually great, cheap camo), tacticool stuff, setting up ranks, using military tactics, the whole shebang. It's basically playing army for a weekend.

[Dilmah G]

Hm, I don't mind that kind of stuff too much. Cheap BDU **** and a sectional organisation structure that's stuck to. But ranks etc? That's when I start to feel it's a disservice to the blokes who do it for real.

[PsychoLandlord]

I didn't even mind a rudimentary rank structure in the group I played Paintball with, since generally it meant those with tactical awareness were the ones shouting commands/advice at everyone. When some random guy at a game demanded one of my friends salute him, however, that's about the point I said **** it.

[sigtau]

I think rank structure should be based on skill--if you even have a rank structure in your league--but should not be used as a means of gaining respect from other players because you're 'superior' to them.

In the real armed forces, it's completely different--for example, you're actually under fire--so there's total justification there to demand respect from your peers.

[Dilmah G]

Yeah, that whole power-play bull**** is what gets me about it. I don't mind the allocation of team/platoon/section leaders and second-in-command, that's just like any other team sport and you need it for a lot of these tactics to run smoothly, but eurgh, saluting? Jeez, ****ing, useless, wanker. If you don't hold a Queen's Commission or equivalent, you have no right to force someone to salute you. Especially if they're not in the armed forces or an organisation of which the forces are parent of. 

[Pred the Penguin]

The only kinda rank we had in was 2 motivated people who lead the team, me and another guy. Basically we just decided which people to play during matches and witch positions and organized practice sessions. I'm fine with all the tactical stuff, but making up you're own names and codewords is much more amusing IMO.

[jr2]

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

[PsychoLandlord]

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

Oh he was enlightened of this fact, no worries there. It also ended up devolving into a fistfight, but that may have been taking it a bit too far.

Either way, MilSim guys filled with Unwarranted Self Importance are a bane on both Paintball and Airsoft. It's a shame, as both games are great fun, but you have to be stupidly careful about who you play with if you simply want to enjoy yourself.

[jr2]

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in uniform while in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

EDIT fixxored ... you only salute on your base if you're in uniform.

EDIT2: And, apparently I hit "quote", not "modify" 

[General Battuta]

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

Oh he was enlightened of this fact, no worries there. It also ended up devolving into a fistfight, but that may have been taking it a bit too far.

Either way, MilSim guys filled with Unwarranted Self Importance are a bane on both Paintball and Airsoft. It's a shame, as both games are great fun, but you have to be stupidly careful about who you play with if you simply want to enjoy yourself.

My policy with these people is to shoot them in the eyes.

[Dilmah G]

And they bloody deserve it. It's a disservice to the guys and girls who do it for real, and actually earned a commission.

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in uniform while in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

EDIT fixxored ... you only salute on your base if you're in uniform.

EDIT2: And, apparently I hit "quote", not "modify" 

And if you've got the appropriate headdress on, but I'm not sure if that's just a Commonwealth thing.

[General Battuta]

And they bloody deserve it. It's a disservice to the guys and girls who do it for real, and actually earned a commission.

I suspect we have somewhat different motivations here

[Dilmah G]

Eh, different motivations, same end result.

[jr2]

And they bloody deserve it. It's a disservice to the guys and girls who do it for real, and actually earned a commission.

FYI... you never salute in the "field" aka battle situations... only in uniform while in garrison (on your base in a non-combat situation or in uniform outside the base in a non-combat situation).  All you are doing if you salute in the field is painting a big red crosshair on your superior officer(s).  So if they want to be saluted, you could always enlighten them of this little fact. 

EDIT fixxored ... you only salute on your base if you're in uniform.

EDIT2: And, apparently I hit "quote", not "modify" 

And if you've got the appropriate headdress on, but I'm not sure if that's just a Commonwealth thing.

Yeah, at least in the Marines, you don't salute without a cover... but you don't go outdoors without a cover unless you're on the flightline (cause you don't want a turbine to suck it into it's intake).

[sigtau]

Just bought the G36C.  Made sure it was higher-reviewed before I made the jump to order it.  Like I mentioned previously, I also got face protection, an extra magazine, plenty of ammunition, and a speed-loader to supplement it.

Also, the Glock replica I mentioned in the first post was a royal piece of ****.  Broke after about five shots because the receiver mechanism jammed.  A hasty attempt at field stripping the damned thing revealed that the gearbox was using plastic components instead of higher quality metal ones.

Oh well, you get what you pay for.  I'll start saving up for a better sidearm.

EDIT: For reference, this is what I ordered.

[Thaeris]

I believe you can get replacement components, gearboxes in particular. OR many people just get spring pistols, which often are cheaper and have a pretty decent velocity to them as well. Springs aren't bad as sidearms.