Call me naive but I always assumed no one could be in the military unless they had been on a paintball field and familiar with air........
If any one is naive, it is me, due to my not having the knowledge that the modern pcp airgun existed at this point in my life. However, is it so difficult a prospect to believe that myself or others have not been exposed to, or ever shot an air or paintball gun before? I have several friends that have never heard of pcp airgun's nor the power they're capable of. And when I showed them and let them shoot some of what I have, their amazement was priceless!
May I ask if you ever served in the military? If so, when did you serve, what branch and did your training entail using paintball guns in basic or advanced training? If you hadn't served, I am interested in learning about where you derived your assumptions from, and if there was a point to your question?
Many decades ago when I went through all my different trainings starting with Basic, AIT (Advanced Individual Training), ROTC, Airborne Jump school, etc., we "always" trained with real firearm weapons. Air propelled guns or the like were not something we ever used. When we would train or practice war time scenarios with our weapons, we used the MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems). Each weapon was equipped with a laser transmitter and each soldier would wear a vest that had several laser receivers that would engage if shot. So no, I had not been exposed to any air or paintball guns prior to serving in the military.
While I had heard about them in the periphery ends of my life, it was never something directly on my radar. As I much too involved in cycle racing and triathlons back then. As well as my side hobby of shooting the various firearms I owned. I even got into reloading my own ammo to save on the expense of buying manufactured ammo. Air guns, co2 paintball markers and the like was not something my friends and me ever dabbled in. As you likely read, I literally discovered air propelled systems less than a year ago, by accident.
Now that I addressed your query. Since the topic of my post was simply to try and understand if, what and how the air gunning industry goes about manufacturing and testing the safety of said air based equipment for public consumption. Could I have you interject any experience or knowledge you have on this issue? And respectfully, wouldn't proffering what information and knowledge you can lend to my query, be less tangentially divergent to my safety standard topic? Instead of whether or not I had paintball experience before or during my military service? I truly want to say your question was without an agenda and benign. But after I started this topic, I have been met with quite a bit of hostility, false accusations and a host of idiomatic clichés, here and in the other forums. By my simply wondering and asking about how the industry insures all their manufactured equipment has been rigorously tested and safe across the board. I have no ulterior motive. I am just curious about learning more about this industry I have come to enjoy, plain and simple. For who wouldn't want to know that the 4.5k psi tank or so, they have their cheek, hand or body around is not going to experience some catastrophic failure that could cause serious injury or death? Please see this video as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1hrms0i2LU
(Go to the 2min 20 second mark to skip forward).
Thanks for taking the time to read through some or all of my posts and hope your be able to share any relevant knowledge you may possess.
