Paintball

projectsome

Has anyone done paintballing at Hamburger Hill or Delta Force? I'm looking to paintballing for the first time and want to know if anyone has any experience of either?

Cheers

Anonymous

Doesn't matter where you go, you'll still get hurt, and have a laugh

angry_bird

Whichever is cheapest

TheNorthernTrain

Like Yeehaa states, wherever you go you'll have fun! Personally I would go with Hamburger Hill as it is a UKPSF accredited site.

Delta Force for some reason or another have not been allowed to join the UKPSF and instead mention that their sites are UKPBA accredited however this is a body that has been set up and is controlled by Delta Force themselves.

However thats not to say the sites are unsafe, several actually exceed UKPSF sites, It's just the UKPSF has a little bit more weight behind it in the event that anything bad does happen.

Anonymous

I don't think either of the ones I went to were members of any USAF or whatever. They were just some dodgy blokes with paintball guns. Still had a hell of a good laugh.

El Capitano

yeehaamcgee wrote:

They were just some dodgy blokes with paintball guns. Still had a hell of a good laugh.

This. Went many years ago to one near High Wycombe (can't remember the name), 4 military types V 30 banker types on a corporate team building day. We slaughtered them... :twisted:

welshkev

i went to the one in cowbridge for my brothers birthday a few years back, about 10 of us versus a rugby team!!! it was a great laugh but i was knackered after it

Anonymous

Really hate corporate team building paintball. In fact I just hate corporate team building full stop. Never really got into paintball as a result as that's generally been my experience. That and playing it as a teen which seemed mildly less nerdy than laserquest or playing Dungeons & Dragons.

Anonymous

deadinsidekenny wrote:

I have no concept of fun.

Anonymous

Nah, just team building is not fun. Bunch of guys trying badly to further their careers and employers who foolishly think getting people together who hate each other is going to make them bond and be more productive.

projectsome

deadkenny wrote:

Nah, just team building is not fun. Bunch of guys trying badly to further their careers and employers who foolishly think getting people together who hate each other is going to make them bond and be more productive.

well i'm not trying to further my career, i don't hate any of them, not really fussed how productive they are unless the females wanna come back to mine.

cat_with_no_tail

projectsome wrote:

deadkenny wrote:

Nah, just team building is not fun. Bunch of guys trying badly to further their careers and employers who foolishly think getting people together who hate each other is going to make them bond and be more productive.

well i'm not trying to further my career, i don't hate any of them, not really fussed how productive they are unless the females wanna come back to mine.

Best. Work ethic. EvAr!

sheepsteeth

i have never done paint balling, it does look supremely good fun though.

MountainMonster

Paintball is fun as shoot. Had an Ariakon Sim 4 r.i.s. elite for many years, that was the best gun ive ever used.

sheepsteeth

this is the best gun i have ever used



mainly cause it looks cool.

thekickingmule

sheepsteeth Will that thing take paint balls? If yes, you should turn up with that bad boy at a paintballing thing, and kick everyones orifice into next week! 8)

sheepsteeth

hm, i wonder. the police do training on one of our training areas and they have paint bullets which fire from H&K 9mm machine gun thingys.
bet they smart when you get hit by one.

Northwind

Can't help but feel bringing a real gun to a paintball matching is outwith the spirit of the rules, if not neccesarily the letter...

Paintballing's cool, it's even better if the people you're playing with are total city boys... Last time I went most people were treating streams as impenetrable barriers, bushes as if they were brick walls, and mud like minefields... so I spent all day turning up in unexpected places, like 5 feet behind a load of guys hiding behind a wall facing in the other direction.

It's a good laugh. Try to avoid people who take it seriously though.

sheepsteeth

hmm, i could imagine there are lots for whom it is all out total warfare!

it does look like a giggle.

we should have a crudcatcher paintball day.

projectsome

sheepsteeth wrote:

hmm, i could imagine there are lots for whom it is all out total warfare!

it does look like a giggle.

we should have a crudcatcher paintball day.

but you all live so far away from south of the country

sheepsteeth

i live in kent

fungus_the_muffin_man

sheepsteeth wrote:

this is the best gun i have ever used



mainly cause it looks cool.

Not bad but I enjoyed firing this one more





As for paintballing. You need one with a lot of space with a decent set up for different scenarios's ie mock villages etc...
You also need the extra paint balls to be relatively cheap as once your trigger finger kicks in you'll be flying through your rounds pretty fast.

Northwind

Yeah, that's the scam, "Paintballing only £10" then you get there and you get 100 shots and fire them all off in the first seconds, like a teenager touching a bosom, and then end up paying a fortune for reloads.

welshkev

sheepsteeth wrote:

hmm, i could imagine there are lots for whom it is all out total warfare!

it does look like a giggle.

we should have a crudcatcher paintball day.

paintballing on bikes? sounds like a good idea to me

projectsome

sheepsteeth wrote:

i live in kent

ah, you're over the other side of the south! a good 180+ miles over.