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The Empire BT Apex 2 barrel is and was a complete game changer. It is so good, it's been banned from tournaments as it allows you to curve paintballs to hit players who are hiding behind baricades.

That sounds wierd doesn't it, how can you hit people behind baricades. The secret is spin. Under normal circumstances, when you fire a paintball, you want absolutely no spin. No spin means that the paintball flies straight. Think about when a footballer takes a free kick and bends the ball

Every term we can think of within paintball and an explanation of what it means.

12g - A Co2 powerlett used by players who havn't thought things through properly.

1989 - The legendary club based at YPC (Yorkshire Paintball Centre). Played with pumps, pistols, magfed or any other paintball marker as long as it has a non electro, 50 shot hopper.

1996 - The date Fat Bobs the UK's best paintball shop opened

It's been a long time since we have seen any real innovation in paintball, we went from pistols shooting paintballs with co2 in the early days until now, we have very sophisticated air powered paintball guns with amazing technology inside.

But what about the paintballs, nothing has really changed with them, apparently, until now.

It's relatively easy to make a paintball gun, you could do it in your garage, with a small amount of knowledge, a bit of time and the correct tools, but

With 2019 coming to a close, it's time to look to the future.

We just ran the Crimbogeddon Christmas game at YPC on the 29th December and as usual many more players turned up than we expected. This is an extremely positive sign for paintball

A few years ago, I organised a country wide game at Christmas called "Santa V The Snowman". This was a linked game and with over 20 sites participating and in excess of 1000 players playing, it was the single biggest day event

If you want the quick answer to the question, does paintball or airsoft hurt, then the answer is no, not really. But if you want to know why they don't hurt, then read on.

If you were to ask the question, will I get cold if I walk 5 miles at -1 degrees in just my underwear?, you probably already know the answer to the question. But what about if you asked the question, will I get cold if I walk 5 miles at -1 degrees. It's the same question but with an additional paramater

The 1989 club, what is it and what does it do?

The 1989 club has been around now for well over 10 years. It started as a monthly side event to the YPC Walkons. A place where people who wanted to play a more tactical game with magfed, pump and pistol paintball guns could do just that and compete on an equal level. After all, what's the point in playing with a pistol against a super semi, you are just going to get owned in seconds.

I was watching a Youtube video by Nicky T where he was explaining how you can help promote paintball in the UK. His advice was to organise a paintball event at your local paintball site. It's a good idea but it takes work to achieve and paintballers, and I include myself in this are basically lazy.

But it's an interesting idea, we as paintballers are always harping on about how we want to "Grow the Sport", "Get more people playing", but ask yourself this question. "What have YOU done to

So what is this gun and why is it so special?

Yesterday at the Halo Mill proving grounds at YPC, I was going round the bays as normal saying hello and having a general chat to some of the players. The regulars are very chatty and there are some briliant characters. Anyway, I went into one bay and the first thing I saw was what I thought were a couple of paintball guns. They have got the wrong day I thought.

I started to chat with them and it turns out that one

Tippmann enters the Airsoft market. Are they the worlds most reliable airsoft guns?

I remember playing a woodland paintball tournament back in the very early 1990's. I was using a Grey Spirit made by Lapco, a pump action gun, as were pretty much the rest of the team. That's when we first experienced the firepower of a semi auto paintball gun. Someone on the other team had a Tippmann SMG 68. Or smeg 68 as we used to call them. When it wasn't smashing paint to bits, it was absolutely awesome