Unfortunately when a lot of beginners set out to choose their first paintball gun they inevitably choose a semi-automatic or an automatic paintball gun. For whatever reason the pump paintball gun has acquired a negative stigma and isn’t even considered in the decision making process. Often the rationale is that the owner of a pump paintball gun would be at a disadvantage on the paintball field against owners of automatic paintball guns. Fortunately for the owners of pump paintball guns the opposite is usually true.
On the paintball field it is usually the paintballers playing with pump paintball guns that usually have the advantage. Obviously electric paintball guns shoot faster but are they more accurate? Not only are pump paintball gun users more accurate out of necessity but they are usually more accurate also because paintball guns themselves tend to be more accurate. Electric paintball guns have kick and this leads to errant shots and you don’t have that kick with pump paintball guns. You add this to the fact that pump paintballers are more accurate because the have far fewer shots and you usually end up with a more polished player.
If you are having trouble with your accuracy you may want to consider practicing on the paintball field with a pump paintball gun. Using a pump paintball gun will make you more accurate and it will make you a more patient paintballer. Paintballers that practice with pump paintball guns often become better strategists and tacticians since they can’t rely on their weapons to take out their opponents. If you’re using a pump paintball gun, you’ll have to rely on your wits and intelligence to create a good shot for yourself and then you’ll have to nail it and all of that will make you a better paintballer.
