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Direct Hit Paintballs:
Another No Name Ball?
No name paintballs: Are they any good?
When I first started playing paintball you could count the number of paintball manufacturers on one hand. Now it seems like everybody has their own like of paint. One by one, I will test all of these no name brands and write my experiences with them.
The first no name ball I tried was Direct Hit. The only place that I saw these was at Paintball Geek. I believe that Paintball Geek has these paintballs made for them.
When I ordered these paintballs they were shipped with no additional packaging around the case of paint. This made me a bit nervous because the company does not refund broken balls. There is nothing special about the box that they are shipped in. It is a plain grayish box, which keeps the cost down. The balls are rather cheap, 2000 of these paintballs sells for $40 a case.
The site claims that this paint is hard to wipe. This is definitely true. The paint is extremely thick and fluorescent pink. The site also claims that Direct Hit paintballs fire better than Marballizer and Hellfire. This I definitely do not agree with. These paintballs definitely fire straight and have excellent breaking ability, but by no means would I group Direct Hit with Marballizer.
These paintballs might have the best breaking ability on the market, but this comes with a steep price. The ball breakage in the barrel is also very high. When firing slow, the paintballs fire fine, but during rapid fire with guns such as an angel these paintballs are a mess.
These paintballs fire very tight groupings at 50 feet and 75 feet. I could easily put paintballs on top of another or within touching distance of the previous shot.
Overall, I would recommend this paint for low-pressure guns and for low-end guns like stingrays, spyders, tippmans, and pump guns. This is also a good paint for snipers out there.
I would avoid this paint with fast shooting guns like the angel and guns that are rough on paint like the automag. This is not a good ball for sprayers and prayers.
Nick Palumbo |
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