Posted by: Clayphoto on April 16, 2003 at 12:06:01

This may be more info than you wanted, but when I bought my C98 I did some testing for paint to see what would work. My setup is a 20 oz CO2 tank, 12" Teardrop barrel, gravity feed, rest is stock. In order of worked from best to worst this is what I found. PMI Marbilizer: Overall best and most consistent fit with the Teardrop I've found so far. PMI Evil: First time I tested them in 60 degree weather it was to small of a bore size. Now in 72 degree weather it fits perfectly and consistent. But it does break on impact well without breaking in the barrel. PMI Premium: Very good paintball, but shell is a bit thick PMI Flash: Premiums with fewer shell/paint choices from what I can tell. PMI Polar Ice: Cold version of Bigball in my opinion. PMI Bigball: Basically like Premiums but with not as quite a good of a seam, but overall size is pretty consistent. GREAT value! Diablo Dusk: Same as you. :) Paint was good and never broke but poor bore match ZAP Performance: Didn't break, pretty erratic. JT Preditor: Shoot about 12 rounds, break. Clean, shoot 12 rounds, break. VL I-Balz: When I dumped it in a pile and shot it up, it left a nice pool of paint in the grass. Since I'm still getting used to playing paintball, my first 2000 case I bought was Big Ball. At 25 yards on a target range with this paint, my shot cluster is about 2 feet and most of the variance comes on the elevation rather than drift. Looks like Big Ball and Teardrop is probably more consistent than a stock Custom 98. What I'm planning on doing is once I'm done with my first case to switch to PMI Premiums for every day playing, Marbilizers for when I'm wanting to do the best I can do since it has less bouncing, thicker paint, and is more consistent than the other paint. One other note that I like about Marbilizers.... I bought the Magenta fill, Purple/blue shell. ESPECIALLY if you're playing woods ball your opponent has a harder time seeing the paint untill it's right on top of them. Doesn't sound like much but can make a difference on your 30 yard shots.

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