[monday]

"mainly due to the filler having a solid in it(Pepper), rather than being all liquid. If a paintball has too soft a shell, it will bust in the barrel."

I suspect the high velocity is used mainly to improve trajectory and precision when fired. I expect that her family is going to own the company that makes the gun. It's pretty much a slam dunk since the city has already switched manufacturers. Thats as much as an admission that the gun they were using is too dangerous. It's going to cost the city millions too.

[Vigilantcitizen]

I suspect the high velocity is used mainly to improve trajectory and precision when fired.

It's been my experience that raising the velocity on my paintball gun negatively affects accuracy and precision. Other than being disqualified from a tournament for shooting hot(300 FPS+)at the after match chrono, accuracy is the other reason I run my gun at 285 PSI.

Knowing that a paintball is a round projectile fired from a smooth bore barrel, not a rifled barrel, it makes sense. 300 FPS and higher causes a "knuckleball" effect on the paintball.

[ninonitti]

It's going to cost the city millions too.

It would nice if there were a "city" and then there were "taxpayers". Unfortunately, I still own property in Boston so I'll be paying for my share of the Darwin Award on this one. (Most Boston cops live in the 'burbs)