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We play a lot of airsoft as well. It is far less expensive even when buying the good BBs. We keep to a limit of around 400fps except for the sniper rifles. I don't kno whow far a paintball gun shoots, but I have picked off guys at 75-80 yards with the rifle (Echo 1 P90) and over 50 yards with the pistol and we usually play in pretty heavily wooded areas so a lot of action is 25-30 yards. These will still break the skin at closer ranges. We do the capture the flag, rescue/escort, king of the hill, recon teams and full two team battles.

The first time I played I only had the CO2 powered pistol and went through 650+ rounds one stinking trigger pull at a time. I enjoyed it enough to justify buying some better equipment.

The other nice thing about airsoft is the guns are patterned off of real ones and you don't have the big tanks or anything so the battles are more realistic. Check out airsoftgi.com for a good sample of the guns available.