What is Stock Class Paintball?
Stock class paintball follows the same concept as stock car racing: everyone uses the same level of equipment so the competition is based on the skill of the player. It has grown as a movement by players who see the technology of paintball becoming a substitute for skill. Stock class players enter the field with a limited amount of air and paint so every shot must count. Players win by relying on marksmanship and movement instead of “accuracy by volume”. The following guidelines have generally been accepted as the standards for a “stock class” paintball gun: Feed/Operating System • The maker is powered by a single 12 gram CO2 cartridge • The marker must be manually actuated (i.e. pumped) to load a ball and cock the markers action.
Stock class paintball follows the same concept as stock car racing: everyone uses the same level of equipment so the competition is based on the skill of the player. It has grown as a movement by players who see the technology of paintball becoming a substitute for skill. Stock class players enter the field with a limited amount of air and paint so every shot must count. Players win by relying on marksmanship and movement instead of “accuracy by volume”. The following guidelines have generally been accepted as the standards for a “stock class” paintball gun: Feed/Operating System • The maker is powered by a single 12 gram CO2 cartridge • The marker must be manually actuated (i.e. pumped) to load a ball and cock the markers action. Semiautomatic or double-action markers are not allow (with the exception of the Crossman 3357 Spotmarker) • Paintballs are gravity fed from a tube parallel to the barrel • The marker must be tilted to load each paintball (No direct feeds) • The feed tube cann
