quiet; this one may be the quietest. In the world of
tournament paintball this may not matter so much to
you. In the woods though, a quiet marker definitely has
an advantage.
Next we brought the Deception to the target range and
took a few hundred shots and some notes. At a target
distance of 100 feet shooting freehand we were able to
hit a 10” X 16” target with nearly every shot. We fired 100
shots, hitting the target 96 times, with 47 of those shots
within two inches of the center mark of the target. We
cranked the velocity up to 295 average feet per second
and repeated the test. This time of the 100 shots we hit
the mark (again shooting freehand) 91 times, with 40 shots
hitting the target within two inches of the center mark.
We then moved the firing distance back 25 feet to 125
feet and using the same target we were able to hit some
part of the target 71 times. The 25 feet of added distance
definitely made the freehand shooting more difficult but
the Deception still performed very reliably. Repeating the
test we hit the target 73 times in 100 shots. It’s also worth
noting this was all done outside with a light breeze blowing
in 86 degree (fahrenheit) temperatures.
With the velocity still cranked up into the mid-290s we
ran the velocity test again and saw the following ten shot
burst: 297, 297, 295, 296, 298, 295, 294, 296, 296, 297 feet
per second. Once again the Deception’s velocity was
very consistent.
On the playing fields the Deception performed admirably.
We shot just over a case and a half of paintballs and had
not a single ball break in the gun. But we had plenty of
ball breaks on players. The Deception feels nice in your
hands, with no discernable issues or problems with
comfort, sighting etc. The marker feels and acts like a
$1000 paintball gun should. The low profile design makes
the Deception comfortable to use for any size player. And
as already mentioned, it’s light enough for all players to be
comfortable using on the field.
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