Paintball Marksmanship Competition

Steve Johnson
by Steve Johnson

Former competitive shooter and gun dealer Deryk Walker moved to Taiwan and had to leave his guns back home. He found a substitute called Paintball Marksmanship Competition, a practical rifle-style competition using paintball markers instead of rifles.

I was an international competitive shooter and Firearms Dealer in the UK, then I moved to California in 1990. 4 years ago I moved to Taiwan and had to leave my guns behind so I had to find a substitute. I found the only steel plate paintball range in Taiwan, (I have never been keen on the person vs person type of paintball shooting). The International Paintball Marksmanship Competition promotes speed and accuracy and is actually a lot of fun, however the rifles and pistols are quite expensive and you can add more dollars for customization. Apart from the price of the guns, it does offer a low cost alternative to center fire shooting as it requires the same disciplines and can be done in any safe area.

It looks fun, especially if you like in a part of the world where you cannot own firearms.

Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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  • Deryk Walker Deryk Walker on Mar 09, 2011

    Paintbelair - I think we are getting a bit off topic. I agree with everything you say but we cannot have real guns in Taiwan so paintball and Airsoft guns are the best we can get. Regardless of the pros and cons of Paintball and Airsoft, when you have no other choice, you have no other choice.

  • Spikey DaPikey Spikey DaPikey on Mar 09, 2011

    This looks a lot of fun to me :)

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