2) Porting porting is the procedure of boring small holes in a paintball barrel. Porting is often done to reduce the amount of noise that a paintball barrel makes. This means that porting is most often done by snipers who do not want to give away their position by the sounds their rifles make. This is especially effective in a "woods" type of paintball field. Have you forgotten that you also need to have the right paintball supplies in order to truly be ready for the game? If so, then you might want to read on and find out about the different paintball supplies you are going to need. 1) Paintballs the first paintball supply that you should consider bringing is more ammo. No matter what style of hopper the gun comes with, the problem seems to lie in the fact that balls break in the containment. Gravity-feed type seem to be the most prone to breakage of the ball while still contained in the hopper due to jamming problems encountered. Ball breakages often result to jams from each feeding mechanism and this in turn leads to more ball breakages. However, not many people know what exactly "rate of fire" means in terms of paintball guns. Rate of fire pertains to how fast your paintball gun spits out ammo. As you may realize, marking the foe with one hit is quite hard if he or she is moving around. With a faster rate of fire, you will be able to guarantee your hit. 3) Speedball the "deathmatch" type of paintball field, this promotes the type of game that is in the name quick and explosive. Speedball paintball fields are usually quite small but very open with only a few small obstacles in the way to provide cover. Although these obstacles may provide shelter, they are not enough to hide a person which means stealth isn't the actual skill needed here. Although it may seem as if finding a gun with the best range is desirable, you have to realize that there are some situations which call for short-range paintball markers. This is mostly because of the fact that long-range paintball guns tend to be bigger and thus, need considerably more effort to use.