Essential Field Tools: Paintball Radarchron

Having the right tools makes all the difference when setting up your equipment. Correct velocity is a major factor in this formula when it comes to paintball markers. Paintball guns will vary in accuracy and distance depending on the velocity they are set at. Most fields have a chronograph station. Fields will force you to comply with the correct maximum velocity setting before you enter the field with your marker.


Handheld paintball chronographs offer you the ability to set-up your marker at the correct velocity before you get to the field. Establishing your velocity will allow you to focus your tweeking efforts on other areas of your marker to gain the best performance and consistency. Setting up your gun without setting the correct velocity will have you starting from ground zero upon walking away from field's chrono area just before your game.

Most personal paintball chronographs fit in the palm of the hand. Held under the barrel, they will detect the velocity and provide other vital statistics such as average velocity and even rate of fire for strings of shots. The Sports Sensor RadarChron is one of the most popular paintball chrongraphs available. You will see them not only in the hands of individual players but in field refs as well. The Sports Sensor ROF (rate of fire) RadarChron model provides detailed firing rates to detect how many feet per second the marker is achieving.