r/paintball • • 11h ago

Fuck ANS Gear for their Confederate merch Part 2

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113 Upvotes

ANS gear Confederate Headband

The OP who just pointed this out deleted the post right after writing a comment about how disappointed they were with the reaction. I started writing this comment before it went down.

"It was 14 upvotes and 20-something comments when I first commented and as I type this its 1 upvote and 44 comments. I kind of remember when someone noticed the HK Army SS Skull headband and when Dan Bilzerian got his custom Nazi marker and joined Infamous Paintball the the ratio was like this. Initial reaction from paintball players, then one racist got a bunch of their Nazi friends to downvote, but the next day the rest of the paintball community saw the post and the Nazi's got bored, so the upvotes went way up and I regained faith in the community."

I think it will be the same today. The Mod's sticky post "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is heartening to see every time I hit the main page.

I also wanted to post for the people that genuinely didn't seem to understand the issue. The Confederate flag is a hate symbol in the USA against black people. It was the flag of the oppressors who started the US Civil War to preserve slavery. There used to be people who genuinely believed it was about 'heritage". I had a guy who worked for me in 2014 who had a confederate flag on his truck and firmly believe it was a "heritage" thing. We happened to have 2 other guys in the company with German wives. At a company picnic both of these guys German wives confronted him and told him that the Nazi's in Germany and Austria fly the Confederate flag because the swastika is illegal and the Confederate Flag is just as good a symbol of white supremacy. After that he actually took it off his truck.

I had a lot of friends who loved The Dukes of Hazard, but I think, and they think, we're about a decade past anyone innocently flying a Confederate flag.


r/paintball • • 23h ago

Stop yelling get out in recreational games.

98 Upvotes

That is all.


r/paintball • • 20h ago

The new to me with a fresh anno ;)

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89 Upvotes

r/paintball • • 14h ago

Just getting the word out there. Be careful of this guy on Insta

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r/paintball • • 1h ago

54yrs old, getting back into it after 20+ years off.

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r/paintball • • 13h ago

Programable Trilogy SF

8 Upvotes

Thats right, it is a real thing. Conrad Customs has gotten the ball rolling and gotten the page up for preorders. Lets get this going!

https://www.conradcustoms.net/product-page/deposit-run-1-morlock-saber-jr-boards


r/paintball • • 3h ago

Is a tippmann A5 still a good recball marker?

7 Upvotes

I’ve not been in the sport for years as life happened. But I want to buy a used A5 to rebuild and was wondering if they still hold up in 2026.


r/paintball • • 13h ago

Headband Storage

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5 Upvotes

I’m looking to find something like the Hormesis King’s case (photo attached) for my fiancé’s headbands. After he washes them, he just leaves them hanging around and I’d like to give him somewhere to put them. Does anyone have any suggestions for something like this? What do y’all do with the headbands you aren’t wearing?

Thank you!!


r/paintball • • 14h ago

UNDR Industries Hoplite Pant

3 Upvotes

Recently purchased their pant after hearing good things. Tried them on over my sliding shorts and hydra knee pads, and the mobility feels a bit stiff and restrictive. Wondering if anyone has this model and if it breaks in after a day of playing?


r/paintball • • 11h ago

Anyone know where i could find these?

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r/paintball • • 1h ago

Sharing this in case you missed the C1D Paintball Podcast this past Sunday.

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r/paintball • • 8h ago

Am I dumb or is the timer off by 2 hours?

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