In the firing line

[ferretneck]

This coming sunday i have agreed to partake in a firing line experiment, where 7 of my bestest friends have 50 paintballs each which are to be fired at me at the same time. This means that I will be pelted with around 350 paintballs within the space of about 10 seconds. I will be wearing several layers of clothing and a motorcycle crash helmet, and the question is, will it cause me any serious damage? I've been paintballing before whilst wearing just a tshirt and jacket, and have been hit from around 2 metres away. It bruised me but it healed withing 2 days. The firing line will be ten metres away and all firing at the same time. I am in very good health, but i would like to make sure i wont have a cardiac arrest or anything!

[rja211077]

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

[alisonbayne]

WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY?

[ravenhair]

And like rja and alisonbayne I must ask, why???????

[_josie_]

ohhhhhh, please tell us how it went! Good Luck!

[ferretneck]

Ok I'm still alive! I ended up wearing a few layers of clothes and a crash helmet just to soften the blow a bit. The whole thing lasted 30 seconds from the first to the last shot, in which time almost 500 balls were fired! My legs took most of the damage as i didnt have as much protection on them as my upper torso. I counted 20 paintball-sized lumps on my legs, 5 on my left arm and one on my right shoulder! Ok the reason why.. hmm... right it goes like this.. er.. cos I'm stupid? I charged 3 pound per head for the honour of shooting me, which has been paid in full! SO thats me. I do make a habit of doing things like this - for instance I licked an electric fence six times for 5 pounds once. I didnt take the money and the damned electricity arced (sp?) from the fence to the stud in my tongue. Oh well thats just the way these things go :)