OKLAHOMA DDAY a event i have dreamed about attending

[Skyguns MKII]

For those of you that don’t know me very well, I love to paintball. IV had been playing since I was 12 at the same field that I now volunteer at. Its something that has always got my adrenaline pumping and I couldn’t help but to fall in love with woods ball, (woods ball is a playing style of paintball I prefer most.) This reenactment event in Oklahoma has over 4,000 players over its 4 day period and 15,000 camping on sight. Its 710 acres of which 500 is used just for the event, incredible props, and as historical as possible within reason all the way down to actual companies and armies complete with realistic uniforms and actual armor support. Oh how I wish I was there.

Some documentaries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3jP0ni3qE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEeB93K8vmg&feature=relmfu

Cool videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHSumAGRU7s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqmUcsaeck

websight and info
http://www.ddaypark.com/

[SmokinLoon]

Have fun with this!!!  Scenario games are MUCH more fun than the caged events.  I've played a number of scenario games near Omaha and had a blast.  I seemed to always be one of the few to hold out.  I carry extra air tanks, 8 pods worth of reloads, and my Tippmann Mesiah (with a few minor mods) just keeps firing and firing.   

[Skyguns MKII]

Have fun with this!!!  Scenario games are MUCH more fun than the caged events.  I've played a number of scenario games near Omaha and had a blast.  I seemed to always be one of the few to hold out.  I carry extra air tanks, 8 pods worth of reloads, and my Tippmann Mesiah (with a few minor mods) just keeps firing and firing.   

i have a alpha black upgraded until i couldn't, a tpx pistol in case it fails, and a huge light fiberglass tank 70cu 4500 psi. everything i have is no longer on a belt but now on a molle strap vest so all the weight is distributed.

[bortas1]

will those paint balls fire out of my blackpowder rifle. wonder what kind od powder charge i need to make, ummm

[Skyguns MKII]

will those paint balls fire out of my blackpowder rifle. wonder what kind od powder charge i need to make, ummm

Is your rifle a .68 calliber?

[clerick]

will those paint balls fire out of my blackpowder rifle. wonder what kind od powder charge i need to make, ummm

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not if you actually use black powder.

[Skyguns MKII]

will those paint balls fire out of my blackpowder rifle. wonder what kind od powder charge i need to make, ummm

Iv seen several people online take actual gun parts and apply them to paintball markers (markers = gun). from 1919 .30s to custom bolt action rifles with an actual rifle stocks. All you need is to apply the parts need be.

[bortas1]

Is your rifle a .68 calliber?

58/57 british enfield use that when doing the civil war (war of northren aggression). just joking about black powder thing. most likly paint pretty pictures lol.

[SmokinLoon]

58/57 british enfield use that when doing the civil war (war of northren aggression). just joking about black powder thing. most likly paint pretty pictures lol.

I can see it now... a company of paintballers lined up in 2 ranks of 50, with a Sgt or Lt hollering out volley fire commands...  only 3 rounds per minute but dang, when the hammer falls on the cap... BOOM... and 100 paintballs sail the typical 40 yards and make one heck of a mess.  That'd be fun!  hahah!!!   

White smoke and all.   

[mensa180]

I can see it now... a company of paintballers lined up in 2 ranks of 50, with a Sgt or Lt hollering out volley fire commands...  only 3 rounds per minute but dang, when the hammer falls on the cap... BOOM... and 100 paintballs sail the typical 40 yards and make one heck of a mess.  That'd be fun!  hahah!!!   

White smoke and all.   

Actually had something like that at a field I played at.  The whole field would stop in the afternoon and everyone would split into two teams.  They'd line up single file and get faaar away from one another.  One shot volleys began, with a step forward in between volleys

[bortas1]

I can see it now... a company of paintballers lined up in 2 ranks of 50, with a Sgt or Lt hollering out volley fire commands...  only 3 rounds per minute but dang, when the hammer falls on the cap... BOOM... and 100 paintballs sail the typical 40 yards and make one heck of a mess.  That'd be fun!  hahah!!!   

White smoke and all.   

oh yes seeing the white elephant. its really neat seeing a line of soldiers from one end to the other and a volley fire called for the whole line to fire. then company fire. really neat having your hearing lose being so close to that. artillary is worst on the reciving end. the concosion from them can be felt 75 to a 100 yards away something like that. that could shot alot of paintballs at a time, grapeshot as it where. i remember my first event running up and down gullies slipping sliding in a light rain 80% humidity. also had a friend with me that was a vietnam vet. it dawned on me this might be simular to what he experiance then, and i thought oh crap no flash back now please. watching from my van a thundar storm passing over and all the kids fireing there weapons in there underroos lmfao the whole time. dont know how there kept there powder dry to do all that.

[shotgunneeley]

Planning on attending D-Day 2012, eh? May I refer you to this site?
http://big-red-1.forumotion.com/

And here's a forum post I made earlier before D-Day 2011.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,307069.0.html

I've been to OK D-Day 09 and '11. It is an experience like none other for the avid paintballer and I hope to see you there as a member of the Allied Army. The 1st ID needs every helping grunt we can get in order to take the dreaded Omaha Beach. The D-Day '11 big game we took the guns on Omaha Beach along with the town of Colleville in record time. Heck, we even beat elements of the 101st AB and British commonwealth to the objective. When they met us at the top of the hill they started firing on us because they just knew we had to be Germans! lol


Thats me sitting down in front of our AT gun along with the rest of the 1st ID Special Operations Group (SOG). I manned the gun defending Colleville from German counter-attacks and took out 2 tanks and 1 troop carrier.


The 1st ID Special Operations Group (SOG) following the Saturday Big Game (Me on the back row, left side).

[Skyguns MKII]

Planning on attending D-Day 2012, eh? May I refer you to this site?
http://big-red-1.forumotion.com/

And here's a forum post I made earlier before D-Day 2011.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,307069.0.html

I've been to OK D-Day 09 and '11. It is an experience like none other for the avid paintballer and I hope to see you there as a member of the Allied Army. The 1st ID needs every helping grunt we can get in order to take the dreaded Omaha Beach. The D-Day '11 big game we took the guns on Omaha Beach along with the town of Colleville in record time. Heck, we even beat elements of the 101st AB and British commonwealth to the objective. When they met us at the top of the hill they started firing on us because they just knew we had to be Germans! lol

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Thats me sitting down in front of our AT gun along with the rest of the 1st ID Special Operations Group (SOG). I manned the gun defending Colleville from German counter-attacks and took out 2 tanks and 1 troop carrier.

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The 1st ID Special Operations Group (SOG) following the Saturday Big Game (Me on the back row, left side).

I wont be able to go this year because of cost. But with your permission i would like to buddy list ya and keep you in touch because if by some miracle i can go this year or go in the future i will need a mentor.