Special Forces Grenades

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These are manufactured by Tippmann Ordnance and can be found on a few web sites including Tippmann Ordnance's page and Alternative Paintball. Cost is usually around $6 ea. These use a combination of vinegar and baking soda to pressurize the tubing and make it explode on impact.

I believe the large end is the vinegar solution and the small end is the baking soda. I could be wrong. In one of the two paint is mixed in. I haven't used one of these yet. I love the idea but don't trust the reliability. On the directions from the manufacturer best coverage is achieved after mixing the solutions and waiting 1-2 minutes. Yeah right.

I took 10 grenades on the field with me recently (2 betty's, 1 Squadbuster, 6 Balloons and 1 Special Forces). I used all the others and not this one. I just didn't trust it or feel like messing with it on the field. I'll have to see how effective they are before I render my final judgement though. You could probably make these yourself, but it would be a little stinky and messy getting it all in the tube. It would also take a bit to get the mixture right for decent blue paint to come out of the tube.

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