Do you need a break beam eye for your paintball gun?

Answer 1

A break-beam eye is not necessary on a paintball gun, however it is highly recommended; There was a time when break-beam eyes did not exist, and players were often victims of "chops" or "barrel breaks," the advent of motorized feeders (hoppers) saw a great increase in these broken balls damaging accuracy and sometimes causing complete failure of a marker in-game. Todays popularity of the use of eyes to reduce these breaks almost requires a player to use an anti-chop system of some type to remain competitive, the best of which would be the break-beam eye.