While the FDA is putting more and more regulations in their industry because they produce an edibel product to the public, we need to make sure we have documentation for the ammo we are allowing in case of an inspection or questions arise because of "little white bb's they might find".
Now some will be like "oh it's a money thing" in all actuality it's quite the opposite. I didn't want to have to carry several thousand dollars worth of ammo which I could have into other products at my shop however it has to be done.
The ammo I purchase is $11.50 a bag with approximately another $1.50 a bag for S&H which brings it to $13 a bag. Then I sell it for $18 (which is MAP) in which I make about $5 a bag. I can sell other bio ammo in which I could make alot more money but it's not a better product for you or the farm. So I'd rather give you the best product available that I can that covers everyone. This will out shoot any comparable bio ammo on the market without issues. I've done the testing and research on it.
-I will gladly produce invoices to anyone that would try to disagree my costs on ammo
I also have a tamper resistant holographic seal created so that if people want to secure any left over field ammo for future use at the field they can have me seal up their bag before they leave and they can use it again without purchasing another bag if the seal was not tampered with on their next arrival. Nobody else does that. It's a new bag everytime in paintball or airsoft.
The ammo is a 5.95mm "SOLID CORE" without an air bubble in the core like every other brand out there. So my stuff will shoot more accurately because of better balancing. My ammo is 100% seemless and made with 100% BIO Materials and is backed with an independant lab certification of bb material ingredients. These start to breakdown around the 100 day mark.
The FIELD ONLY AMMO is something that was coming wither I was involved with the field or not. I heard about it last year and have done my best to keep it out as long as I could but with more and more FDA regulations coming down on them and with people not following the BIO AMMO only rules this is the only way to insure compliance.
I can tell you that Splat Action is wanting to go this route (and I am not involved with that field in any manner) and WARPAINT was certainly going that route as they were having a special colored round created for their field until their recent closure.
So I know some people are going to be upset with this and while I don't see why, I will certainly do my best to make this as less of an impact on you as I can within reason. I will be doing some community ammo orders at my cost to help with the transition initially. I know one will happen before LOW. So keep your eyes peeled out for an community announcement.
More effort on my part is being put into producing new layouts for the field. We got alot of new stuff coming in and new develpment areas going into parts of the field that didn't have them before. Stay with us during this transition, you will make it through I promise you and you are going to like the new stuff we got coming in.
So here is the official policy:
-FIELD AMMO ONLY- POLICY:
Each player (NON-BOLT RIFLE USER) must purchase the event hosts ammo through PRE-PAY or ONSITE PURCHASE. The only exception to this rule is for players using bolt action rifles using ammo heavier than .30g, however you must still check in your ammo at the registration desk. If you have left over field ammo that you would like to use at the next sniperzden event, please see me and I will use a Tamper Proof Seal to secure your ammo so that you will be able to use it again at the field. However if you decide in the meantime to use it and break the seal, you will be required to buy another bag of ammo on your next visit.
