| If you are planning on playing on a paintball team or | | | | pricey, they offer players the ability to shoot paintballs |
| entering tournaments, then the type of paintball guns | | | | at a high rate of speed. |
| that you choose from may be a huge factor. Guns | | | | Also, they do not have to be reloaded as often as |
| used for paintball are not all the same; they come in | | | | stock guns. If you are into high speed, fast paced play, |
| different styles and allow for different rates of speed | | | | then the semi-automatic gun may be the perfect |
| for shooting the paintballs. | | | | choice for you. |
| If you are a paintball enthusiast, then you may already | | | | The electronic paintball gun or electronic marker has |
| own several types of these guns and know how each | | | | been dubbed the king of paintball guns. These have |
| one performs. However, if you are new to the game, | | | | different fire modes controlled by computer chips. The |
| then it is important to know the advantages and | | | | different fire modes allow you to choose how many |
| disadvantages to each type. | | | | balls will be shot with one pull of the trigger. A few |
| One type of gun that you may see on the paintball | | | | varieties of electronic guns are fully automatic. |
| field is the stock gun. These are mostly used during | | | | This means that if you continue to hold down the |
| stock only games, but can be used in other games as | | | | trigger the gun will not stop firing until it is released. It will |
| well. The reason why these guns are mostly used in | | | | depend on the game and the paintball team, as to |
| stock only games is because of their inability to shoot | | | | whether you are allowed to use an electronic gun on |
| the number of rounds that other guns can. | | | | their field. Depending on the other types of guns being |
| The tube that feeds the gun can only hold 10 balls at a | | | | used in play, these types of guns can give you an |
| time and it must stay parallel to the chamber, requiring | | | | unfair advantage. |
| you to tilt it to load your paintballs. If you do use a | | | | If you are into fast paced, action paintball play, then |
| stock gun in other games, then you must realize that | | | | one of the paintball guns that shoot balls at a high rate |
| you are most likely going to be out-gunned. Pistols are | | | | may be for you. This decision will highly depend on you |
| another type of gun that will need to be reloaded | | | | and the team. |
| often, also offering about 10 shots before you need to | | | | All types of guns offer something different depending |
| reload. While you can use them in most games of this | | | | on the type of play. Take the time to find out about |
| sport, they are mostly used as a back-up weapon. | | | | each gun and also find out what types are prohibited. If |
| Paintball guns that fall under the semi-automatic | | | | you show up at the paintball field with the wrong type, |
| category are very popular. While they can get rather | | | | then you may not be allowed to play. |