| A paintball gun is a device, or a replica of an actual | | | | propels the paintball is used to pull back the slide. So |
| firearm used to mark an opposing player with paint in | | | | they are also capable of automatic or semi-automatic |
| the popular game of paintball. It uses different types of | | | | fire.Types of paintball Guns:There are various types of |
| propellants such as expanding gases to propel a | | | | paintball guns which come in different sizes, |
| paintball through a barrel with a muzzle velocity of | | | | configurations, styles and designs. Pistols are the |
| approximately 300 ft/s to break upon impact.Firing | | | | smallest, running off of twelve gram CO2 cartridges. |
| Systems in Paintball Guns:In the Electro-pneumatic firing | | | | They have to be reloaded after ten shoots. Since |
| system, electrical power from an onboard battery is | | | | pistols are less powerful with smaller paintball capacity, |
| used to drive a motor that turns gears inside the gun | | | | they are normally used for back-ups.With pump guns, |
| to compress and release a piston, which creates a | | | | the user has to manually load the paintballs into the |
| blast of air that propels the paintball. These guns are | | | | chamber, they cannot be automatic. They are much |
| capable of multiple firing modes, such as three-shot | | | | cheaper, very accurate and powerful in comparison to |
| bursts, six-shot bursts or fully automatic. Most of them | | | | other paintball guns. Some of them come with a |
| are capable of firing 300 to 900 rounds per minute | | | | constant trigger so you can hold the trigger down and |
| (RPM) and their muzzle velocities range from 200 to | | | | just pump it to shoot.Semi-automatic paintball guns are |
| 400 feet per second (FPS).In mechanical or | | | | quite expensive and may even cost you up to a |
| spring-powered firing system, the paintball guns are | | | | $1000. They are capable of semi-automatic and |
| mostly single-shot or spring-cocked devices the spring | | | | automatic fire. The trigger is considerably sensitive and |
| has to be cocked by pulling back the slide or bolt | | | | most models have shorter trigger pulls.Specially |
| before firing each shot. In some devices, excess air | | | | configured paintball guns such as stock guns can only |
| not used to propel the ball is then used to re-cock the | | | | hold about 10 paintballs, and must be parallel to the |
| hammer which is known as a blowback system. | | | | breech, which requires tilting to load a paintball. A stock |
| Mechanical paintball guns are able to fire at a rate of | | | | class paintball gun is powered by a single 12 gram |
| 200 to 275 FPS.Gas-powered firing systems use | | | | CO2 powerlet. The knob that holds the powerlet has |
| pressurized gases like propane and HFC134a | | | | to be removed in order to change it. They are mostly |
| refrigerant to propel paintballs. They are also capable | | | | used for stock only games. Regular pump paintball |
| of using blowback mechanism, in which on-board or | | | | guns can also be modified to fit stock class |
| magazine-stored gas storage system is used to | | | | specifications.Paintballing HQ offers articles and tips |
| propel the paintballs and the same compressed air that | | | | about paintballing from beginner to expert. |