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