| Once upon a time, paintball was a sport played | | | | From there, paintball guns became more and more |
| between a few people. Back then, the paintball guns | | | | sophisticated in design. Many of the problems of the |
| were tools used in the foresting industry to mark trees | | | | older ones were eliminated. As game play became |
| for cutting. It all started off as a bunch of coworkers in | | | | more focused on military strategy, new kinds of |
| Rochester, New York horsing around with these tools. | | | | markers became needed. |
| And so, paintball was born. | | | | |
| | | | | It was all well and good to have pistol type guns for a |
| The first regularly used paintball gun was the Nelspot | | | | while. Then there came a call for other kinds of |
| 007. This was actually designed for the forest industry. | | | | weapons, like machine guns and sniper rifles. Several |
| Eventually, it was seen that these foresting tools had | | | | brands began making these variations of the paintball |
| to be modified to cut down on the power and speed. | | | | gun. This created a new problem: Paintball was getting |
| Too many people were getting hurt. | | | | expensive. |
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| This led, naturally, to the creation of paintball guns | | | | Finally, modification kits and modifiable paintball guns hit |
| specifically made for the sport. The Splatmaster, | | | | the market. This made the variations in game play |
| created by Robert G. Shepard, was the first of its kind. | | | | affordable again. With one marker, you can now have |
| This eventually led to more electropneumatic paintball | | | | a pistol, a machine gun, or even a sniper rifle, depending |
| guns such as the Shocker and The Angel. | | | | on what the game calls for. |
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