Paintball Guns

Paintball guns, also called paintball markers, are used tofiring systems. These include electro-pneumatic firing
mark an opposite player with paint in a paintball game.system, mechanical firing system, pump, and
Paintball guns were once used by forestry groups andelecto-mechanical guns. Hoppers, often called as
farmers to mark trees and cattle. The origin of paintballloaders, are used to hold paintballs. Tanks are used to
guns can be traced back to 1981. The first paintball gun,store the compressed gas in order to accelerate the
invented by James C. Hal, was commonly used by thepaintballs which is attached to paintball gun. Barrels
forestry industry and not for a paintball game. Later,used for paintball guns come in a variety of shapes,
the first gun specially intended for playing paintball wassizes, and materials.
invented by Robert G. Shepherd in 1985.Pump-action, Semi-automatic and stockguns are some
Paintball guns are meant to move the paintball at aof the important paintball gun types. Stockguns use
high rate of speed. They use compressed gas tomarkers which require a low rate of ammunition
shoot the paintball. The velocity required to force thecapacity and fire. Stock class guns are also called
ball from the barrel is nearly 300 ft/s (100 m/s). Usually,pump action paintball guns. These guns or markers are
the compressed gases used in the paintball guns arepowered by 12 gram cabondioxide cartridges and
carbon dixide, nitrogen or ordinary air. It is stored inhave small carbondioxide tanks. All guns maintain the
tanks that are attached to the gun.international speed limit of 300 fps and the range is 50
Modern paintball guns have four major components.yards.
These include body, tank, hoppers, and barrel. Body isNowadays, a wide range of paintball guns in different
one of the major components used in the paintballdesigns are offered for sale in the market at
guns. It includes four diffent types of paintball markeraffordable prices.