| Paintball guns, also called paintball markers, are used to | | | | firing 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 and | | | | electo-mechanical guns. Hoppers, often called as |
| farmers to mark trees and cattle. The origin of paintball | | | | loaders, 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 the | | | | paintballs 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 was | | | | sizes, 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 a | | | | of the important paintball gun types. Stockguns use |
| high rate of speed. They use compressed gas to | | | | markers which require a low rate of ammunition |
| shoot the paintball. The velocity required to force the | | | | capacity 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 are | | | | powered by 12 gram cabondioxide cartridges and |
| carbon dixide, nitrogen or ordinary air. It is stored in | | | | have 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 is | | | | Nowadays, a wide range of paintball guns in different |
| one of the major components used in the paintball | | | | designs are offered for sale in the market at |
| guns. It includes four diffent types of paintball marker | | | | affordable prices. |