| Paintball is becoming one of the most loved hobbies | | | | paintball gun. A person can choose from a variety of |
| today. With exciting game play and awesome | | | | guns with different specifications and features. There |
| equipment options, paintball sure is a hobby that should | | | | are paintball guns out there that have a firing system |
| be explored.The heart of a paintball game is the | | | | which is electro-pneumatic, which means that the firing |
| paintball gun. Without the gun, the game play of | | | | system is electronically controlled. There are also sear |
| paintball would be rather boring. Paintball guns are filled | | | | trippers which utilizes a hammer which slams into the |
| with paint (what else) and uses a gas which expands | | | | valve containing the bullet which propels it into target. |
| rapidly (like carbon dioxide) to propel the paint balls into | | | | There are also paint guns out there which utilize the |
| the target. | | | | power of the gas to propel the ball into the air.When it |
| The air can propel a ball through the air at | | | | comes to the barrels of paintball guns, they usually |
| approximately 300 feet per second. This is the | | | | come in 12, 16, 18 or 20 inches. There are also people |
| appropriate speed for a paint ball so as to make it | | | | out there who were able to order customized paintball |
| break when it comes in contact with a target and to | | | | gun barrels which can reach up to 40 inches! People |
| avoid tissue damage upon contact.There are several | | | | opt to have longer barrels because these barrels |
| components that comprise the paintball gun. These | | | | make less noise than the shorter ones because they |
| are:a) Bodyb) Barrelc) hopperd) tankThere are many | | | | limit the escape of excess gas. |
| different customizations that one can do with his | | | | |