| In the lines bellow you can find detailed | | | | agitate the paintballs. Force-feed models use |
| explanation on how a paintball gun works. | | | | a spring or a belt-fed system to proper the |
| | | | paintballs. |
| The popularity of paintball has sky-rocketed | | | | |
| over the past few years. If we have to be | | | | The tank is the container which holds the |
| completely accurate, paintball is the fastest | | | | paintballs to be fired. The barrel directs |
| growing sport in the country. According to | | | | the shot. Barrels come in different styles |
| insurance reports, paintball is amongst the | | | | and lengths. |
| safest sports, and that's because of all the | | | | |
| latest advancements in the production | | | | Mechanical as well as electronic paintball |
| technology of paintball equipment. The two | | | | guns are produced. The electronic ones are |
| most important elements of a player's | | | | with a microchip which increases your trigger |
| equipment are the goggles (protecting your | | | | speed by controlling the release of |
| eyes and ears) and the paintball gun. | | | | paintballs into the barrel. of course, the |
| | | | basic idea is the same, as they also rely on |
| Here is how a paintball marker works. The | | | | expanding gas such as CO2 or Compressed Air. |
| entire principle of operation is founded on | | | | The more expensive models have a display |
| the power of expanding gas used to propel | | | | showing the number of balls left, shooting |
| paintballs through the barrel at the speed of | | | | rate and a timer. |
| 91m/s. This speed is imposed by manufacturers | | | | |
| for safety limits. The paintballs are | | | | The following types of paintball markers are |
| produced in such manner that they break when | | | | available - stock glass, pump action, semi |
| colliding with something, releasing red paint | | | | automatic, electropneumatic, fully automatic. |
| and causing slight pain, like a sting. | | | | Semi Automatic paintball markers require only |
| | | | a trigger pull to fire a paintball, but you |
| The elements that make up the construction of | | | | have to pull the trigger for each and every |
| a paintball gun are the following - body, | | | | shot. The fully automatic paintball markers |
| hopper, tank and a barrel. The body is made | | | | will just keep firing paintballs for as long |
| from light materials like aluminum, or carbon | | | | as the trigger is held down. The stock glass |
| fiber to make it easier for the player to | | | | paintball markers are pump action pistols |
| carry it around while running. Hopper is | | | | holding between 10-15 paintballs at a time, |
| called the small tank which holds the | | | | which need to be tilted in order to feed in |
| paintballs that will be fired. | | | | the next paintball. |
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| Hoppers are divided in the following types - | | | | When it comes to the certain brands and |
| gravity feed, stick feed, agitating and force | | | | models, RAP4 is probably the best paintball |
| feed. Gravity feed is the most basic type of | | | | marker ever made. It's a replica of the M4 |
| hopper with a limited shooting rate of to | | | | rifle used by US SWAT teams and military. |
| only 8 balls per second. Stick feed hoppers | | | | Another famous model is the Tippmann M98, |
| can contain 20 paintballs at max. Agitating | | | | which is probably the most dependable and |
| hoppers are amongst the best ones, no jamming | | | | rugged marker of them all, due to it's simple |
| can occur, because they use propellers to | | | | construction. |