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