Inside A Paintball Gun
By Steve Timmeson

This article explains how guns actually work and reviews some of the best models on the market.

The popularity of has sky-rocketed over the past few years. If we have to be completely accurate, is the fastest growing sport in the country. According to insurance reports, is amongst the safest sports, and that's because of all the latest advancements in the production technology of equipment. The two most important elements of a player's equipment are the goggles (protecting your eyes and ears) and the gun.


Paintballs operate on the principle of expanding gas. It can be compressed carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen (N2) or ordinary air, is stored in small cartridges or larger tanks that can be attached to the gun. Paintballs are propelled at 91 meters per second, which is the speed limit applied for safety measures and all marker manufacturers comply with it. When a hits something, it breaks releasing paint and cause very slight pain, more like a sting.

The construction of a marker consists of body, hopper, tank and a barrel. To allow a player to carry around the marker freely when funning, they body is fabricated from light materials such as aluminum or carbon fiber. The small tank holding the paintballs is called hopper.

Hoppers can be gravity feed, stick feed, agitating, and force feed. Gravity feed is the most basic type of hopper, limited to only 8 balls/s. Stick feeds can hold 20 paintballs. Perhaps the best type is the agitating hoppers, since they don't jam and use propellers to agitate the paintballs. Force feed type of hoppers push out the balls using a spring, belt-fed system or a propeller.

The tank of a marker contains the gas which propels the balls. The barrel of the gun directs

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the shot. Different lengths and styles are available. guns can be mechanical or electronic.

Generally, markers are classified as mechanical or electronic. The electronic ones are embedded with a microchip which regulates the release of paintballs into the barrel. They also require some type of compressed gas. The high-end models have a display showing the number of balls left in the hopper, shooting rate and game time.

The following types of markers are available - stock glass, pump action, semi automatic, electropneumatic, fully automatic. Semi Automatic markers require only a trigger pull to fire a paintball, but you have to pull the trigger for each and every shot. The fully automatic markers will just keep firing paintballs for as long as the trigger is held down. The stock glass markers are pump action pistols holding between 10-15 paintballs at a time, which need to be tilted in order to feed in the next paintball.

Perhaps the best marker ever made is the RAP4. It's the first real action marker, a replica of the legendary M4 rifle used by SWAT Teams. The other high-profile model is Tippmann 98. The M98 is though and dependable, because it has a simple design combined with extra-tough finishes.

By: Steve Timmeson

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