| Paintball is still a relatively new sport - its only | | | | extremely sensitive. The benefits of an electronic |
| been around for about 27 years or so. Given its | | | | marker include easy programming and fast |
| relative newness, there are a surprising number | | | | switching between firing modes, increased |
| of choices that players have when choosing a | | | | accuracy and more accurate velocity control of |
| paintball gun. Often referred to as markers, | | | | the paint pellets, and an overall more responsive |
| paintball guns come in a variety of styles to fit | | | | weapon. While an electronic marker may take |
| just about any level of budget and playing style. | | | | your paintball game to a whole new level, it will |
| The available types include pump, semi automatic, | | | | definitely cost a pretty penny to do so. |
| electronic, and pistol. | | | | Paintball pistols, like their real gun counterpart, are |
| Pump markers are perhaps the oldest type of | | | | more of a backup weapon on the paintball field. |
| paintball gun available. The pump is a relatively | | | | They have a limited range and a limited round |
| simple gun to maintain and many people new to | | | | capacity. The perfect use of a pistol marker is as |
| the sport choose it as a first weapon. Much like a | | | | a backup weapon when you are forced to stop |
| shotgun, the pump marker requires a pump action | | | | and reload your primary marker. Paintball pistols |
| in order to fire each round from the chamber. | | | | are not recommended for your main marker |
| More avid players tend to stay away from pump | | | | unless you are playing a particular game in which |
| guns as they can be slow on the field. | | | | players are limited to the use of pistols. |
| Moving up from the pump marker is the semi | | | | Vast improvements have been made in the range |
| automatic paintball gun. The semi automatic is a | | | | and accuracy of paintball guns over the years. |
| favorite of many players as it has a much faster | | | | Many of these improvements come from paying |
| rate of fire than the pump gun. These markers | | | | closer attention to barrel length and mechanics. |
| also have the benefit of having a much more | | | | While a paintball rifle may never be able to match |
| sensitive trigger. Combat enthusiasts will find | | | | an actual rifle in accuracy, some of the more |
| many semi automatic military replicas to satiate | | | | recent developments have made that discrepancy |
| the need to create a more realistic feeling. Semi | | | | much less noticeable. When choosing which type |
| automatic markers fire more pellets than their | | | | of paintball gun to purchase for your ongoing play, |
| pump counterparts. The increased rate of fire will | | | | it is important to try out as many different |
| also increase the amount of pellets and CO2 that | | | | weapons on the field as possible. Also keep in |
| you use, increasing your cost on the field. | | | | mind the frequency at which you play as well as |
| Electronic markers are the newest type of | | | | your budget. Some of the more fancy paintball |
| paintball guns available. These advanced markers | | | | markers may look good, but if you don't |
| use computer chips and an LCD panel to allow | | | | understand how to clean and care for your gun, |
| you to control the programming of the firing | | | | you won't get the most out of it. |
| modes. The trigger on an electronic paintball gun is | | | | |