| A paintball gun is a device, or a replica
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| | same compressed air that propels the
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| of an actual firearm used to mark an
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| | paintball is used to pull back the slide.
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| opposing player with paint in the popular
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| | So they are also capable of automatic or
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| game of paintball. It uses different
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| | semi-automatic fire.
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| types of propellants such as expanding
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| | Types of paintball Guns:
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| gases to propel a paintball through a
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| | There are various types of paintball guns
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| barrel with a muzzle velocity of
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| | which come in different sizes,
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| approximately 300 ft/s to break upon
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| | configurations, styles and designs.
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| impact.
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| | Pistols are the smallest, running off of
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| Firing Systems in Paintball Guns:
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| | twelve gram CO2 cartridges. They have to
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| In the Electro-pneumatic firing system,
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| | be reloaded after ten shoots. Since
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| electrical power from an onboard battery
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| | pistols are less powerful with smaller
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| is used to drive a motor that turns gears
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| | paintball capacity, they are normally
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| inside the gun to compress and release a
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| | used for back-ups.
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| piston, which creates a blast of air that
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| | With pump guns, the user has to manually
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| propels the paintball. These guns are
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| | load the paintballs into the chamber,
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| capable of multiple firing modes, such as
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| | they cannot be automatic. They are much
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| three-shot bursts, six-shot bursts or
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| | cheaper, very accurate and powerful in
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| fully automatic. Most of them are capable
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| | comparison to other paintball guns. Some
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| of firing 300 to 900 rounds per minute
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| | of them come with a constant trigger so
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| (RPM) and their muzzle velocities range
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| | you can hold the trigger down and just
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| from 200 to 400 feet per second (FPS).
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| | pump it to shoot.
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| In mechanical or spring-powered firing
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| | Semi-automatic paintball guns are quite
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| system, the paintball guns are mostly
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| | expensive and may even cost you up to a
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| single-shot or spring-cocked devices the
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| | $1000. They are capable of semi-automatic
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| spring has to be cocked by pulling back
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| | and automatic fire. The trigger is
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| the slide or bolt before firing each
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| | considerably sensitive and most models
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| shot. In some devices, excess air not
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| | have shorter trigger pulls.
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| used to propel the ball is then used to
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| | Specially configured paintball guns such
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| re-cock the hammer which is known as a
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| | as stock guns can only hold about 10
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| blowback system. Mechanical paintball
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| | paintballs, and must be parallel to the
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| guns are able to fire at a rate of 200 to
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| | breech, which requires tilting to load a
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| 275 FPS.
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| | paintball. A stock class paintball gun is
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| Gas-powered firing systems use
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| | powered by a single 12 gram CO2 powerlet.
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| pressurized gases like propane and
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| | The knob that holds the powerlet has to
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| HFC134a refrigerant to propel paintballs.
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| | be removed in order to change it. They
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| They are also capable of using blowback
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| | are mostly used for stock only games.
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| mechanism, in which on-board or
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| | Regular pump paintball guns can also be
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| magazine-stored gas storage system is
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| | modified to fit stock class
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| used to propel the paintballs and the
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| | specifications.
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