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This article explains how paintball guns actually work and reviews some of the best models on the market. The popularity of paintball has sky-rocketed over the past few years. If we have to be completely accurate, paintball is the fastest growing sport in the country. According to insurance reports, paintball is amongst the safest sports, and that's because of all the latest advancements in the production technology of paintball equipment. The two most important elements of a player's equipment are the goggles (protecting your eyes and ears) and the paintball 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 paintball marker manufacturers comply with it. When a paintball hits something, it breaks releasing paint and cause very slight pain, more like a sting. The paintball gun consists of body, hopper, tank and a barrel. The body is constructed from light materials - carbon fiber, aluminum, so that a player can easily carry it around the field. The small tank holding the paintballs is called a hopper. The following types of hoppers are available - gravity feed, stick feed, agitating, and force feed. Gravity feed is the most basic type of hopper, having a limitation of only 8 balls per second. Stick feeds are able to hold up to 20 paintballs. The agitating hoppers are the best type, because they don't jam and use propellers to agitate the paintballs. Force-feed force the paintballs into the marker using a spring, belt-fed system or a propeller. The tank is a chamber which contains the gas. The gun barrel directs the shot. It can have different style or length. Electronic guns have a special chip integrated in them designed to increase your trigger speed. Electronic markers also require CO2 or Compressed Air to propel the paintball. Some of the more advanced models have a display showing how many paintballs are left in the hopper, shooting rate per second and a game timer. Paintball markers are divided in the following way - stock glass, pump action, semi automatic, electropneumatic, fully automatic. The semi automatics require the player to pull the trigger for each and every shot. Fully automatic models keep on firing until you release the trigger. The stock glass paintball markers are pump action pistols holding between 10-15 paintballs at a time, but you have to tilt them to feed the next ball in the barrel. RAP4 is probably the best paintball marker ever made. Identical to the legendary 4 rifle used by SWAT Teams and the U.S. Military, the RAP4 is an automatic marker that shoots 40 or 43 caliber paintballs wrapped in metal or plastic shells. Another great model is Tippmann's M98, probably the most dependable and rugged paintball gun available on the market today. It's strong, durable and affordable.
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You can Buy a Paintball Hopper cover made from neoprene for easy and snug fit. It will protect your loader during play or in transit. Author - Steve Timmeson. This article is available as a unique content article with free reprint rights.
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