How does the Rainmaker Operate?
The Rainmaker features a two chamber design. The upper chamber consists of the bolt, breech and barrel, while the lower chamber consists of the valve, ram, lower bolt, and hammer. At rest, the pneumatic ram is pushing the lower bolt toward the back of the paintgun. The upper bolt is connected to the lower bolt by link pin, and thus is also in its rearmost position, allowing a ball to fall into the breech, where it will await a firing action. A spring wire detent, or “nubbin”, keeps the ball from rolling forward into the barrel. At this point, the lower bolt is compressing the mainspring against the hammer, the sear (which is attached to the hammer, and pivots to latch or unlatch from the lower bolt) is latched to the lower bolt. When the user pulls the trigger, they close an electrical circuit, which sends a signal (a trigger event) to the electronics board inside the grip frame. The electronics board then activates the 4 way solenoid valve. Under electronic control, this valve release
