What Are Paintball Markers Exactly?
Paintball markers are specialized guns for the game paintball. They project out paintballs with a high pressured air-source, such as Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen and compressed air, stored into a reservoir, called tank or cartridge. So, what happens when you pull the trigger? Answer: You release a hummer, which is under high pressure, and it rushes forward and moves a valve. This valve has a specialized stem at its center, which is used to stop the air from entering. The hummer hits the stem, and the air that is into the chamber (breech) moves at a great speed through the valve into the next part of the marker, or the so called bolt. When the air moves forward through a gap into the bolt, it hits the awaiting into the breech paintball. Then it is forced down and out of the barrel right towards the body of your opponent. This is really very simplified description of the mechanism and, of course, there are other things that happen in it. There are five types of paintball markers, according t
