The Increasing Popularity of Paintball Guns
Paintball guns, also known as paintball markers, are mostly used to mark an opposing player in a paintball game with a paint ball. Paintball guns were earlier used by farmers and forestry groups to mark cattle and trees. The first paintball guns were seen in 1981. These guns were invented by James C. Hal and were used initially by forest department workers for paintball games. In 1985, Robert G. Shepherd made a paintball guns specifically designed for the sport. These guns were designed to shoot the paint ball at a higher rate of speed. Compressed gas is used to power the paintball gun. Velocity that is acquired by the paintball when shot from a paintball gun is around 100m/s. For wide range of paintball guns and other products you can visit (http://www.dpxpaint.com/). Carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen or normal air is the compressed gases that are used in the paintball guns to shoot a paintball. Current paintball guns consist mainly of four main components. These parts are barrel, hoppers, tank and of course the body.