Paintball Equipments (Paintball Marker/Gun)

A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, is the central or main piece of equipment in the sport of paintball. Markers make use of an expanding gas such as carbon dioxide orcompressed air (sometimes referred to as compressed nitrogen) to propel paintballs through the barrel. The paintball community generally prefers to use the term "marker" rather than "gun" in order to mitigate the public perception that paintball markers are weapons, and that paintball is a dangerous sport. The term derives from its original use as a means for forestry personnel and ranchers to mark trees and wandering cattle.

The muzzle velocity of paintball markers can approach 300 feet per second (about 90 m/s, 200 mph or 320Km/h). Muzzle velocity above 300 feet per second is ruled unsafe in most commercial paintball fields¹ Below 300 ft/s, most paintballs will break upon impact without leaving significant damage beyond a small bruising. Due to the speed of flying paintballs, players must wear masks to protect the eyes, mouth, and ears when barrel blocking devices are not in place.

The majority of paintball markers have four main components: body, a hopper, a gas system (air tank), and a barrel.

Paintball Equipments

Paintball equipment varies depending on the type of paintball game being played and the skill level of those playing. Every player, however, is required to have two basic pieces of equipment:

• Mask: Necessary for players' protection.
• Complete paintball marker: Guns usually also require some sort of loader/hopper and propellant to work (CO₂, nitrogen or compressed air).

The most common gas propellant is CO₂, which is typically packaged in the four sizes of 9 oz, 12 oz, 16 oz. and 20 oz. The larger 20 oz. tanks typically provide enough propellant for 800 to 1100 shots depending on the efficiency of the marker. CO₂ propellant is considered to be of lower quality compared to compressed air, but is cheaper to manufacture. CO₂ tanks sometimes malfunction when the temperature is lower than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, while compressed air tanks have a much wider operating temperature range.

Compressed air tanks come in 3000 and 4500 psi variations and typically have a volume of between 45 ci and 88 ci. The 3000 psi tanks can provide enough air for 500 to 1300 shots depending on the gun, while 4500 psi tanks can give 1000 to 2000 shots. Compressed air tanks give more consistency and accuracy.

Regular paintballs are made of a gelatin shell filled with food coloring and vegetable oil. The gelatin shell is designed to break upon impact, however, bounces (ricochets) may occur. There are many types of paintballs, such as glow in the dark paintballs for use at night, scented paintballs, formulations for winter play, and more.

Paintball

Paintball is a game in which players eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint (referred to as a "paintball"), usually shot from a carbon dioxide or compressed-gas (HPA or N2) powered paintball gun (or marker).

The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association estimates that over 5.4 million people played the game in the United States in 2007, with over 1.5 million playing at least 15 times.

Games can be played either indoors or outdoors and take various forms, of which some of the most popular are woodsball, scenario, X-Ball and speedball. Rules for playing paintball vary widely, with most designed to ensure that participants enjoy the sport in a safe environment. The sport requires a significant amount of equipment.

A game of paintball usually involves two opposing teams seeking to eliminate all of the other team's players or to complete some other objective, such as retrieving a flag, eliminating a specific player, or other variations. Depending on the style of paintball played, a game can last from seconds to hours.

Exams

So fast exam is coming to an end. Yes... During the holidays, I'll be going to Pulau PAngkor for holiday. Haha, there will be a crazy exam paper 2moro, it's damm Addmath. Errr. Shit. I'm pissed off of it. some more its unpredictable on wat will come out. Damm...

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I'll have exam starting 2moro but i'm stuck without anything to do.. Coz i couldn't study... 

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A day to remember

on 8 mac was my girlfriends bday. we celebrated it at KFC. It was not a big thing but a small party of 7 oni. we mat at KFC at 12.30. As normal, that daniel was with me during the wait in KFC. After KFC, we went to her cafe to chill out and have some ice-blanded latte. we chilled abt 2 hours. right ofter that we went to watch PINK PANTHER 2. at 5 o'clock til 6.45 p.m.