Electronic Paintball Gun Comparison

From 2006-2010, I bought, traded, and resold electronic paintball guns.

Electronic paintball guns use a battery, circuit board, solenoid (which controls air flow to move the bolt which slides back and forth manually pushing the paintball forward), and a regulator that controls the air flow that then pushes the paintball out at 280 feet per second, the general field speed limit.

There are two general styles of paintball guns, also known as markers, spool valve and poppit valves.

Spool Valves
Pros
They are usually more quiet, which is good for sneaking up on someone, but bad for sound activated hoppers. They sometimes have less barrel rise though than poppit marker.
Cons
Spool valves are a little more maintenance. it takes more time to disassemble them, take DOW33 lube (Sleek lube is the standard) and rub it on the 3+ o-rings so they have a good seal. It gets kid of greasy.  Generally speaking, they are more likely to have problems in cold weather.

Examples: Shocker SFT and NXT, Proto anything (Proto Rail, Reflex, PM5-8), Dye anything (DM4-14), MacDev Droid, Clone.

Here are some paintball companies

Angel-These paintball markers were known for using low air pressure and could shoot very fragile paint without breaking it. The markers were not easy to tech by owners and often had to be sent to a professional gun tech. They used to have a lot of banners with hot girls holding their guns. It was a common sight player got used to at competitions. Though since out of business, Angel used to sponsor the Team 'Joy Division' which allegedly refrigerated their paintballs which made them more brittle, too brittle for other guns to shoot without breaking in the gun.

Smart Parts-Team Dynasty was very well known. They shot the Shocker SFT and NXT with custom bodies and bolts. Ton Ton had a special frame.

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