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[edit] Paintball Pistols

Information about paintball pistols needs to be added. 22:40, 10 October 2006 Maximilli

[edit] Discussion

  • Right, I'm done editing this page for tonight. It still needs some work. Need to put some links to specific paintball markers here on Wikipedia. Also need to do some external links to various manufactures. Maybe get some copyright-fee photos, as well.

--Compulsion 21:53, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Picture(s) requested. (diagrams to accompany the explanations would be nice too).

02:44, 12 October 2005 RJFJR

68.40.188.13 19:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

  • What're we going to do about the Tippmann C3? It actually uses igniting propane to propel the paintball. I'm going to wait a bit before writing anything about it, but the mechanism needs some explanation. Compulsion 16:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
  • I have deleted the part about the use of nitrogen. While most paintballers do call it nitrogen, it is in fact just compressed air (which happens to be mostly nitrogen). In addition, I deleted the part about "nitrous". Paintballers do not use nitrous oxide, and those who call it nitrous are usually new players who are then made fun of for being ignorant about the sport. Rory096 13:35, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm not very familiar with paintball guns, but is there a reason for the large edit by 72.47.0.224 on 5/13? It looks to me like a lot of useful information was removed. -- Laenir 21:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Added "See also" section with links to all wikipedia articles I could find about specific markers. Also moved "See also" and "External links" sections up a level so they're no longer subsections of the "Stock Class" section. --Donutmonger 02:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

The paintball is able to move farther at a lower speed, This is physically impossible. Can someone with knowledge of the device fix this? Otherwise I'm going to delete that statement. Range is a function of speed for a given mass. Slower = shorter range, unless you're shooting in a higher trajectory.Mzmadmike 15:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

if your talking about the flatline (which i think you are), the backspin creates a sort of lift, which helps it go farther, about the lower speed part, i'm not sure but i'm guessing that inducing the spin slows the paintball down, but the spin itself creates the lift which carries it further. tell me if i'm wrong.

peace-Threewaysround 02:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

  • How about making this [[Category:Paintball_equipment]] and making that a subcategory? Seems like a lot of this information is duplicated in [[Paintball_equipment#marker]], and [[Paintball_equipment]] sounds an awful lot like a subcategory to me. Echoback 18:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Anyone have an idea as to the standardization of Paintball equipment? For example, who decided to use UNF threading and why will almost any tank go in any marker?

There seems to be a changing list of external links. It appears as though links are added by those promoting a site (albeit, some of the sites are useful), competitors delete them and add their own links, and the cycle continues. What standard should be used for external links? Until this question is resolved, I reverted the deletion of two external links. Although I hesitated to revert the deletion of pntball.com, a commercial site, it seemed inconsistent to leave the other commercial sites (all the other external links are commercial, advertisement based or direct sellers). Does anyone else have a suggestion regarding how to proceed on this question? Aarondanhall 14:16, 23 October 2007 (CST)

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[edit] Pictures of markers

Requests, questions, and answers about pictures of markers go here.

I'm going to try to get some pics up, but first I have to actually take them, and then figure out the different licenses..... Or maybe with enough cajoling, I'll put them up without any license.

I'll take some pics of my Tippmann 98 Custom (or a model 98, whichever you all would prefer), and mabye of my BE (Brass Eagle) Tiger Shark. I will add the C98 (or M98) to the Tippmann article as well, if that is proper.

I can also take pics of my co2 tanks, of the stock model 98 barrel, a M98 Flatline, a carbon, and a J&J barrel.

That is, if they are needed, as the different parts of a paintball marker. The Editor 2 01:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

  • I think getting one barrel plus the flatline, and then the CO2 tank would be useful. - Toastydeath 03:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • I've got some high end tournament gear I can take pictures of. Alien Interceptor, Empire ReloaderB and HPA tank. What would be most helpful, though, is if someone could get some diagrams or even pictures of the internal operations of markers. I know a lot of them exist, but if we can't find the copyright holder, it'd be great if someone could make some themselves.--Hesir 23:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Hasn't anyone out there got a paintball gun and a digital camera? Anthony Appleyard 11:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I have a P99 RAM (a .43 paintball marker replica of a Walther P99) and a digital camera. Would photos of that be any use to anyone? LittlePete 19:03, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

It might be beneficial to insert a section on the history of these devices. Who invented the first one, what it was used for, the development of the device, how they came to be used in games, etc. I heard they were originally used for marking trees for lumbering, but have no idea if this is true.
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 22:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

That is true, but I don't have details. Anyone? I believe the device was called a nelspot.

Also, there's a lot of jargon on this page that needs links or elaboration. I fixed a couple, but I'm a rifle shooter, not a paintballer, and don't want to edit things I don't know.Mzmadmike 15:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)