Paintball Gun Parts

    There are different parts of paintball gun. For beginners it will be easier for them to receive instructions if they have knowledge of the basic parts of a paintball. Also, knowledge of the paintball gun parts will give a better idea of what you should be looking at when it is time to clean or upgrade your marker.

There are four basic parts of a paintball gun. The largest part is the body of the marker which refers to the area of the gun that incorporates the trigger frame, the valve, and the bolt. All of these pieces can be detached from each other in order to incorporate new equipment, but only experts on their guns should attempt this.

Hopper is the part of the gun that holds the rounds of paint. This is not yet perfected by manufacturers which prevent balls from breaking in containment that often lead to jams of the feeding mechanisms and the gun itself, which in turn may cause more balls to break. There are different types of paintball gun hoppers: gravity-feed hoppers, agitation hoppers, force feed hoppers, and stick feed hoppers.

The tank is the part of the gun which contains the type of gas that propels the ball forward down and out of the gun’s barrel. Paintball markers can either use CO2 gas or high pressure air as propulsion material. The fourth part which is the barrel of the marker is what the ball travels down when the trigger is compressed. Find paintballs parts and paintball gun accessories here. You can also discover great deals on paintball gun hoppers, barrels, replacement air tanks, and clothing.