Sakworldpaintball Blog » Paintball Definitions http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog Blog about paintball for paintball gun enthusiasts Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:43:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Paintball Hopper http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2008/04/25/paintball-hopper/ http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2008/04/25/paintball-hopper/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:19:27 +0000 Administrator http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/paintball-hopper/ A paintball Hopper is a device which feeds paintballs into a paintball gun’s breech.  A Gravity Feed Hopper uses gravity which naturally drops paintballs into the paintball gun.  An Electronic or Motorized paintball hopper uses a motor to physically push or pull paintballs into the gun.  A paintball hopper in the olden days was also called a “loader” becuase it loaded the paintballs into the paintball gun.

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]]> http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2008/04/14/definition-of-a-paintball-tube/feed/ 0 CO2 / CO2 Tank http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2007/10/03/co2-co2-tank/ http://blog.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2007/10/03/co2-co2-tank/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:03:44 +0000 Administrator http://site.sakworldpaintball.com/blog/2007/10/03/co2-co2-tank/ Carbon Dioxide is used as a propellant in paintball.  A paintball Co2 Cylinder (tank) is filled with a certain amount of Liquid Co2 (measured in Ounces).  The liquid CO2 expands into gas state which is what a paintball gun uses to project paintballs.  When a paintball gun is fired, a small amount of CO2 is released which pushes the paintball out of the muzzle of the paintball gun.

Liquid CO2 can cause a lot of problems if it enters into the gun, including sporadic pressure variations.

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