Generally, paintball is a fun and interesting game to play. This sport was first played in the New Hampshire, USA. Normally, there are two opposing individual players or teams. The game has created a wave over the years from the time of its introduction in 1981.

Currently, it is played in various countries for world or national tournaments. Speedball, woods ball or scenario games are some of the paintball games. All of them require the paintball equipment such as paintball guns or markers and paintballs. A paintball marker needs a propellant and a hopper for its proper functioning. This type of gun is similar to a military gun.

Normally, you have the option of choosing nitrogen, carbon dioxide or other types of propellants. Nitrogen is thought to be better the choice due to its more constant property in spite of temperature changes. During the winter season, some days can be cold enough for carbon dioxide to become liquid. In such a case, it can cause damage to the gun’s internal parts like O-rings. Due to its unstable property in relation to temperature, using carbon dioxide as propellant may result in inconsistent shooting.

Therefore, though the nitrogen propellant is more expensive than the carbon dioxide one, nitrogen is a more popular choice among many paintball enthusiasts. For those who are worried about getting hurt due to the force and velocity of a paintball, you do not have to worry much. The manufacturer usually sets the paintball gun so that the paintball velocity is lower or equivalent to three hundred feet per second. Some findings indicate this type of velocity only causes minor bruises to the person who is hit by a paintball with a paintball gun.

For a hopper, you can choose an agitated feeder or a gravity feed hopper. In the case of gravity feed hopper, it may result in empty shooting. In other words, no paintball may come out of the gun. The paintball gun, which is similar to a military gun usually, has .68 calibers. Others may have .67 to .71 calibers.

To put it briefly, there are a number of paintball games like woods ball, speedball and scenario games. A paintball gun is the main equipment. It has a propellant and a hopper. Nitrogen is considered as a better choice for propellant compared to carbon dioxide. An agitated feeder is a more popular choice of hopper due to lesser chances of empty shooting.