WA paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment. Paintball markers use compressed gas, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) or compressed air (HPA), to propel dye-filled gel capsules called paintballs through the barrel and quickly strike a target. The term "marker" is derived from its original use as a tool for forestry personnel to mark trees and ranchers to mark wandering cattle.
WThe Angel is one of the first electropneumatic paintball markers. It was manufactured by Angel Paintball Sports starting in 1997 and was introduced alongside Smart Parts' original Shocker.
WThe Ariakon SIM-5 is a semi-automatic open bolt blow-back marker designed especially for the sport of paintball. It is manufactured by the pneumatics company Ariakon.
WThe Autococker is a closed-bolt semiautomatic paintball marker manufactured by Worr Game Products (WGP). It was one of the first paintball markers to be designed specifically for the sport, and has long been known throughout the paintball community for its popularity and customizability as well as its complexity. It is commonly believed that the closed-bolt design of the marker makes it inherently more accurate than its open-bolt counterparts, though this is disputed.
WThe Automag is a paintball marker designed by Tom Kaye and produced by Airgun Designs, Inc. It bears the distinction of being the first semi-automatic marker ever to win a paintball tournament. Team Swarm used Automags in their victory at the 1990 International Masters.
WThe Ion is an electropneumatic paintball marker manufactured by Smart Parts. At the time of its release, the Ion was the first fully electropneumatic marker aimed at entry-level players, at a price point similar to Spyders and other mechanical blowbacks. The Ion has generally been credited with making high-rate-of-fire electropneumatic markers generally available, at a time when electropneumatic markers were considered out of reach of most casual or budget players.
WThe Planet Eclipse Ego is an electropneumatic, open bolt stack tube paintball marker manufactured by Planet Eclipse. The Ego was first introduced in late 2004.
WThe SP-8 is an electro-pneumatic paintball marker manufactured by Smart Parts. It is the company's first attempt at a milsim marker, which are popular among scenario paintball players. Mechanically, the SP-8 is very similar to the popular Smart Parts Ion, but the body is modeled after the Heckler & Koch XM8 Assault Rifle.
WThe Spyder MR1 is a MilSim paintball marker designed and manufactured by Kingman Group, now superseded by the Spyder MR2 and MR3 models.
WThe Tippmann 98 Custom, also called the 98C, 98 Custom, and simply the 98, is an open-bolt inline blowback marker designed especially for the sport of paintball. It is manufactured by the pneumatics company Tippmann. It is their most sold marker to date.
WThe A-5 is a semi-automatic pneumatic marker made by Tippmann for playing paintball. Inspired by the look and feel of the Heckler & Koch MP5K submachine gun, it was first produced in 2002 in the USA. It utilizes a loading concept called the "Cyclone Feed System".Tippman A5 is the fully loaded model in the Tippman arsenal and cost more due to all of the built in features that come standard. Tippman guns they are reliable, rugged and dependable. With the built it cyclone feed the marker really has a feature that is unique in paintball. To get the same performance from a hopper on any other gun would require an electronic hopper, which adds considerably to the cost.
WThe Tippmann C-3 was the first propane powered paintball marker. It operates on a unique system Tippmann calls 'Propane Enhanced Performance'. The name 'C-3' may refer to the chemical formula of propane, C3H8.
WThe TPX/TiPX is a magazine fed paintball pistol made by Tippmann. New to the paintball pistol market, Tippmann released the TPX in 2009. This paintball marker uses an air system that allows for 12 gram CO2 cartridges to be placed underneath the barrel. This was meant to eliminate bulk in the grip of the marker caused by placing the CO2 cartridge in the magazines. In 2011,Tippmann changed the name of the pistol to the TiPX to market all the improved parts at that time, as well as differentiate it from the TPX baseball line by Louisville Slugger.