How Powerful and Accurate Are Paintball Pistols?
Ever been playing paintball, and you suddenly hear a gun go off from low on the ground? The bolting paintball rifle only shoots out at a trajectory of about 60 degrees, but many guns like under barrel paintball pistols can shoot as low as 45 degrees. It is a trick of the eye, but can be very disorienting. Which is why I was so surprised when I heard about a pistol. A pistol is a semi-automatic weapon that shoots liquid paintball cartridges out at a high rate of speed. A similar gun, the SxS Air Rifle (which shoots airsoft pellets), has been around for some time, and was one of the guns used in the film 'Red Dawn' in 1984. This type of weapon uses compressed gas to launch the paintball pellets out of the barrel. A pistol was invented by Bill Wilson in 1976. He eventually patented the design and sold them under the brand name "Paintball USA". Wilson was also the founder of what was then called SPORT® Paintball, which changed its name to SPI® in 1988. Pistols Perfo...