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PAINTBALL POWER

The aim of this project and paper is to see if propane is really a viable source of propulsion power for a paintball marker that can be used in competition. There have been two main sources of propulsion in paintball for years CO2 or carbon dioxide gas and HPA or high pressured air. The first CO2 was the first gas used in paintball it has been in use since before the sport was actually a sport. CO2 was used to fire the chalk markers which were used to mark cattle and trees which is what sparked the sports invention. These guns were the original paintball markers hence the name markers. CO2 was the main gas from 1983 the year of the sports actual invention until about 6 years later. HPA is high pressure air. HPA is a newer gas to the sport, it has found a lot
of use since it is does not poses some of the adverse qualities as CO2, but it does have some other down falls that will be discussed later on. The basic operation of a paintball marker is fairly simple. Each......

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