The Paintball Blog

Paintball is a popular outdoor game that can really get your adrenaline pumping. Over ten million people play paintball – just in the United States.

Paintball is sometimes classed in with war games and sniper games, since a marker that looks much like a gun is used to eliminate opposing players. However, players are eliminated with brightly colored paint, not violence.

Paintballs are usually made out of gelatin, and filled with dye and polyethylene glycol. These paintballs are propelled by guns or "markers," as some prefer to call them, powered by compressed air or C02.

Although paintball games mimic warlike activities, they're usually pretty safe. Goggles are used for eye protection, and the danger of injury isn't much greater than any other sport that involves a lot of running on uneven ground. Other paintball accessories help make the game safer.

Originally, paintball guns were modified from the Nelspot 007 agricultural gun. These paintball accessories were manufactured by the Nelson Paint Company, and intended to help ranchers mark cattle from far away. Foresters also used these guns to mark trees at a distance. (more...)