Talk:Paintball marker

message: The statement "Any marker with a hammer, however, has a significant firing delay when compared to a full electropneumatic." is inaccurate. What defines a "full electropneumatic"? A marker that uses a solenoid to control the whole firing cycle would be an accurate definition. The author of this statement was possibly thinking of spool valve markers. Markers like the Intimidator, Ego, Angel and Cyborg all use hammers and are also fully electropneumatic. Their hammers are controlled by a pneumatic cylinder and solenoid, and the hammer is used to open the poppet.
Also, the so-called "firing delay" is measured from what? A term could be lock time which is used in firearms to determine the time from when the sear is disengaged to when the primer is ignited. In a marker, this could be the time from when the sear is dropped or other firing sequence is initiated to when the valve of the marker is fully open, whether that valve is a spool or poppet.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.82.72 (talk) 06:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hammer based markers

message: *Right, I'm done editing this page for tonight.  It still needs some work.  Need to put some links to specific paintball markers here on Wikipedia.  Also need to do some external links to various manufactures.  Maybe get some copyright-fee photos, as well.
--Compulsion 21:53, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

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thread_title: WikiProject Paintball

message: Requests, questions, and answers about pictures of markers go here.
I'm going to try to get some pics up, but first I have to actually take them, and then figure out the different licenses..... Or maybe with enough cajoling, I'll put them up without any license.
I'll take some pics of my Tippmann 98 Custom (or a model 98, whichever you all would prefer), and mabye of my BE (Brass Eagle) Tiger Shark. I will add the C98 (or M98) to the Tippmann article as well, if that is proper.
I can also take pics of my co2 tanks, of the stock model 98 barrel, a M98 Flatline, a carbon, and a J&J barrel.
That is, if they are needed, as the different parts of a paintball marker. The Editor 2 01:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures of markers 

message: It might be beneficial to insert a section on the history of these devices.  Who invented the first one, what it was used for, the development of the device, how they came to be used in games, etc.  I heard they were originally used for marking trees for lumbering, but have no idea if this is true.*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 22:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: Hi,
I would like for you to consider adding my website (www.PaintBallsOfFury.com) as an external link to this page. This will give your readers a place to see what types of equipment are available.  
Thank you for your consideration.
Chad Hefton
funnthesun@windstream.net
chad.hefton@acxiom.com
501-514-5287
198.160.96.7 (talk) 21:08, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  external link to www.PaintBallsOfFury.com 

message: I've never heard these referred to as "paintball markers", which I assume is the hobbyist terminology. A Google search for "paintball gun" returns over 4 million hits while "paintball marker" returns less than 2 million. In other words usage is roughly 2:1 in favor of "paintball gun". Why is this article named "paintball marker" instead of "paintball gun"? Even if "marker" is the preferred terminology in hobbyist circles, this article title seems to violate at least the the recognizability and naturalness conditions of WP:NAMINGCRITERIA. As per WP:COMMONNAME, I quote, "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's 'official' name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources." I'm guessing that this article should be renamed. Jason Quinn (talk) 19:38, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed - I'm sure there are very good reasons why players and promoters prefer to avoid the word "gun", and we should mention that, but the article title should reflect common usage. (I randomly had this on my watchlist and assumed it was about paintball pellets when it came up just now.) --McGeddon (talk) 19:54, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  There may be a legal issue as well - I don't know about the US, but in the UK paintball markers are not "guns" as the term is defined in law and as applies to both firearms and airpistols and air rifles. I'd say "marker" is both the technical term and the legal name. It's also consistent with the origens of the game. There is a redirect page in place for "paintball gun", so the chance of confusion is low.Jmackaerospace (talk) 16:12, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm from the UK, never heard the term "paintball marker" until I saw this article. 82.40.68.196 (talk) 05:35, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Gun" vs "marker" 

message: Biodegradable paintballs, reballs (wooden) also exist, see
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/155975-post23.html
mention in article  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A03F:12E1:8E00:B178:EE7F:FEAA:7D63 (talk) 08:11, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Biodegradable

message: This article has huge screeds of unsupported technical opinions that get in the way of simple discription. It needs to be boiled down or referenced up. Jmackaerospace (talk) 16:25, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV, OR and "Fluff" 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I’ve been playing paintball since 1983. I just came across this video of Salvador Dali on the Ed Sullivan Show of January 29, 1961 using an “animal tranquilizer gun” made by Harold “Red” Palmer, of Georgia, to shoot paint capsules onto canvas. The marker appears to be a CAP-CHUR brand Short Range Pistol Type Projector model using a paint-filled aero syringe. We may need a better source.
Getty Image with caption
YouTube Ed Sullivan show Jan.29, 1961
Red Palmer article (paywall)
user:JohnVR4  IP signed 72.238.86.168 (talk) 14:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  First use, invention by Red Palmer 1955, Salvador Dali