Patent ID: 7258114

Claim:
A paintball marker comprising in combination: a high pressure air source; a body; said body adapted to support a barrel, a firing chamber, a paintball input and a main valve; said main valve adapted to allow high pressure air from said high pressure air source to said firing chamber when open; a trigger; a ram assembly, said ram assembly including a housing with a bore therein, said bore having a piston therein and adapted to move within said bore, said piston adapted to move when said trigger is actuated, said ram assembly further including a shaft coupled to said piston, said shaft adapted to move when said piston moves, said shaft further adapted to open said main valve when said piston moves and said ram assembly is located adjacent said main valve; and wherein said ram is adapted to operate in a manner moving said piston both when said ram assembly is adjacent said main valve and when said ram assembly is spaced from said main valve.