Patent ID: 7967000

Claim:
A paintball gun comprising: a body defining a gas storage chamber for connection to a source of pressurized gas, a breech into which paintballs can be loaded, and a hammer chamber; a bolt slidable in the breech and having a bolt inlet port; a hammer slidable in the hammer chamber and connected to the bolt; and a poppet valve comprising a valve body defining a valve inlet connected to the gas storage chamber, a valve outlet connected to the breech, and a blow back port connecting the valve inlet to the hammer chamber, and a valve member slidable in the valve body and movable between an open position, in which it allows gas to flow from the gas storage chamber through the valve inlet to the valve outlet, and a closed position in which it closes the poppet valve and the valve member comprising a head projecting into the gas storage chamber and one of a pair of magnets being mounted on the head; and the pair of magnets arranged to bias the poppet valve towards the closed position.