Patent ID: 7775200

Claim:
A paintball marker from which a paintball is to be propelled, said paintball marker comprising a hopper in which paintballs are stored, a hollow breech communicating with said hopper to receive a paintball therefrom and a barrel having a first end to be detachably connected to said breech and an opposite exit end from which the paintball is ejected from the paintball marker towards a target, said barrel having a hollow bore with a length extending from said breech to the opposite exit end of said barrel to provide a guide path along which the paintball travels and a layer of non-metallic material surrounding said bore, wherein at least a portion of said hollow bore is continuously and uniformly tapered from relatively narrow to relatively wide in the direction of travel of the paintball towards the target, the continuously and uniformly tapered portion of said hollow bore extending uninterrupted for at least half the length of said bore, and a plurality of non-metallic fibers embedded within the layer of non-metallic material surrounding said bore.