Patent ID: 8887708

Claim:
A paintball marker, comprising: a body having a transverse internal cylinder bore defined by a breech and firing chamber; a substantially hollow grip frame extending from said body; a PC card mounted in the hollow of said grip frame, said PC card comprising a programmable controller and a microswitch; a trigger attached to said grip frame and extending both externally and internally of said grip frame for selective engagement with said microswitch when moved externally; a bolt assembly seated in the cylinder bore of said body, said bolt assembly being movable between a loading position and a ready-to-fire position, a tank supply of high-pressure compressed gas; a high-pressure (HP) regulator seated in said body in fluid communication with said tank supply for regulating said tank supply to a high-pressure range; a low-pressure (LP) regulator seated in said body in fluid communication with said tank supply for regulating said tank supply to a low-pressure range; a low pressure solenoid valve in fluid communication with said low-pressure regulator and in electronic communication with said controller for actuation by said trigger to admit said lower pressure compressed gas into said internal cylinder bore for reciprocating said ram; a high-pressure solenoid valve in fluid communication with said HP pressure regulator and in electronic communication with said controller for actuation by said trigger to admit said high pressure compressed gas into the breech of said internal cylinder bore for firing a paintball.