A paintball gun is sized and designed to appear like and operate in a manner similar to a conventional handgun. A removable magazine stores projectiles and propellant. The entire magazine is small enough to fit into a handle of a pistol. The magazine may be integrated with propellant and projectile portions locked together or separable. Standard carbon dioxide cartridges fit within the magazine. Paintballs may be staggered to increase the maximum magazine load. A user may selectively release just the projectile portion of the magazine, in order to leave the propellant undisturbed until fully expended. The magazine can be completely removed without substantial loss of propellant.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of my application Ser. No. 10/281,851, filed on Oct. 28, 2002, which will issue as U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,909 on Mar. 9, 2004, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/541,786, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,470,872, issued Oct. 29, 2002.
A toy gun comprising a bullet chamber, a gas bottle container, a regulation valve, a regulation chamber and a control valve in a magazine shell, at least one partitioner is installed inside the regulation chamber, the partitioner subdivides the regulation chamber into several small chambers in series, several small holes are on the partitioner to interlink these small chambers, the small holes are made in conical shape with smaller diameter toward first chamber side. In real application, the gas flows from the gas bottle to the first chamber then to next chambers through those small holes, the gas entering the first chamber cannot flow into the next chamber completely as the gas flow reservation and buffering effect, the gas pressure variation is minimized at the regulation valve close moment and offer a stable, safe shooting power source.
A paintball marker has an inline cylinder that includes a gas governor that reduces gas flow from a compressed gas source to a valve area when the bolt is in a firing position; this increases efficiency in the marker because only the required air is used to fire the paintball. This bolt operates independent of the valve pin, which increases cycle speed and enables the governor to open and close at an optimum time in the firing cycle. Further, when the bolt/piston is recocking, the gap between the valve pin and governor valve pin enables low pressure gas driving the piston to start pressurizing the cylinder and driving the piston rearwards without resistance from the high pressure gas. The marker also allows a user to remove the inline cylinder without the use of tools, and gives the user a convenient carrying handle for holding the paintball marker, which is commonly called a "snatch grip."
