Paint Fill
The liquid which fills the paintball. This term is used primarily
because the colour of the shell is not necessarily the colour of the fill
inside.
Paintball
The .68 calibre projectile fired by a paintmarker and from where the
Game of Paintball derives its name.
Different colours of paintballs.
Paintball Field
The playing area set aside and groomed to be used as a paintball
playing area. It is also used to describe the separate playing areas within
the Paintball Field. A paintball field may have three different playing
areas, also called fields. There is a movement afoot to call the whole
area a Paintball Park and the separate playing areas as fields.
Paint check
The act of checking for a hit. A paint check can be done by the player, a team mate or a referee. In most cases, the game does not stop while a player is performing a paint check. In some cases, the referree may call the player neutral to check.
Paint Grenade
The paint grenade is basically black surgical tubing filled with paint and pressurised. The pin is pulled and the grenade is thrown and upon impace begins to flop about, spraying paint. Also known as Squadbusters and Bouncing Betty.
A "Squadbuster".
Parts Kit
A small kit with various parts used in maintaining a marker. The kit is usually marker specific supplying o-rings, screws, springs, pins and other parts for routine maintenance.
Typical factory-made parts kits.
Performance Tuning
This is the adjusting or the replacing of parts within the
paintmarker's valve to make the valve more gas efficient.
Piercing Pin
The hollow pin onto which a 12 gram's smaller end forced onto (either
by screw or lever pressure). The pin pierces the 12 gram and the CO2
enters the valve system of the paintmarker through the hole in the
piercing pin. In some markers the pin is solid and the pin or 12 gram must
be backed off after piercing in order to open the hole and charge the
system. Sheridan piercing pins work integrally with the valve, so the
marker has to be cocked and fired to charge the system.
Pin Valve
This is the common name given the valve on a CO2 constant air tank.
It basically is comprised of a threaded main body and a hollow central
core into which a spring loaded pin is inserted. The pin is held forward,
sealing the hole and thus preventing gas from escaping the tank. The pin
is depressed as the tank is screwed into an ASA, thus opening the valve
and releasing the gas into the power system.
(L)Normal Pin Valve. (R)Pin Valve with on/off.
Pistol Grip
The grip on the lower receiver which the user holds on to. The grip is
usually a Lonestar-, Ramline- or Eurogrip-type, one piece assembly. This
should not be confused with a grip frame or grips.
(L)Position (CL) Lonestar (CR)Ramline (R) Eurogrip
Plug
See Barrel Plug
Pop-Top
Originally a telescopic sight (q.v.) cover, they were used to cap the loading holes in stick feeders (q.v.) and small capacity feeders.
OPen pop-top. When closed the player depresses the red button to pop lid open.
Pots
Another word for loading tubes, a term more commonly used in
England and Europe. This alleviates confusion North Americans sometimes
have when referring to loaders and feeders.
Power Feed
Patented by Airgun Designs, it can be found on the Level 7 Automag.
The power feed, instead of coming out directly from the body of the
marker, as a direct feed does, is a tube affixed across the body, at an
angle. To aid in feeding the bottom end has a concave surface to allow the
balls to roll into the chamber. The main feature of the power feed is that
it prevents gas, that invariably blows of the feed nipple, from doing so.
While it does not SEEM to cause a problem, this extra gas has a tendency
to interrupt feeding and push balls back up into the loader, sometimes
breaking them in the process. The power feed actually improves on a
problem. The concave surface of the feed plug diverts the gas and causes
it to ASSIST in feed the paintball into the chamber, rather than preventing
this. Many paintmarkers come equipped with one form of power feed or
another, or are available as a "bolt on" after market accessory that
attaches to the marker's original direct feed nipple.
Powerfeed, bolt on power feed and a powerfeed plug
Powerlet
The trademark name for a 12 gram.
Power Tube
Essentially a tube that is, in some fashion, connected to the valve and
allows a direct flow of gas through the bolt (and perhaps the hammer).
Pressure Gauge
While a common enough piece of equipment, it has recently made it's
debut in paintball, with the coming of HPA and N2. As both systems are
refilled by air pressure, the gauge is necessary, and is mounted on a
pressure regulating system. The gauge is also available as an addition to
a CO2 systems as well. I mounted one on the pressure system of my stock class marker. This is a
remedy for my admitted inability to remember how many shots I
have taken on a 12 gram.
A micro gauge
Pump
The part of the paintmarker that is manipulated to operate a pump
action. It is the actual gripping surface. A pump may totally, or partially,
surround the barrel or be mounted underneath the barrel.
Pump Action
It is a manually operated action in which the travel of the bolt for
loading and cocking of the marker is down by moving a pump back and
forth.
See also Action
Pump Arm/Rod
An arm or rod that connects the pump and the bolt. These two parts have
to be connected because the pump is used to move the bolt back, to cock
the action and allow a ball to drop into the chamber, and then pushed
forwards to load the ball into the breech.
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