Paintball Pistols & Other Paintball Markers

Paintball Pistol - A Type Of Paintball Marker

Paintball pistols are a common type of paintball marker used in the game of paintball. These pistols look like or resember regular pistols or guns. You basically have two main types of pistols:

• The pump pistol
• Semi automatic pistol

Generally paintball pistols are not used in tournament play due to the fact that many of the games have a "1 marker per person" rule so a player cannot take 2 markers onto the playing field. Pistols have a lower shot capacity leaving the player at a disadvantage on the playing field against their opponent.

It's interesting but sometimes a player will agree to play with a pistol knowing that they are at a severe disadvantage on the playing field, but they do this to prove their skills over an opponent in a paintball game.

For the reasons already stated, Paintball pistols are primarily used as a sidearm due to the fact that they are a low performance marker in play. Many times the use of a pistol is as a last resort.

Let's look at some of the pros & cons of using a paintball pistol:

• Cons:
  - smaller capacity for ammunition
  - has shorter barrels therefore less accurate shots
  - smaller air capacity which means they can fire less shots
  
• Pros:
  - Very, very light
  - You can carry it on your side in a holster, or really anywhere on your body
  - A smaller profile that can be hidden from view
  - Can easily use these in any maneauvers.
  - Portable - can bring it anywhere
  - Very easy to reload
  - can definitely help improve you skills because it is smaller with smaller barrel and less accurate shots.

Some brands and models of paintball pistols are:
32 Degrees Delta 68, AGA 62, AGD Sydarm, Ariakon ACP, Ariakon Overlord , Armotech Zeus G1/G2, Carter Boxgun, CCI Phantom stock class configurable marker , Core ZX, Crosman 3357, Kingman Training and Chaser, Nelspot, NSG Splatmaster, and Rapide, Walther P99 RAM Paintball Pistol, PMI-I,II, PT Extreme, PPS Squall, or Micro Squall, Pug, RAM X50 Real Action Marker, RAP4 T68 Pistol, DD68 Redux stock class marker
Sheridan PGP pump pistol, PG stock class markers, Tiberius Tac-8/Tac-9, Tippmann TPX, WarSensor WSP
WarSensor Zeus G1/G2+, Rap 17, Rap 226, Rap p99, Rap 4 desert eagle, Pirahna USP