Paintball Terminology

To new players, some of the terms used in paintball can be quite confusing, which is why I have written this to help you out.

12g are simply small cylinders that are 2 and a half inches long and filled with CO2.

Anti-Siphon Tubes are bent tubes that are installed in large CO2 tanks to suck in air only.

ASA are a short name for Air Source Adapters and they are what air tank screws into.

Barrel Plugs are secondary safety devices that plug the front of your gun's barrel and keep paintballs from exiting.

Bottom Line is a general term none the less that refers to the device that is mounted on the bottom of the trigger frame that the air tank is screwed into.

Bunker is like a protective man made shelter to protect yourself from incoming paintballs.

Chronographs are devices used to measure the velocity or speed of paintballs exiting the barrel.

Dead Man's Walk is a term referring to a cheater who pretends they are out and walks to a better position to shoot an opponent.

Feeder is a big device attached the gun's marker that can hold a fairly large amount of paintballs.

Flanking is a technique used to maneuver your team around the enemy to either side to get a better shot and an advantage over your opponent. If your opponent does this to you, you have been flanked.

FPS is nothing more than Feet Per Second. This measures the velocity of how fast a paintball travels and are different varying by the field but are never over 300fps.

Hopper is a large device attached to your gun's marker that holds a rather large amount of paintballs.

Hot Gun is a term referring to a marker that is shooting over the field's maximumg paintball velocity.

Marker is an old school term for paintball gun because paintball guns were used to mark trees when they were first introduced.

Nitro/N2 is a stable gas compared to CO2 but it is rarely used.

Pods are paintball carrying tubes that carry extra paintballs that will not fit in the hopper and are worn around the waste.

PSI stands for Pounds Per Square Inch and is a measure of unit showing how much pressure is used in a marker and is typicall around 800 to 850 psi.

Rec Ball is a general term for players that play just to have fun and not to be on teams or play on speedball courts.

Wiper is also another term for cheater, or someone who wipes or splats and tries to hide paint so he won't be eliminated.