i think a shotgun from tippmann would be awsome. i know the C-3 is kinda like a shotgun but it needs to look more like a shotgun with like a fixed stock that will come with it, and shotgun sights. and every time you cock it 3-5 balls would drop into the chamber(i would like 5) when you shot it the balls would spread a little but still stay relitive accurate and have a decent range. the hopper would have to be   low profile like the A-5.

maybe i should of patented this idea and sold it no im to inlove with tippmann so post what you think

Nope.

this is an overused topic.  if you wanna shoot multiple balls at once, get ahold of Palmers Persuit Shop.  i'm sure Glen will rig some multibarrel'd thing up for a couple grand.  i've shot a Double barreled marker before though...  not quite as satisfying as it sounds.  they're heavy, eat through paint, and harder to maintain. 

It takes some work but you can do it, you need PVC, CO2, .40 cal. paintballs, and have fun designing the shells. You could also modify a pump.

One way to do this is put a cotton ball down the barrel, put some small paint balls, and put another cotton ball to semi secure them in. Its crude but effective.

The problem with the idea of a paintball shotgun is multiple balls going down the same barrel, they tend to break, and they tend to loose velocity. A lot of velocity.

plasoccri wrote: The problem with the idea of a paintball shotgun is multiple balls going down the same barrel, they tend to break, and they tend to loose velocity. A lot of velocity.

yea i kinda thought that that would be the case...

btw, i saw 6mm paintballs....anyone ever used these???do they actually break? or do they suck bad???

ardyandkari wrote: plasoccri wrote: The problem with the idea of a paintball shotgun is multiple balls going down the same barrel, they tend to break, and they tend to loose velocity. A lot of velocity. yea i kinda thought that that would be the case... btw, i saw 6mm paintballs....anyone ever used these???do they actually break? or do they suck bad???

I think so. They may be even smaller than what I'm thinking of though. Are they for blowguns? Those work pretty good.

The idea is highly possable. Infact it is possable, a friend and I did some work a while back on the idea, never went anywhere, more like we were bord.

Crude version is muzzle loading. The problem of velocity loss can be solved by putting something in before the paint. We used cotton balls. I'm sure a normal paintball would work too, I don't know why we never thought of that.

Now if your really ambisious, I saw an airsoft shotgun the other day that had shells and fired I think it was 3 BB's at a time. I figure that with a little work one could do the same with paintball. I think the shells had compressed gas in them. I'd say go buy this as a model to play arround with and get ideas but i recall it being like $400. But look online and get some info, maybe you can build the prototype of a painball shotgun that looks and functions like a real shotgun. Market it and scinario players would eat it up.

And if your gunna waste your time with a drawing... make it a decent drawing...

or you could be beating a horses skeleton.

reddeath wrote: i think a shotgun could work if the paint could be controlled

what do you mean, "controlled"?

ok here it is, found it a while ago its pretty kewl

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