Air supplies on pump guns????

[bandar]

I was looking at my APG and it had an article about pump guns...there were many pictures of people playing with pump guns, and most of the guns had Co2 tanks attached to them. Why are they called pump guns if they use constant air???

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Because you still have to pump for each shot :P

[bandar]

But if it is a pump gun...why does it need an air supply, when you pump the pump, doesn't it create air for the paintballs to shoot?

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

No, i don't know much about pumps, but i guess it just builds up spring tension?

[Yakb0]

Originally posted by bandar
But if it is a pump gun...why does it need an air supply, when you pump the pump, doesn't it create air for the paintballs to shoot?

the pump handle is to recock the gun. The paintball is still powered by a blast of CO2, weather it's from a 12g or constant air

[hitNrun]

Originally posted by bandar
I was looking at my APG and it had an article about pump guns...there were many pictures of people playing with pump guns, and most of the guns had Co2 tanks attached to them. Why are they called pump guns if they use constant air???

i hope your joking.... any questions you have about pumps, go in the pump forums, or just PM me, i'll help you out, i no most everything about nelson based pumps, witch is just about every kind of pump....

[bandar]

Sorry guys, I'm new to paintballing and I don't know about the pump generation. I thought that you had to pump air to power the gun.

[holyhandgrenade]

i think i know what you mean, they arent like an air rifle that you have to pump ( usually 10x) to build up air pressure to fire the projectile, the way these work is you use the pressuers in an air container ( for lack of a better word) to fire the ball, all the pump is for is to recock and let a new ball fall in to the chamber to be fired, then the pressure from the tank fires the ball
its similar to a bolt action rifle

hope thats clear

[bandar]

Yes, thank you very much. :)

[holyhandgrenade]

anytime

[namida]

no offence to anyone new because every one was new sometimes but that was a quite funny misunderstanding,and the other guy who didnt know either that was even funnier NO OFFENCE and i hope none is taken....

[bandar]

How is that even remotely funny? How easy is it to confuse that? Very. Pump = create air. Gee, I wonder how in the hell I could've goten confused with that! Stupid me! Maybe they should be called...cock guns. Think before you say something you jerk.

[namida]

sorry mister sensitive,noobs are funny and i was a noob once too,its just funny when i look back...

[PartySquirrel]

bandar dude chill out he's just saying that some things new people ask or do is funny - and yes it is - so dont freak out ok and i can see how you got the "pump for air" idea but your question was answered and he wasnt making fun of you

[Arcanum]

First of all, pump does not equal "to create air". In fact, it doesn't even mean to compress air. One meaning is "to operate by manipulating a lever" and a lever can be defined as "a projecting piece by which a mechanism is operated or adjusted". So calling them pump guns is not a misnomer. You said they should be called cock guns, which is more or less an accurate name, but cocking just refers to setting the hammer and trigger for firing. By calling them pump guns you get a more complete definition.

I just wasted 5 minutes of my life writing a treatise on why pump guns should be called pump guns...wow. I think I'll go sit in the corner now.

[thepeashooter]

i figured it out pretty easily, think of a pump shotgun. and then think of a pump paintball gun. not really that much of a difference.

[bandar]

ok im sorry that i dont know how pump guns work, so just lay off the attacks

[Six Feet Under]

Originally posted by bandar
But if it is a pump gun...why does it need an air supply, when you pump the pump, doesn't it create air for the paintballs to shoot?

He's a n00b.

[bandar]

why are you flaming me just because i dont know how a pump works?

[amzng_spyderman]

calling someone a noob isn't a flame if they admit that they're a noob. in your case, you said you're new to paintball, hence the term "noob." have some noob pride! everybody was a newbie once. don't take it personally.