e-hoppers load paint into the marker a lot faster than gravity will allow it to fall down the feedneck, with a standard gravity hopper (also known as a shake and bake) your rate of fire is limited to around 4-5 bps, currently any marker produced that is semi auto can shoot faster than this so in order to help eliminate chops and be able to fire faster you will need a e-hopper, currently the Invert Too or VL eye force are great hoppers at a budget price that will keep up with whatever you put them on top of
The purpose of a paintball gun is to fire paintball pellets, to mark opponents in the game of paintball.
The Feedneck.
A paintball gun, unlike airsoft or real firearms will have a hopper on top, and will have a co2 tank sticking out of the back.
Hopper or Loader
Check all insides of gun, hopper and tank. Hope this helps
A hopper is like a holder a hopper usually holds 180-200 paintballs, a hopper feeds paintballs down into the chamber of your gun were the bolt can force it out the barrel. I strongly recomend you invest some money in a good electronic hopper. A tank holds air which is like food for your paintball gun, it is used to operate all the parts in your gun, there are three types of air used in a paintball gun there is co2, which is not good for your gun because it might freeze your gun up and god forbid u might get frost bite but is rare, there is compressed air which is the best for your gun, then there is nitrogen which is better then co2 but worse then compressed air.
It is an upgraded after-market board. A "board" is the circuit board and components that operate an electric paintball gun.
In California have to be 18 years or older to purchase a gun but any one can buy a hopper because it is not considered a weapon
it depends on the model.
This all depends on the feedneck on the gun. That is, the circular part on top of the gun that connects the hopper to the marker. If it is clamping feedneck, simply release the clamp, push it down all the way and close the clamp appropriately. Others you may have to unscrew with an Alan key, and on the lower guns, just push it on their to the best of your ability. Though clamping feedneck is by far the best to have on a gun, due to the fact that it decreases the possibility of the hopper coming off.
Most paintball guns use an above hopper instead of magazines or clips like firearms. The standard hopper holds 200 rounds. Most magazines for paintball sim-markers are 30 rounds. No paintball guns use clips.
A board itself is basically the brain of the gun. It is only found in electric guns, and it tells the gun the bounce, dwell, mode of fire, rate of fire, and anything associated with the gun. Virtue is a paintball brand best known for their high quality boards and crown systems for hoppers (hopper tops). Therefore, a virtue board is a board produced by virtue.