Why do you walk a trigger when paintball?

Answer 1

"Walking" or "Feathering" the trigger is a term meaning the interchanging of fingers to increase the rate of fire on a paintball gun. The motion should consist like this:

1. Placing the "trigger finger" or middle finger on the trigger; pulling the trigger till it is registered as a shot.

2. Quickly changing to the next finger before the trigger is completely up.

3. Continuing to do this to create a steady line of paint.

The purpose of this method is to increase your rate of fire. By using two fingers moving rapidly across the trigger frame, in theory you would have increased your speed by 2X.