There is a rubber piece, called an o-ring around your tank at the top of the valve. When it was cut, damaged or fell off,the tank and the ASA (where you screw it in) no longer make a perfect seal, and co2 goes everywhere. You just need to replace the oring, and put some lubrication on in. You cannot reuse o-rings.
Yes, infact it is recommended.
No. It is too big.
Yes. Standard 9oz through 20oz CO2 tanks work perfectly with the MR1. Compressed air paintball systems work fine too, with a regulator.
No, paintball co2 is much higher pressure.
A paintball gun needs CO2 (or HPA) to fire at all.
CO2, stored in the tank is highly pressurized. The paintball being shot is caused by it being pushed out by the rapidly expanding gas. CO2 also cycles and reloads the next paintball.
Spyder Sonix can use any Co2 or HPA tank
A Co2 gun can go up to 300 fps. Sling shoots only get a paintball up to 240.
You can use co2 tanks if they are the anti-syphon tanks or if you put that on your tank put even then they are not recommended.
you need Co2 to fire any paintball gun, it is what physically moves the ball out of the barrel.
Co2. Buying a Hpa tank for a cybrid is money that should be spent on a better gun.
The very basics are: a certified paintball mask, a paintball gun, paintballs, and a propellant source (co2, HPA).