Rapid firing air cannon?
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Paintball had a collapse during the housing crisis, and it lasted long enough it never fully recovered. Obviously still around but not quite popular enough to sustain sales of some of the more specialized and expensive equipment. Legal concerns are icing on that cake.
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I get the idea
You need to shut off the air feed or the recharge rate will effect the projectile velocity as the tank discharges. This varies on factors like ballast size and operating pressure. Smaller ballast needs higher psi but gets more efficient as you go. 800psi can be used in quite a small ballast and propel 25gram projectiles a couple hundred fps. With larger ballasts you can acheive the same velocities but at lower pressures. Fastest thing to fire off of is a giant tank that is at launch pressure. The faster the flow the better. Back to feed shut off, best way is to integrate the shut off seal into the piston or piston rod to close right before main valve opens to barrel.
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they could have a end around refeaul or a hidden air tank with Psi regulator.