Velocity Adjusting System and Method for Closed Bolt Paintball Marker

Abstract

The improved method of adjusting the velocity of a closed bolt paintball marker is comprised of a wrench with a recessed channel designed to fit over the reduced diameter mid section of a modified cocking rod. This allows the wrench to be used to rotate the velocity adjusting nut without the need to remove the cocking rod from the marker's hammer assembly. This permits faster and more accurate changes to the velocity of the paintball as it leaves the barrel of the marker.

1 . A velocity adjusting system for a gas operated, closed bolt paintball marker having a velocity adjusting system comprising: 
 a cocking rod with a cocking rod knob and cocking rod bumper affixed to one end    a hammer assembly with means to be connected mechanically to the cocking rod    a velocity adjusting nut inserted into the marker body with lateral movement    a hammer spring held in tension between the velocity adjusting nut and the hammer assembly.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  comprising: 
 a cocking rod with reduced diameter in the mid section of the rod    a hex wrench with a channel consistent with the reduced diameter of the cocking rod    instructions for installation and use    and a container for the cocking rod, wrench and instructions.    
   
   
       3 . The method of using the velocity adjusting system in  claim 1  to adjust the velocity of a closed bolt paintball marker comprising the steps of: 
 removing the original cocking rod from the hammer assembly,    removing the cocking knob and cocking bumper from the original cocking rod,    attaching the cocking knob and cocking bumper to the replacement cocking rod with the smaller diameter in the mid section,    attach the cocking rod with the smaller diameter mid section to the hammer assembly with it passing through the velocity adjusting nut and the hammer spring,    place channel of the wrench over the mid section of the smaller diameter cocking rod,    slide wrench into the velocity adjusting nut, and    turn nut to achieve desired tension of the hammer spring.