If you've gotten into the sport of playing paintball, you've undoubtedly hit the Internet looking for information on paintball guns or markers and you read a good number of reviews for the particular markers that you're interested in, you have become educated enough to know what you want in a paintball marker.

A great gun to get you going on the field is the Smartparts SP-8. This tactical marker is great for any level of play from woodsball to tournament play. The high speed electropneumatic operation lets you blast your opponents and win one for your team.

This tournament level performing marker will fire off 17 paintballs per second and has a 3 shot burst. You can fire fully auto or use the rebound firing mode. One feature you won't find on most other makes of paintball markers is the Break-beam Vision Anti-Chop System; this reliable system has the eyes mounted on a separate board and will give you perfect alignment with every shot.

The internal parts are part of the new generation of paintball markers that have the firing powered by electropneumatic operation. Best of all, all you need is for basic maintenance and primary disassembly is a 1.8" Allen wrench - it doesn't get any easier than that!