Para Ordnance Mod 85 a Primer Powered Paintball Pistol from 1985

Benji and I take a look at a Mod 85 Paintball gun built by Para Ordnance around 1985 to 1988 ( ). Find the article with a couple photos at I ve never owned one of these and it s not something I would feel comfortable really shooting at other players or even driving around with in California. This pistol does not use air to fire the paintball but instead you load your clip with plastic shell casings, driven by a primer, that when struck by the firing pin launch the. 375 or. 40( ) caliber paintball projectile. Some of these pistols are semi only, this one is capable of both Semi Automatic and Fully Automatic fire. We didn t have any shells to cycle this paintball marker but I have seen empty shells cycled. I have not seen the paintball fired though. Neat design but I ll stick with my 12 grams. And I cannot comment on the legality of this pistol in California but is does have a plastic barrel and would not survive firing actual