Paintball Gun Bolt upgrades

The Benefits of Upgrading your Bolt

When considering upgrading your guns internals the bolt is the most effective upgrade to start with. It can improve your rate of fire, air efficiency and accuracy. Most bolts available now days can actually help increase the life of your gun too.

Two ways for your bolt to help your rate of fire; 1. A lighter bolt can naturally cycle faster, 2. A bolt that is more efficient with air will require less air to be charged in your gun creating a faster response time for a fully charged shot to be fired.

A bolt designed to evenly distribute the air across the paintball requires less air to move it. The bolt will be designed will smaller passages and, due to its lighter weight, it will cycle faster putting it over the air flow passages for a shorter time using less air.

Most bolts on the market today are made from materials that handle sand and grit better than a stock bolt. In most cases the dirt is expelled from the gun never causing a problem. If dirt gets caught between the bolt and bore, a softer bolt will absorb the damage and form around the dirt keeping the seal in the bore.

A lighter bolt produces less gun kick causing your next shot to be more on target. With high firing rates a gun that has a strong kick will be a bear to try to keep aimed at your target. Most upgrade bolts will hit the paintball softer and more even causing it to travel smoother and much more accurate.

Weather you have a Spyder, Tippmann, Smart Parts or other paintball gun, chances are there is a bolt available that will improve your gun. Improved accuracy, air efficiency and gun life await you.

Also see: Paintball Gun Upgrades