Once a common sight at professional paintball tournaments (especially in the early- to mid-1990s), its popularity has since waned with the rise in popularity of electropneumatic markers.

After winning a paintball tournament, they decide to celebrate.

Mahlwinkel is the home of the biggame series, one of Europe's biggest paintball tournaments.

Once the field became successful, the company opened a shop and soon began running paintball tournaments in order to stimulate local demand for paintball equipment.

A player at the Mardi Gras Open 2000, a paintball tournament with hundreds of participants.

The Automag holds the distinction of being the first semi-automatic marker to win a paintball tournament (Team Swarm at the 1991 International Masters).

Indeed, the automag, along with autocockers, was a common sight at major paintball tournaments.

It bears the distinction of being the first semi-automatic marker ever to win a paintball tournament.

Many players favor longer barrels as they permit them to push aside the large inflatable bunkers commonly used in paintball tournaments while still staying behind cover.

A national-level paintball tournament is organized yearly by the Paintball Co in which Teams from various Indian states and clubs participate.