Who made the first marker?

[Ace_paint]

Does anyone know who made the first marker and why?

[-=Squid=-]

I want to say it was a nelspot 007. Now, whether thats right or not im not 100%, but the first paintball guns were made for marking trees/cattle.

[Muzikman]

The first paint marker was made by Daisy in the 1970's and was used to mark trees and cattle. This was a bolt action Nelspot 007. The first paintball marker that was designed for the use in the sport of paintball what the Splatmaster.

**There was also a pump action Nelspot 007 that most people think about when you say Nelspot. This how ever was not the "Original".

[hitech]

Originally posted by Muzikman
The first paint marker was made by Daisy in the 1970's and...was a bolt action Nelspot 007. The first paintball marker that was designed for the use in the sport of paintball what the Splatmaster.

Man I'm OLD! I've played with both of those!

[Muzikman]

The first time I ever played was with a Splatmaster and to be honest, I hardly remember it. It was '88 or '89 and I played 2 games. It wasn't until '92 when I played again and got hooked. But I have been playing long enough to have owned a pair of JT Whipper Snappers without ear protection

[Creative Mayhem]

Originally posted by Muzikman
The first time I ever played was with a Splatmaster and to be honest, I hardly remember it. It was '88 or '89 and I played 2 games. It wasn't until '92 when I played again and got hooked. But I have been playing long enough to have owned a pair of JT Whipper Snappers without ear protection

LOL.. sounds a lot like me. Although, I still have my Whippers

[hitech]

Originally posted by Muzikman
But I have been playing long enough to have owned a pair of JT Whipper Snappers without ear protection

Man, now you are REALLY making me feel old. The first time I played we used safety GLASSES. That is what the field handed out! We all got our own after the first time as the fields were all scratched up. I remember upgrading to a pair of JTs (the origianl ones with the lens held in place with zip ties).

Man I'm old.

[Vendetta]

I still carry zipties. I had forgotten that they were for my goggles!

[Meph]

Actually it was before the 007. It was bolt-action, no pump handle. Called the "Splotchmarker."

I always forget though when the PG was made (not PGP, it's older brother the bolt action, side tube design). But that's also a pretty old one.

Along with the Puma! Forget the date on that but it's way back there too. Those were some of the first 3 paintball markers before the term "paintball" came to be. Even before the company NSG (National Survival Game of Splatmaster fame) was made.

[thei3ug]

there was a marker older than the 007. the nelspot 707.

the 707 was subbed out to crossman before daisy was brought into it. it featured a funky sheridan-like design... it never sold, crossman dropped the contract, and nelson went elsewhere. This was the only gun before the nelspot. whether it was called the "splotchmarker" is anyone's guess, considering they didn't make very many of them, it's hard for me to imagine a nickname being made for them.

[Meph]

No actually it's stamped right up on the top tube "Splotchmarker" I got to see one in a museum-style case in Tennessee when I went to PTI training. Along with the patent paperwork for it.

[bacci paintball]

Alright, you guys asked for it:


That is what the 707's say on the side, and here is what they look like:


As someone said earlier they were made around 1970 by crossman.

Here is another gun mentioned, the Puma:


I have heard that the Puma was the first paintball gun made for the game of paintball. But i have also heard that the Splatmaster was the first.

As for the "Splotchmarker" i have heard of them, but never seen one. Supposedly they were invented by someone at daisy, but that is all i know.

-Bacci Paintball

[Woodsmen]

Splatmaster

I actually have a Splatmaster Rapide. Ive talked to friends and no one has seemed to heard of it before, this is a first. I got it from my brother who used to screw around with cause no one really played paintball around here. My friends and I have mess around with it but we never knew what it was or where it came from.

[WARPED1]

Squid is correct, the Nel Spot marker for lumberjacks to mark trees. I'm not sure the use for cows, but that was another use.

[schiesz]

Wow, I guess I really am old in this sport. We used Uvex safety goggles my first games (safety glasses didn't cut it for us), and JT had their Snappers out about a year later. I still have mine and got a new lense this year because I thought i'd still use it. Never played pre-splatmaster though. The Rapide was out a few years later (cough..semi auto...cough). Knew a guy with a puma, but the LineSI Bushmaster was definately the best marker back in the day. All the guns were nelson clones. There really wasn't much choice past that. The automag was pretty new back then. Now I get back in 12 years later. Wow, a lot has changed. Nice pics on those old guns.