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The Evolt

February 24, 2004

NPS EVolt

This is the official press release from NPS:

2-10-05 (Sewell, New Jersey):

The worldwide leader in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of paintball products, unveiled the first in its new line of paintball markers, the EVolt™, which utilizes patented Power Pulse™ technology, on January 28, 2005, in Las Vegas at the SHOT Show.

Gino Postorivo, President and CEO of National said,

This is not simply a revamp of known paintball technology, but it is a truly revolutionary design, with patents issuing imminently on the first generation of the EVolt™ and various patents pending on the second, third, and fourth generations of this revolutionary new technology.

The EVolt™ paintball marker is powered by a rechargeable 18 volt battery pack. The battery not only powers the cycling operation of the marker, but actually generates the compressed air required to launch the paintballs. Air tanks not included... and not needed.

The entry-level, first generation EVolt™ paintball marker is currently capable of cycling at a rate of over six paintballs-per-second with velocities up to the "industry standard" minimum of 300 feet-per-second. A fully charged battery gives over 500 shots at a consistent velocity. The battery may be recharged in approximately 90 minutes, and can be replaced in seconds. The ambidextrous "Bull-Pup" design includes a picattinny sight rail, removable clamping feed neck, "Timmy" barrel threads, angled foregrip and lockable velocity adjustment. Accessories are currently being developed.

Production quantities are expected in time for the Fall/Christmas 2005 selling season. MSRP is about $250

It is not exactly a beautiful gun and it's 6 bps is pretty meager, but this is the first marker that is powered by batteries other then compressed air. It is a new design and it's in it's early stages, so the weight and appearance is understandable. Who knows, maybe this will change paintball forever, and we will laugh at the day that we used co2 to propel paintballs. Here are some more pictures. (click to enlarge)

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Alex [26-04-2007 10:37]
-To Gary, hey man. Go to google. Type in 20 bps. you will see kay? How dose your arm taste btw?
weeebeep [10-04-2007 17:49]
oh yeah, just what is its current rof and other significant performance measurements?
weeebeep [10-04-2007 17:47]
finaly a marker that i never have to fill... thats better than the scuba tank i wanted, hell i wanted a scuba tank because we calculated it to hold 14 atmospheres of pressure (thats ~3000psi * 14) plus its a 2 cubic foot (says 24cf)(1728 ci) tank. i thought that was a cheap refill... oh well. guess i will have less inclination to stay put. lol...
Xyrian [02-03-2007 18:14]
For all you haters, When this company perfects this new technology, I hope you keep using your precious air/co2/nitro tanks. Cuz everyone one else will be sporting angels/dms/timmys and such that can produce their own air from a pump small enough to be contained in the grip. Yeah, keep hydroing your tanks, spend $250 on carbon rapped peanuts, and keep paying 5 to $10 for all day air. The rest of us will putting our $250 + the $5 -$10 every game day somewhere else... For you Haters,No vision, no hope, no future. God Save Us
Gary [28-02-2007 12:01]
to dylan: there is no way in hell that a response trigger 98c will shoot 20 bps. find one that does, goldwave it, and show me and i will eat my own arm
War Cowboy [03-01-2007 01:05]
First off,I truly like the idea,and I feel most people are acting a little stupid when they smack on the prototype... I mean really people... Its the first of its line,and its gonna have some flaws. And this might piss some people off,but about that"buy a kingman"remark... I would tell people to buy a brass eagle before I would recomend a Spyder,for the fact that just about every paintball field I have ever been to,atleast one player is halted for the day on marker troubles...And 99% of the time,its a Kingman...On another note,the fire power issue some of you dislike... I know quite a few people that will take on a 20bps marker with their pump,"in the woods"and win the majority... Not because the pumps are anymore accurate,but because the players tend to make each shot count...The whole bps issue is the reason alot of players never progress... Take good ol'Olly Lang 4 example... Bps is not the reason he is the best, he's the best becuase he is a better stratagest and a shot a
Mike [01-01-2007 01:17]
Thats right if its got a compressure it gunaa be a little loud, but most games theres are not alot of stealth, unless your a sni...eakey guy in the bushes, but I would mind it. I'm a light rifleman, w0000t
Anyone knows?? [14-12-2006 15:07]
Anyone knows what happened to this "Space Gun"??
ping [21-09-2006 18:24]
maybe for now its no good cause it just starting to develop but maybe in the future it will be much better than other gun , no tank needed that is so cool , if this thing is more develop as it use to be. tipmann might buy the patented to it and everybody will suck like )(*)( to evolt paintball , this gun is not suck you know what suck , maybe in the future your children will play this evolt paintball someday and call your ood gun a sucker like you heheheeheheh
show_off [04-08-2006 18:37]
My question is how loud is the compressor? If you are trying to sneak up on someone and that compressor turns on then your busted. But all together I think that it is a good compact design. I belive that it would be a good indoor gun or close quarters combact.
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steve [11-07-2006 21:17]
the girl in the picture is hot but the gun sucks i think
awsome paintballer [11-07-2006 21:16]
bob on page for is a total idiot a-5s are amazing
bill [11-07-2006 21:10]
dude i totaly agree with dylan
dylan [11-07-2006 21:09]
looks cool but i dont think you could hold your own in any battle with any person who has even close to a good gun i mean come on 6 balls per second for a 250 dallar gun that is horible if you r going to spend that much money buy a tippmann 98 costum and put a responce trigger on it and get 20 balls a second for under 250 $
serge [08-07-2006 12:12]
beuty!
ethan [28-06-2006 12:34]
sweet gun dude
Pat V [09-06-2006 20:01]
Custom casings would be sweet. Like: angular, HALO, M-16. Think of the fun- until you drop it in the drink. Also there needs to be a hopper thats feeds from the side or back, so you can see where you're shooting, duh!
pyron [07-06-2006 20:43]
basically a cross between airsoft and paintball, i'm sure there will be gear box upgrades to give better fps and if you increase the voltage and mAh of the battery you should get a better ROF and a larger shot capacity, i'm sure this is just the beginning of the airsoft/paintball crossover
lordmax [02-06-2006 16:28]
funny enough that is what you guys seen to be a bunch of retards, firstly it is a marker not a gun and secondly how do you guy judge a marker with out ever using it. been in paintball for many years and seen many different concepts and this one looks cool, then 300fps is the limit to markers and if you play with a hot marker then i dont know what to say.

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