Editing CCI Phantom (section)

== Phantom Revolution ==

=== Experimental electronic marker ===

During the 1990s, Component Concepts developed an experimental semi-automatic marker called the '''Phantom Revolution'''.

The prototype used an electronically driven rotary breech rather than the conventional sliding bolt arrangement.

The rotating chamber was intended to load paintballs without the risk of a bolt cutting through a partially loaded paintball.

The mechanism incorporated an electronic control system activated by a microphone detecting the marker's discharge.

At the 1996 [[Paintball World Cup]], Mike Casady demonstrated working prototypes of the Phantom Revolution.

Contemporary reporting by [[WARPIG]] described the electronically controlled breech, mechanical firing trigger and use of two 9-volt batteries.[10]

The experimental version did not enter general commercial production.

=== Later Phantom Revolution ===

Around 2012, CCI introduced a different marker using the '''Phantom Revolution''' name.

Unlike the earlier electronic prototype, the production Revolution was a manually operated pump marker with an independent firing mechanism.

The pump action loaded the paintball, while a separate valve system controlled firing.

The marker did not use the conventional Phantom autotrigger mechanism.

CCI published a dedicated operating manual for the revised Revolution in 2012.[11]

Examples of the production Revolution were subsequently documented by [[Daniel Bacci]] through [[Bacci Paintball]] and PaintballHistory.com.[12]