Editing Glenn Palmer (section)

=== Dispute over priority ===

The question of whether Palmer or Orr developed pneumatic recocking first has been debated within paintball history.

In a 1996 WARPIG interview, Palmer argued that Orr had adapted principles already demonstrated by Palmer's earlier designs.[8]

WARPIG's subsequent Blazer review described the question as a continuing historical dispute.[2]

The evidence supports Palmer's development of a functioning gravity-fed pneumatic semiautomatic marker in 1988.

However, the broader development of semiautomatic paintball technology involved multiple designers and competing mechanisms.