Editing Steve Constable (section)

=== Wooden PSI M-16 ===

One of Constable's earliest original paintball marker designs was a wooden-bodied rifle resembling the M-16.

The marker was developed during approximately 1985–1987.

It incorporated a pump-action firing mechanism and an internal carbon dioxide reservoir.

Constable based its operating mechanism on the Nelson Nelspot system, adapting the design to suit his own construction.[1]

The original model used .62-calibre paintballs.

According to Constable's recollections, approximately '''20 wooden examples''' were manufactured.

The marker demonstrated his early experimentation with integrating the gas reservoir and operating mechanism within a complete rifle-style enclosure.

Constable also described experimenting with .50-calibre equipment during this period.

His later recollections acknowledge that some early experimental designs operated at velocities that would not meet modern paintball safety expectations.[1]