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Sometimes the name of a company
just fits perfectly and that’s definitely the case with Paintball Innovations.
These guys really do innovate. Their
drop-in .50 Caliber Conversion Kits for
Tippmann 98 based markers (including
second generation BT Slice &Valken’s
SW1 and the Tippmann FT12) are simple to install and in minutes you’re playing .50 caliber ball. And it’s just as easy
to switch back.
We caught up with Don Court and asked
a few questions about this new drop-in
conversion kit.

into other areas of paintball including
laser tag & 50 caliber. One of the big
issues we have had was getting our
hands on a reliable 50 caliber marker
Can you give us a few nuggets about that would meet the demand of a rental
your new products? What is unique
fleet that strives for the highest customabout them? What are the features?
er satisfaction. The markers that were
We call our system the BBCS for short,
available at that time were just not up
It is actually a Bolt/Barrel Combination
to par and after researching 50 caliber
System that incorporates the markers
markers, found that most manufactures
bolt and the barrel into one piece, which had not kept up with the field owners
then uses the standard .68 barrel as a
needs in supplying a reliable marker.
guide.
Out of this, I made the decision to
They are unique in the fact that they
spend some time and see what I could
use ‘Thru Bolt Technology’- with this
do to come up with a reliable 50 caliber
technology, the ball feeds into the cenmarker that would function well in the
ter of the bolt and is then fired thru the rental world, but wanted to keep it simconnected barrel portion of the kit.
ple and most of all keep the cost down
The kits were designed with Field ownfor field owners. After the 1st design
ers in mind; so not only does it convert was released in Feb 2013, we had a
the .68caliber marker to .50 caliber , it
great response from field owners as well
makes the marker multi-caliber.In the
as clients in the haunt industry.
case of the flip top style markers, they
With the success of the BBCS System,
can go between .68 &.50 caliber in unPaintball Innovations, Inc. was formed
der 2 minutes.
in November of 2013 as a separate corporation.
How did you get started with PaintHow is it going for you so far?
ball Innovations?
The Extravaganza was very interesting,
Paintball Innovations was formed in
I have been to a few as a field owner,
2012 as a division of DBS Enterprises,
but this was my first as a manufacturer.
Inc , better known as DoodleBugSportz
I spoke with a lot of field owners about
aka DBS Paintball.
.50 caliber equipment and the growth
potential it offers to fields with the lowDoodlebug Sportz was started in the
er impact and younger player base that
late 90’s and has retail store, indoor
was out of reach with .68 caliber paintand outdoor playing fields. After a devastating fire in 2009 at the indoor facili- ball.
ty we built a new state of the art indoor
www.PaintballInnovations.com
facility. With that facility we expanded
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