Paintball land mine and methods of making and using same

A method of constructing a paintball land mine, wherein the method comprises:

• providing a paintball land mine assembly further comprising,
• providing a removable barrel assembly,
• attaching a plurality of barrel restrictors along a first side of the removable barrel assembly,
• providing a plurality of openings on a second side of the removable barrel assembly,
• attaching a removable reed valve manifold to the removable barrel assembly adjacent to the plurality of barrel restrictors such that the removable reed valve manifold substantially covers the first side of the removable barrel assembly,
• providing a plurality of paintballs such that each of the plurality of paintballs is located adjacent to the reed valve manifold and at least one of the barrel restrictors,
• attaching a removable combustion chamber adjacent to the reed valve manifold, wherein the removable combustion chamber is in fluid communication with the reed valve manifold and wherein the removable combustion chamber further includes a pre-assembled, blank firearm ammunition cartridge,
• providing a main body, wherein the main body is located adjacent to the removable combustion chamber;
• providing a plurality of jack bolts, wherein the plurality of jack bolts is operatively connected to the removable reed valve manifold, and wherein the plurality of jack bolts are capable of assisting in removing the removable reed valve manifold from the main body;
• and
• attaching a manual trigger assembly to the paintball land mine assembly, wherein the manual trigger assembly is located adjacent to the pre-assembled, blank firearm ammunition cartridge.

A method of using a paintball land mine, wherein the method comprises:

• providing a paintball land mine assembly further comprising,
• providing a removable barrel assembly,
• attaching a plurality of barrel restrictors along a first side of the removable barrel assembly,
• providing a plurality of openings on a second side of the removable barrel assembly,
• attaching a removable reed valve manifold adjacent to the removable barrel assembly adjacent to the plurality of barrel restrictors such that the removable reed valve manifold substantially covers the first side of the removable barrel assembly,
• providing a plurality of paintballs such that each of the plurality of paintballs is installed in one of the plurality of openings on the second side of the removable barrel assembly and each of the plurality of paintballs is located adjacent to the reed valve manifold and at least one of the barrel restrictors,
• attaching a removable combustion chamber adjacent to the reed valve manifold, wherein the removable combustion chamber is in fluid communication with the reed valve manifold and wherein the removable combustion chamber further includes a pre-assembled, blank firearm ammunition cartridge,
• providing a main body, wherein the main body is located adjacent to the removable combustion chamber;
• attaching a manual trigger assembly to the paintball land mine assembly, wherein the manual trigger assembly is located adjacent to the pre-assembled, blank firearm ammunition cartridge;
• and
• upon determining that a different removable reed valve manifold and a different removable combustion chamber need to be installed in the paintball land mine assembly;
• remove the removable barrel assembly,
• remove the removable reed valve manifold, wherein the remove the removable reed valve manifold further comprises:
• removing a plurality of fasteners that are used to attach the removable reed valve manifold to the main body,
• inserting a plurality of jack bolts into the removable reed valve manifold, and
• using the plurality of jack bolts to assist in removing the removable reed valve manifold from the main body,
• remove the removable combustion chamber,
• install a new removable combustion chamber,
• install a new removable reed valve manifold by attaching the new removable combustion chamber to the new reed valve manifold, and
• re-attach the removable barrel assembly to the new removable reed valve manifold.