Editing Daystate (section)

=== Early paintball manufacturing ===

Daystate Limited was established in England on 23 October 1978 and specialised in precharged pneumatic airguns.[3]

During the 1980s, the company became involved in manufacturing paintball equipment for the developing British recreational paintball market.

Early Daystate paintball markers were designed around compressed-air reservoirs rather than conventional 12-gram CO₂ cartridges.

This arrangement reflected the equipment and regulatory circumstances of British paintball during the period, when CO₂-powered markers faced restrictions in some areas.[1]

Daystate manufactured several generations of manually operated markers, subsequently identified as the Mark I, Mark II and Mark III.

The markers were used at commercial paintball sites, including those operated by the Skirmish network.