Editing PMI Trracer (section)

=== Development and introduction ===

The original Trracer was developed by Brian Sullivan of Air Concept Industries, a California paintball equipment manufacturer.

ACI manufactured the marker for distribution by Pursuit Marketing Inc., an established American paintball equipment supplier.

The Trracer was introduced around 1992 as a relatively inexpensive alternative to more costly pump-action markers.[1][2]

Its design used an aluminium receiver and valve assembly combined with polymer components, including the grip frame and pump handle.

These manufacturing choices reduced the retail price while retaining a conventional mechanical pump-action operating system.

A historical technical guide identifies the Trracer as the recipient of ''Paintball Consumer Reports International'' magazine's Pump Gun of the Year recognition in 1992.[5]