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== Paintball manufacturing ==

A 1992 account of the company's St Petersburg, Florida, operation identified Paul Tournier as director of marketing for recreational products and Gary Jay as a development specialist in research and development. At that time, R. P. Scherer manufactured paintballs at its St Petersburg plant and in Windsor, Ontario.[2]

The manufacturing process began with powdered gelatin, which was mixed and formed into two continuous ribbons. These ribbons passed through rotating dies which formed the two halves of each shell. Liquid fill was injected between the halves as they were pressed together, producing a sealed paintball with a visible seam.[2][4]

Newly formed paintballs were washed to remove processing oil, dried and cured on trays. Finished batches were then inspected, separated by size and tested for characteristics including roundness, leakage, shell performance, accuracy and breakage. Random production samples were fired on an on-site test range.[2][4]

R. P. Scherer also manufactured .50- and .62-calibre paintballs, although .68 calibre was the standard size used for most recreational and tournament play.[4]