Editing Bambi Bullard (section)

== Paintball career ==

=== Founding Coastal Paintball USA ===

Bullard established [[Coastal Paintball USA]] in 1991.

According to a 2004 Marine Corps newspaper profile, she began with a 50-acre playing field and a collection of approximately 20 paintball pistols.[1]

She reported purchasing the initial markers for a total of $80.

The equipment was stored in a military-style locker.

This modest operation became the foundation of her paintball business.

=== Early equipment ===

Bullard's original equipment consisted of early paintball pistols.

By 2004, she regarded these markers as valuable historical equipment because of the changes that had occurred in paintball technology since the early 1990s.

The specific models have not yet been established.

=== Expansion ===

Coastal Paintball USA expanded during the 1990s and early 2000s.

By August 2004, Bullard operated three paintball fields in eastern North Carolina.[1]

The business served recreational paintball customers and contributed to the regional development of the sport.

The names, precise locations and operating dates of all three fields require further archival research.

=== Business model ===

Bullard operated Coastal Paintball as a small business.

In a marketing guide published by Tippmann, she described Coastal Paintball as a sole proprietorship established in 1991.[7]

She emphasised that smaller field operators could adopt marketing techniques used by larger paintball businesses without requiring comparable financial resources.