Editing National Survival Game (section)

=== Equipment development ===

During its early years, NSG primarily distributed equipment originally designed for agricultural and forestry applications.

In the mid-1980s, the company introduced the Splatmaster, a purpose-designed paintball marker using a lightweight polymer body and 12-gram CO2 cartridges.

The Splatmaster design was covered by United States Patent 4,531,503, issued to inventor Robert G. Shepherd on 30 July 1985.[6]

NSG subsequently introduced the Rapide, a repeating marker designed to offer faster operation than the original Splatmaster.

The company registered trademarks covering the Survival Game, Splatmaster, Rapide and associated equipment.

Trademark records also document the company's ICON brand, which covered marking pistols intended for police, security and military training applications.[7]