Editing Bob Gurnsey (section)

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Event
|-
| Before 1981
| Operates a sporting goods business in New Hampshire
|-
| 27 June 1981
| Participates in and helps organise the first recorded paintball game
|-
| Late 1981
| Establishes National Survival Game with support from Charles Gaines and Hayes Noel
|-
| 1982
| Develops commercial paintball equipment packages and field-licensing arrangements
|-
| 1983
| National Survival Game organises its first championship tournament
|-
| 1980s
| Oversees development and commercialisation of the Splatmaster
|-
| 30 July 1985
| Patent associated with the Splatmaster issued
|-
| Late 1980s
| National Survival Game introduces the Rapide
|-
| 1989
| Rapide promotional material documents the marker in commercial use
|-
| Around 1990
| National Survival Game experiences major insurance and legal difficulties
|-
| Early 1990s
| National Survival Game ceases operations
|-
| September–October 1992
| Action Pursuit Games publishes historical interviews with Gurnsey
|-
| 2003
| Diagnosed with leukaemia, according to later historical reporting
|-
| 2014–2015
| Works with historians to document surviving National Survival Game memorabilia
|-
| 24 August 2015
| Dies
|-
| 2017
| Posthumously inducted into the inaugural Paintball Hall of Fame class
|}