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An adapter assembly for releasably interconnecting a pressurized bottle with a paintball marker, wherein the adapter assembly includes a piercing pin moveable between retracted position and an extended position. The adapter assembly includes an internally threaded female socket for releasably engagi

An adapter assembly for releasably interconnecting a pressurized bottle with a paintball marker, wherein the adapter assembly includes a piercing pin moveable between retracted position and an extended position. The adapter assembly includes an internally threaded female socket for releasably engaging the pressurized bottle, and an externally threaded male head for releasably engaging a corresponding female connector on the paintball marker. The spacing of the threaded connections and the travel of the piercing pin are selected such that the piercing pin punctures a frangible seal of the pressurized bottle subsequent to fluid interconnection of both the pressurized bottle and the paintball marker with the adapter assembly.

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1. An adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body having an internally threaded socket, an externally threaded head coaxially aligned with the internally threaded socket, and a passage through the head, the threaded socket including a positive stop, an O-ring and a vent, wherein the O-ring is lo

1. An adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body having an internally threaded socket, an externally threaded head coaxially aligned with the internally threaded socket, and a passage through the head, the threaded socket including a positive stop, an O-ring and a vent, wherein the O-ring is longitudinally intermediate the positive stop and the vent; and (b) piercing pin moveably connected to the adapter body within the passage between a retracted position and an extended position. 2. The adapter assembly of claim 1, wherein the piercing pin is in a piercing position in the extended position.3. The adapter assembly of claim 1, wherein the adapter body includes a pair of spaced shoulders selected to limit movement of the piercing pin between the retracted position and the extended position.4. The adapter assembly of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the piercing pin is disposed in the passage to define a flow path therebetween.5. An adapter assembly fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle with paintball marker, the adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body having a through passage, means for releasably engaging the bottle and means for releasably engaging the paintball marker, the through passage including an internal shoulder, an O-ring and a vent, wherein the O-ring is longitudinally intermediate the internal shoulder and the vent; and (b) a pin moveably connected to the adapter body in the through passage between a retracted position and an extended position, the pin forming a substantially sealed interface with the internal shoulder in the retracted position. 6. The adapter assembly of claim 5, wherein the adapter body and the pin are selected to dispose the pin in the extended position in response to operably engaging the adapter body with the paintball marker.7. The adapter assembly of claim 5, wherein the pin includes a driven end, the driven end sized to contact the paintball marker in the extended position.8. The adapter assembly of claim 5, wherein the means for releasably engaging the bottle includes a threaded connection.9. The adapter assembly of claim 5, wherein the means for releasably engaging the paintball marker includes a threaded connection.10. An adapter assembly fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle with a paintball marker, the adapter assembly comprising:(a) a piercing pin moveable between a retracted position and an extended position the piercing pin sized to contact the paintball marker in the extended position in operable engagement of the adapter assembly with the paintball marker. 11. The adapter assembly of claim 10, wherein the piercing pin is sized to project from an adjacent portion of the paintball marker in the retracted position.12. The adapter assembly of claim 10, further comprising an adapter body, wherein the piercing pin is moveably connected to the adapter body.13. The adapter assembly of claim 12, wherein the piercing pin includes a driven terminal end, the driven terminal end sized to contact the paintball market in the extended position.14. The adapter assembly of claim 12, wherein the adapter body includes a female socket for engaging the pressurized bottle, the female socket including a seal for forming a sealed interface with the pressurized bottle.15. An adapter assembly releasably fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle to a paintball marker, the paintball marker having a standoff, the adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body having sealing means forming a sealed interface with a portion of the pressurized bottle and means for releasably engaging the adapter body with the pressurized bottle; (b) a moveable pin connected to the adapter body and sized to contact the standoff to move to an extended position; and (c) engaging means for engaging the adapter body with the paintball marker. 16. The adapter assembly of claim 15, wherein the sealing means includes a seal in a female socket of the adapter body.17. An adapter assembly fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle to a paintball marker, the adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body having a passage, first means for forming a sealed interface between the adapter body and the pressurized bottle and second means for forming a sealed interface between the adapter body and the paintball marker, and (b) a piercing pin moveably connected to the adapter body between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the piercing pin contacts the paintball marker to move to the extended position upon a sealed interface between the passage and the paintball marker. 18. The adapter assembly of claim 17, wherein the first means for forming a sealed interface forms the sealed interface prior to piercing pin penetrating the bottle.19. An adapter assembly releasably fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle to a paintball marker, the adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body releasably engaging the pressurized bottle and the paintball marker, the adapter body including a through passage; and (b) a pin connected to the adapter body within the through passage to be moveable between an open position and a flow restricting position, the pin sized to contact the paintball marker to dispose the pin in the open position. 20. The adapter assembly of claim 19, wherein the pin includes a bulbous portion and the through passage includes a shoulder, the bulbous portion and the shoulder are sized to contact and from at least a substantially sealed interface therebetween.21. The adapter assembly of claim 19, wherein the flow restricting position of the pin precludes flow through the passage from the pressurized bottle to the paintball marker.22. The adapter assembly of claim 19, wherein an end of the pin projects from an adjacent portion of the adapter body in the flow restricting position of the pin.23. An adapter assembly releasably fluidly connecting a pressurized bottle to a paintball marker having an actuating stand off; the adapter assembly comprising:(a) an adapter body releasably engaging the pressurized bottle and the paintball marker, the adapter body including a through passage, a positive stop, an O-ring and a vent, wherein the O-ring is longitudinally intermediate the positive stop and the vent; and (b) a pin in the through passage, the pin moveable between an open position and a flow restricting position, the pin sized to contact the actuating stand off to move to the open position. 24. The adapter assembly of claim 23, wherein the passage includes a seat and the pin includes a shoulder, the seat and the shoulder sized to contact in the flow restricting position of the pin.25. The adapter assembly of claim 23, wherein an end of the pin projects from an adjacent portion of the adapter body in the flow restricting position on the pin.