"We all have our gifts of birth to exploit," Severus says, for lack of anything better, with a meaningful half-nod or tenth of a bow. After a moment's thought, thinking of, for an example, Umbridge, "Well... some of us."
"That is correct," he agrees, with a brief approvingly entertained look at the colors of the pellets. "Which, is why I have, despite no intention of ever using a real one, asked for your help. The salespeople assured me that if I purchased a model based on a rifle, built-in equipment would prevent me needing to learn to aim, but I object to that course for several reasons."
For clarity, he bought two of the black model, which is handgun sized, for normal purposes including actual games of paintball, and one of the teeny green one as the equivalent of a bodice dagger. For the record, he hates that comparison. :D Holmes's look like rifle-sized models; is that right, or are they pistols, too?