CAUTION:                                  

Your paintball marker is not a TOY. It can cause serious injury or death. It is recommended that you be 18 years or older to purchase this product from the manufacture. When the marker is not in play installation of the barrel plug should be installed. All team members and individual using paintball guns or markers or within range of the products being used, must wear eye and face protection designed for paintball. Never shoot anyone who is not wearing his or her proper protective equipment PPE. Treat every paintball marker as if it were loaded. Never look down the barrel of your marker. Keep your marker safety on until you are ready to shoot. Always remove your air or gas source before you disassemble your marker for cleaning, repairs or retain maintenance. Only fire 0.68 caliber size paintball in your marker. This was the short version of your owner’s manual NOW read your manual on your marker and air system warnings before you use it or thinking about firing paint.

Now that you have read your Owner’s Manual about your Marker. You have spent your hard earn cash for your paintball marker taking time to clean and lubricate the maker correctly will help insure the longer life and enjoyably of play. In your manual, learn all about the parts, what they do, how they work and where they go is very important. Taking a few moments now, to get into the habit of setting up steps to follow after each play, will give you the best ability and years of performance from your marker.

Here is a general guideline of cleaning paintball guns (markers) because I am sure that your Momma already taught you how to wipe and you cannot wipe on the field. It is better to have a clean gun and free firing trigger than sitting out a few games with a jammed trigger or barrel problems.

When you finish a round of play inspect and remove any pieces of broken paintball from your marker. To start cleaning first remove the air source from the gun, Never try to clean your paintball gun unless the air or gas source has been disconnected and the unit is depressurized.  Once a month or more if you are an avid player the next thing you should get your manual for the parts list view of your unit so that you can strip down your marker for a good cleaning with warm water. The manual will make putting your gun back together much easier until you have done it a few times and then you will be surprised how easy it is. Next, remove the hopper, barrel, bolt, hammer and grip frame as your manual instructs, place them orderly nearby. This should ease any of your frustrations when you go to reassemble your unit.

Start at the barrel using a squeegee to clean the inside of your barrel. Use warm water and clean the inside and outside of the barrel. Mark sure that the inside of your unit is dry and that the outside is dry.    Use your warm water to clean the hammer and bolt of your unit. Dry, them inspect the o-rings and lubricate them using only the lubricants that your units manufacture recommends because some lubricants will damage o-rings causing air leaks to your marker. Also replace any damaged or any o-rings that look old and cracked. Cleaning the inside hard to reach places use a Q-tip, small toothbrush or pick to clean whatever it takes these hard to reach areas need cleaned too.

The last thing to clean is the grip and frame of your unit using a toothbrush or scrub brush to get down into the grips.

Once you have inspected the internal parts and have determined that they are clean and working properly, you will need to lubricate moving parts, o-rings, barrel and frame with the oil or silicone that your manufacture of your unit recommends with a light layer of lubricant.

ONLY USE MANUFACTURER RECOMMEND LUBRICATE TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE OF PARTS TO YOUR MARKER.

Now reassemble your marker following your owner’s manual as a guide and store your marker in a safe dry place. Make it a good habit of cleaning your paintball gun regularly and it won’t be a boring choir and you won’t be on the side line wondering why my marker won’t FIRE.