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RazorLine

Din Eidyn - Edinburgh Scotland.
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Hi all,
Unfortunately at the weekend my Axe kept going down, this was (from what I could see) due to the bolt not returning fully after chopping a ball (coating the bolt in paint) and preventing any paint entering the breach. Shot totally fine saturday and hasn't missed a beat since I got it new from you guys a few month back.

I tried different amounts of lube through the day, to see if this would make a difference which it didn't, torque on my Z2 turned down still made no change. I also changed to less brittle paint/winterformula later in the day again making no difference to chopping a ball as soon as I broke out causing it to go down.
You can understand the concern here as breaks are always a possibility especially with UK weather, and Its worrying having my new Marker chop and have the bolt become stuck in the breach.

I was wondering if anyone has had a similar issue? or knows of any ways to fix this? And would it be worth returning to yourselves to have a look at?


Any and all help would be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in Advance:
Martin
 

F3Z

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Mar 17, 2003
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Have you tried taking the loader off. Drop two balls in the breach and fire once. If the ball in the feedneck comes flying out then it's probably a dwell / battery issue.
 

mark haddock

if at 1st u dont succeed hit it harder
May 17, 2012
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had this on my axe at formula 5 last month took apart cleaned lubed and replaced oring which the bolt sits on use the axe at walk on 3 weeks later no problem mine you my z2 been playing up so been using my spire instead hope this helps
 

Bolter

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Aug 19, 2003
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Hi all,
Unfortunately at the weekend my Axe kept going down, this was (from what I could see) due to the bolt not returning fully after chopping a ball (coating the bolt in paint) and preventing any paint entering the breach. Shot totally fine saturday and hasn't missed a beat since I got it new from you guys a few month back.

I tried different amounts of lube through the day, to see if this would make a difference which it didn't, torque on my Z2 turned down still made no change. I also changed to less brittle paint/winterformula later in the day again making no difference to chopping a ball as soon as I broke out causing it to go down.
You can understand the concern here as breaks are always a possibility especially with UK weather, and Its worrying having my new Marker chop and have the bolt become stuck in the breach.

I was wondering if anyone has had a similar issue? or knows of any ways to fix this? And would it be worth returning to yourselves to have a look at?


Any and all help would be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in Advance:
Martin
Could it be the check valve is missing, or broken or displaced somehow?
 

Bolter

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Correct, and without it, you can have symptoms like you are having. Its very possible that its there and its nothing to do with the check valve, but its worth having a look. Its probably the smallest paintball gun part I've ever seen, so be careful!