Atomic Paintball Reviews

Over 90% of marker failures is due to poor marker maintenance.

These few marker care tips can extend the life of your marker, and minimize downtime on the field. Nothing is quite as bad as a misbehaving marker on the field. Before starting this endevour, read your marker manual it will have cleaning instructions and how to strip your marker and put it back together.

1. Make sure to lubricate the internals in your marker before playing, this can remove moisutre from your marker, and keep the o-rings from drying out. When an o-ring goes bad it can create havoc on your marker. So to lubricate the internals you can buy some air-tool oil and drop 2-3 drops in the ASA (Where you attach the co2/HPA/Nitro tank). Make sure not to use any petroleum based oils, as this can damage the internals.
2. After each day that you play, you should strip down the marker and remove any flecks of paint. Usually removing the barrel and bolt are sufficient enough cleaning, but if you got the marker really dirty, you may want to clean more.
3. Co2 o-rings will always fail on you at the worst moment. Make sure to carry a few with you.
4. If you play with an electronic hopper/marker, carry a spare battery or two incase you forgot to charge your marker the day before, or worse, the battery just fails on you.

Follow these simple steps, you can increase play time and minimize headaches. Markers are not a toy, they are mechanical tools used to play a game, and as such they can break down.

Good luck and have fun!