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Marker Maintenance Tips and Tricks
This article lists several marker maintenance tips and tricks. After purchasing your high-end electronic marker or high-end mechanical marker, you will want to be vigilant about cleaning it out regularly and keep it all adds up so that it will continue to operate at a very high level. While this article will not tell you everything you need to know about maintaining your marker and fixing any problems with it, it will offer you some excellent pointers. Readers of this article will learn how to use a squeegee, the most common causes of marker failure, and what kind of tools a player will need to fix his machine. At the end of this article, you will recommend some of the best markers in the industry, as well as some of the best marker accessories. Top performing markers include the Bob Long Defiant II, Macdev Cyborg, and Palmers Pursuit Nasty Typhoon.
For a marker to continue to perform at its best, it must have all of its working components in good condition and working smoothly. If any of its parts are worn out or not oiled properly, your marker could fail to fire, or not shoot straight paintballs. If your marker is not working the way you would usually expect to, you should check to see if the bolt is sticking. A bolt that sticks can greatly impair the performance of your machine. If you discover that the bolt is sticking, check to see if the component is worn out or damaged. If you check the vault and don't see any major wear and tear, then try adding the proper lubrication to it. Before finishing up with your bolt inspection, check to make sure that the sticky bolt has not caused any of the other market components to become damaged.
Even if your marker is performing the way that you want it to, make sure to keep the parts oiled as the manual says to do. After you are done playing for the day, take your paintball gun home and open it up to lubricate some of its individual components. Apply a drop of oil to each internal piece. After applying a drop of oil, wipe it around with a piece of cloth, making sure that the springs and the sidewalls of the hammer and seal get a uniform, very light coat of oil. Before adding each drop of oil, look to make sure that the parts are clean and devoid of any dirt or paint residue. Check with the marker manual on what oil to use. Use oil made specifically for paintball markers. Paintball specific oils go easy on paintball parts such as o-rings and do not damage any of its components. Talk to an airsmith if you are not sure which will would be best for use with your marker.
Make sure that you do not use too much oil when cleaning your marker. If the markers components are coated with too much oil, broken shell fragments, dirt, and other debris may attach to them. You want to make sure that you do not use too much oil the first time that you repay your new marker. When shopping for a new marker, you should see a full a Spyder MR2, Brass Eagle Blade Turbo, and Chipley Custom Machine CCM SS-25. The CCM SS-25 is one of the industries fastest machines.
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