OWNER’S MANUAL
CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
2. Introduction and Specifications Welcome to the world of the Empire AXE. The Empire AXE is a modern culmination in the pursuit of speed, technology, weight reduction, and overall performance. It started with radical imaginative concepts, which in turn inspired years of research and development, plus countless hours of testing and engineering.
. Basic Operation Safety and safe marker handling are the most important aspects of paintball sports. Please practice each of the following steps with an unloaded marker before attempting to charge your marker with compressed air and paintballs. • Keep your finger out of the trigger guard and away from the trigger; point the barrel of the marker in a safe direction at all times. Keep the marker turned off when not in use. The Empire AXE uses a power switch for its safety device.
Warning: • Remember compressed air or nitrogen systems can be extremely dangerous if misused or improperly handLED. Use only cylinders meeting D.O.T. or regionally defined specifications. • Never add any lubricants or greases into the fill adapter on your tank regulator or into the Empire AXE regulator. • When connecting a remote system with a slide check, the sudden pressurization from the slide check can force the poppet open briefly, sometimes pushing a ball past the detents.
. Installing a Loader and Paintballs 8. Break Beam Eyes Operation The Empire AXE comes equipped to accept standard-gravity feed loaders as well as most agitating and force-feed loaders. Fit the loader directly into the feed neck. It might be necessary to adjust the feed necks clamping screw to your loader. The Empire AXE uses a break beam eye system to determine the presence or absence of a ball for the purposes of reduced paint breakage and optimum rates of fire.
• • • • • • • • • Flip the regulators on/off arm forward so it’s facing the front of the marker; allow the air to vent and remove your air cylinder by unscrewing it counter-clockwise. If you are using an electronic loader make sure loader is completely turned off. Slightly tilt the marker so that the loader is lower than the body. Remove the loader by undoing the clamp and spinning it in a clockwise direction and gently lifting it.
To increase (+) velocity, unscrew or loosen the velocity adjustment screw by turning it counter-clockwise. Rotate the velocity adjustment screw counterclockwise in small increments (1/4 turn or less), stopping between slight turns to test velocity, until desired velocity is achieved. Do not back the adjuster out passed being flush. Stop if you hear an air leak, and adjust back in a 1/4 turn. A paintball specific radar chronograph should be used to accurately measure your velocity.
Once you push the function button the appropriate amount of times to get into the desired function, the LED will flash a specific color per the descriptions below followed by a number of flashes which will indicate the current setting in that function.
Max Rate-of-Fire (ROF) To get into the ROF function, make sure power is off, then push function button (B) two times and LED will turn to a solid green and then flash to indicate the current maximum rate of fire that you are currently set to. Default is 20 BPS (balls per second). To adjust ROF push the function button (B) two times and while the LED is lit a solid green use either the function button (to toggle up or increase your ROF) or the power button (to decrease the ROF).
Ramping Point To get into the ramping point function make sure the power is off, then push the function button 5 times and the LED will turn to a quickly flashing green and then slowly flash to indicate the ramping point setting you are currently using. The default ramping point for PSP firing mode is 8 flashes (4 BPS). The default ramping point when firing mode is changed to millennium firing mode is 10 (5 BPS). Ramping point is adjustable from (3– 9 BPS).
. Trigger Adjustments.....(continued). 13. General Maintenance CAUTION: Before attempting to perform any maintenance operations, make sure that all paintballs and air sources have been removed from the marker and that the regulator gauge reads 0 psi. Install a barrel-blocking device, and push the power button and hold for over 2 seconds until the LED light changes from red to green. Keep the Empire AXE power off.
14. Storage and Transportation 15. Assembly/Disassembly Caution: Never carry your Empire AXE uncased when not on a playing field. The nonplaying public and law enforcement personnel may not be able to distinguish between a paintball marker and firearm. For your own safety and to protect the image of the sport, always carry your Empire AXE in a suitable marker case or in the box in which it was shipped.
Maintenance of Bolt and Bolt Guide • Inspect the O-rings on both the bolt and bolt guide for any wear or damage. Replace damaged or worn O-rings if necessary. • Wipe the parts down with a clean rag removing any old grease or debris. • Lubricate all O-rings on bolt and bolt guide with the supplied grease or Dow 33. Only a small amount of grease is needed. Maintenance of Poppet While the bolt guide assembly is out of the marker, you can service the poppet.
Grip Frame and Bolt Guide Locking Assembly Warning: It is recommended that you do not remove the grip frame, as removing it will expose the bolt guide locking assembly; this consists of a spring, detent, and button. These parts are held in place by the grip frame. If you do need to remove the grip frame, be careful not to lose these parts. Removal of Grip Frame • Using a 1/8” Allen wrench, remove both grip frame retention screws turning by them counter-clockwise.
Regulator Removal of Regulator • Loosen the two regulator mount set screws located on the bottom of the grip frame with a 3/32” Allen wrench by turning them counter-clockwise. • The regulator and regulator mount can now be pulled down and removed from the grip frame. Be careful not to lose the female air transfer tube bottom O-ring, which sits on the bottom of the female air transfer tube.
Empire Axe Troubleshooting 16. Troubleshooting Guide Note: if you are experiencing any problems and you are using any aftermarket parts, it is necessary to re-install the factory parts and re-test before attempting any troubleshooting, as non-factory aftermarket parts are not designed by Empire Paintball to work in the Axe, and they may be the cause of the problems. Do not contact Empire Paintball until you have returned the Axe to factory stock condition and tested.
Regulator leaks from bottom plug Adjust over-pressurization relief valve. 16. Trouble Shooting Guide.....(continued) The plug on the underside of the regulator is an over-pressurization relief. If it is leaking, most likely the regulator is set to too high of a pressure and needs to be lowered. If the regulator is set to 200 psi or less and the over-pressurization relief is still leaking, it is possible to turn the plug cap just a small amount in the clockwise direction, until the leak stops.
below 180 psi. Marker may need to be greased. Clean old grease from the poppet, the bolt and bolt guide o-rings and apply fresh grease. Do not use too much, as it will prevent the moving parts from cycling smoothly. Dwell may be set too low or too high. Reset the dwell setting to the factory default. Check valve may be missing. Make sure the check valve is in place. Battery may be low. Replace battery with a fresh Duracell or Energizer brand alkaline 9V. Poppet o-ring may be worn.
17. Diagrams and Parts List REF # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 DESCRIPTION Set Screw (6-32 x .
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