User Manual

• Cylinder valves must be installed or repaired only by properly trained personnel.

• Do not overll a cylinder! Never exceed the air cylinder’s capacity.

• Do not expose pressurized air cylinder to temperatures exceeding 130 degrees

Fahrenheit (55 degrees Celsius).

• Do not use caustic cleaners or strippers on the air cylinder or cylinder valve and do

not expose to corrosive materials.

• Do not modify the air cylinder in any way. Never try to disassemble the cylinder

valve from the air cylinder.

• Any air cylinder that has been exposed to re or heated to a temperature of 350

degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) or more must be destroyed by properly

trained personnel.

• Use appropriate gas for your cylinder. Only use compressed air in a compressed air

cylinder. Never use any other gas than high pressure air (HPA).

• Keep all cylinders out of the reach of children.

• The air cylinder should be inspected and hydrostatically retested at least every 5

years by a DOT licensed agency.

• Keep exposed skin away from escaping gas when installing or removing the air

cylinder, or if the marker or air cylinder is leaking. Compressed air is very cold, and

can cause frostbite under certain conditions.

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Air Cylinder Removal

1. Read Air Cylinder Warnings (page 13) and Air Cylinder Safety Tips (page 13-14)

before beginning the cylinder removal process.

2. Eye protection designed for paintball use must be worn by the user and any person within

range.

3. Follow the Unloading Your Marker instructions on page 10.

4. Watch the marks on the cylinder and cylinder valve as you turn the cylinder approximately

¾ turn counterclockwise. This allows the air valve pin to close so that no air will enter the

marker.

5. Remove the barrel blocking device. Set the Safety to re mode. Point the marker in a

safe direction, and discharge the remaining gas in the marker by repeatedly pulling the

trigger until the marker stops ring (this may take 4-5 shots). If your marker continues to

re, the cylinder’s pin valve has not closed yet. The cylinder pin valve could be longer than

usual. Because of the variances in cylinder pin valve parts, each cylinder varies slightly

on exactly how far it has to be turned. Turn the cylinder counterclockwise a little further

and repeat this step until the marker does not re. Only then remove the air cylinder.

NOTE: If during this step, you turned the air cylinder and it began to leak before you pulled

the trigger, the cylinder O-ring should be checked for damage before any re-assembly (see

Repairing Air Cylinder Leaks below).

6. After the air cylinder is removed, again point and re the marker in a safe direction to verify

the marker is completely discharged of gas.

7. Move the Safety to safe mode (see page 6) and install the barrel blocking device (see

page 5).

Repairing Air Cylinder Leaks

The most common leak occurs from a bad air valve O-ring. To replace a valve O-ring you must

rst remove the bad O-ring and then install a new one. This O-ring is located on the tip of your

air valve. The best valve O-rings are made of urethane. Urethane O-rings are not affected by