Bolt Stick.

[RazorLine]

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]

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.

 

[RazorLine]

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.

Fresh Batery and havn't fiddled with the dwell, I'll give it a shot just now.

 

[Teddy picker99]

Have you taken the marker apart and cleaned the eyes, once youve chopped there may be something there stopping it from quite picking the ball up properly. X

 

[mark haddock]

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

 

[Teddy picker99]

Also clean your detents if you havent already, they may be stuck makin it double feed. X

 

[Bolter]

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?

 

[RazorLine]

Unfortunately can't shoot at my house so will try the dwell test when I can.

Eyes are clean, O rings are fine, Detents are fine n all.

Bolter How do I investigate/diagnose that issue?

 

[Teddy picker99]

http://www.paintballsolutions.com/05pb_solutions/pdf/manuals/AXE/Empire-Axe-Manual-ENG-Shockwave.pdf
Page 16 on that manual they show the check valve, its circled in red on the right picture. Its a tiny piece of plastic set in a hole, but is free to fall out if your not aware of it, x

 

[Bolter]

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!