hey the most important think is to get the marker set up right... dwell, trigger standard board settings etc
i brought two new ones ....wanted to use them straight away... even though the shop offered to show me the settings, internals and basic maintanance
being using them all year STRAight from the box..... and was HAPPY...
However just brought another one for my son which was owned previously by a team player and properly set up .... and after test firing it can not believe what i have been missing on performance... distance and accuraracy ..
i have now got to seriously look at the Ion forums and learn about an Ion inside and out..