I wanted to pass a few things along to everyone. There is always a lot of talk about oiling your marker. Here are some helpful hints.

1- The right oil. Remember that your marker is NOT an actual gun. There is no gun-powder or similar issues in your marker. Oil for actual fire-arms is designed to lubricate the guns parts as well as provide clumping for collecting gun-powder and other substances so that they can be cleaned easier. Do you want substances to clump in your marker? No. The better alternative is to use an air-tool oil such as Marvel Mystery Air Tool Oil (my personal favorite). Air tool oils also DO NOT contain substances found in other oils that erode rubber (i.e. your o-rings) and they are designed to keep those same parts from overhardening (and becoming useless).

2- When to oil. I oil my marker before every game/practice. Just a good idea to keep it ready to go.

3- How to oil. Take off your barrel and hopper (remove all paintballs). Put 2-3 drops of oil in your ASA or tomb-stone. Connect your air and fire the marker 3-4 times to make sure you don't see the oil residue coming out of the front of the marker where the barrel was.

4- TO AVOID.
* Never put oil in the remote hose. if you do you risk the oil setting and seeping in the hose and later coming out during a game.
* Never fire oil through the marker with your barrel on. This causes oil residue to coat your barrel and then paintballs go off-target.
* Never fire oil through at the same time as paint for the same above-mentioned reason.

5- Tear-Doen/Re-Build. Always oil your internals when doing a tear-down and re-build of your marker. Remember to fire air through it as in 3 (refer to 4 to avoid).

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Good stuff above, but I have some to add:
1. I use either marker oil, or "air gun" oil" If it works in a pellet rifle, it will work in a marker ( a BIG pellet gun!)
2. You shouldn't need to oil befor everygame. Just once per day of play. befor you start. I also oil after play to keep it all nice for storage.
3. Be carefull - to much oil is worse than not enought. Espically important when rebuilding..

What I meant by everygame was events - not minigames, so we are on the same page.

True - too much is a problem. I did forget to mention that. When I rebuild i do a general wipedown to get rid of the excess oil.

Thanks!

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Good advice though I do have one area That in My experience I disagree with. I have used Gun oil on My A5 since I obtained it and Its worked great.
Since the A5 comes with warranty for a year if the oil wasnt good for the gun they would not put this in the owners manual.."We recommend
using a premium gun oil (Hoppes #9 gun oil) to maintain
your marker in good working condition." Thats what I have used and never had any build up.

Ok got a couple of questions on this my A5 came with lubriplate pb gun oil do I use this to oil the marker before a game as stated above and where do I oil it in the asa and what is the asa any help here thanks!!!!!!

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The ASA is the Air Source Adapter - essentially, it's where you put your tank. 1 or 2 drops there should be good. Remember the golden rule of oiling - not enough sucks, and too much sucks. Gold Cup is my local paintball store, so I'm lucky enough to be able to buy that stuff by the truckload.


This is one thing I've never understood. What is Hoppe's #9 gun oil? I know Hoppe's makes oil (and I use it), but Hoppe's #9 is a solvent designed to break down gunpowder residue in a firearm. It is certainly NOT a lubricant.

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I think they mean Hoppes gun oil. I've seen different packaging on Hoppes products, some with #9, some without. What Tippman includes with their markers in the little blisterpack is made by Lubriplate and is nothing but food grade fortified mineral oil. It is so safe you can eat it. Order it from Paintball Pat in a 4oz bottle that will last you FOREVER. He buys in bulk and re-packages the oil, and he was actually recommended by they guys at Tippman tech support. It's about $9 if I remember, and a heck of lot better deal than the $3 blister pack. Here's the link, just call or email him and he'll fix you up. http://www.paintballpat.com/index.htm

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Yeah, I just thought I'd nitpick.

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How about 3-n-1 oil?

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