My bolt snapped in half

[Raiders4276]

I was testin out my new epi and all of a sudden i heard a noise....i opened the gun up and found that the bolt broke in half....did this happen to anyone else?

[fireitup]

yeah happened to some people send it to smart parts theyll replace it for you

[bizzy377]

Ive heard about that but mine has not done that yet.... make sure your register your warenty and send it back they will replace it dude. Good luck

[Raiders4276]

yeah i called n they willreplace it....but im supposed to try out for like 4 teams this weekend...so there goes that...

[spyderballa92]

you should see if one of the guys will let your borrow one of their guns

[jdm_honda_itr]

yup it happened to me too. i know how that feel wen u bought a new gun with your 300 daller and the bolt snaps. dont worry once you change your bolt you wont see this problem ever again

[yourmomwasgood]

dont worry i got u an angel to use for the day!

[pb_kid47]

this happend to my cousins he got it from actionvillage they wouldent replace it for him and smart parts wasent gettin back to him on it. but isent that y they were doing the recall on the epi bolt?

[bizzy377]

Hope that doesnt happen to me..... this sunday will be competing at Hogans Alley...

[fireitup]

usually if it doesnt happen within the first time you play with it it wont happen at all

[fblainen11]

usually if it doesnt happen within the first time you play with it it wont happen at all

not true my friend. i shot mine 3 times before it broke. about 3 cases of paint.

[fireitup]

usually i didnt say always ;)

[mastermynd]

Another broken epi bolt. I had no idea what you guys were talking about until last night. I was playing around testing firing modes and then all of the sudden, it sounded like someone dropped a wrench into my feedneck.... then massive air leak.

Once I removed the bold, I noticed that I had sheered in half along the air ports. It looks like the air ports were milled too big and the metal just failed in like 10 places. I can post pics later, but this is a real problem.

The nature of the break would not allow for your internals to become scratched, since it was just the bolt grinding on the bolt, in my case.

I'm going to RMA gun and send it back this week. Hoping SP does me right. Will post the resolution for those of you who may be interested.

[Chilipeppers]

Weird.... never had that problem with mine

[Harkonnen]

just sucks it takes 15 minutes to replace the bolt if you have another. how quick does sp replace them?

Raiders - unless you are god's gift to pball don't borrow a gun at a tryout. it makes you look like someone who always needs something.

[Raiders4276]

yeah smart parts sent me another bolt and i replaced it...everything is fine now...

[FreakPaintBall86]

So.. the bolt that smart arts is replacing it with?? Is it the same as teh one that broke or is there a new release on one?

[fblainen11]

its the same kind of bolt, but its a different batch.

[mastermynd]

sp replaced my bolt in a few days...gun works fine again.

[FreakPaintBall86]

Until it snaps again! haha

What are all the parts that are inter-changable with the Epip and ion.

Cause i went to paintballgear.com and they dont list anything for the Epiphany, so im thinking its all teh ION parts

[fblainen11]

dont assume that. ask and make sure.

[fireitup]

pretty much everything but triggers