Proto Rail 2010 User Manual

USA 10637 Scripps Summit Ct. San Diego, CA 92131

Proto Paintball

P 858-536-5183 F 858-536-5191

EUROPE Dye House, 7-8 Commerce Way

Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom, CR0 4XA

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www.protopaintball.com

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Copyright ©2010 DYE Precision, Inc. The stylized “proto” logo, the “P” logo, and RAIL are

either registered trademarks, trademarks, or design trademarks of DYE Precision, Inc.

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Covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents, 5,613,483; 5,881,707; 5,967,133; 6,035,843 and 6,474,326.

DYE Precision, Inc. U.S. Patent # 5,613,483. OTHER U.S. AND INT’L PATENTS PENDING.

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R A I L ™ O W N E R ’ S M A N U A L

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INCLUDED WITH YOUR PROTO MATRIX RAIL™

MATRIX Marker

Allen tool set including 0.05”, 1/16”, 5/64”,

3/32”, 1/8”, 5/32”, 3/16” and 1/4”.

1/2 oz. DYE Slick Lube™

Parts Kit

Barrel Sock

Owner’s Manual

Warranty Card

9V Battery

The RAIL™ comes with the tools required to perform

general maintenance and setting up.

For a complete service the following tools are required

3/8” allen key

5/16” allen key

#0 Phillips head screw driver

A sharp pick to remove O-rings

TABLE OF CO N T E N TS

- IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 02

- QUICK START UP GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE04

- RAIL™ BOARD SETTINGS AND FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 06

- TRIGGER ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 14

- RAIL™ BOLT ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 16

- RAIL™ BOLT O-RING LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 19

- FEED NECK ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 20

- AIRPORT ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 22

- HYPER3™ REGULATOR ADJUSTMENT AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 24

- VELOCITY ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 24

- ANTI CHOP EYES AND BALL DETENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 26

- TROUBLE SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 28

- EXPLODED VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 32

- WARRANTY AND LEGAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 33

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W A R N I N G

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND GU IDELINES

W A R N I N G

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND GU IDELINES

• The RAIL™ marker is not a toy. Misuse may cause serious injury or death.

• Please read, understand and follow the directions in the RAIL™
owner’s manual.

• Eye protection that is designed specifically for paintball and meets
ASTM/CE standards must be worn by user and persons within range.

• Recommend 18 years or older to purchase. Person under 18 must
have adult supervision.

• Always treat the RAIL™ marker as if it were loaded and able to fire.

• Only use compressed air or nitrogen gas in the RAIL™ marker.
DO NOT USE CO2.

• Do not exceed 850 psi input pressure.

• Only use .68 caliber paintballs that meet ASTM/CE standards.

• Ensure all air lines and fittings are tightened and secured before
gassing up the RAIL™.

• Always chronograph the RAIL™ marker before playing paintball.

• Never shoot the RAIL™ marker at velocities in excess of 300 feet
per second, or at velocities greater than local or national laws allow.

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• Never look into the barrel or breech area of the RAIL™ when the
marker is switched on and able to fire.

• Compressed gas is dangerous, do not allow compressed gas to
come in contact with your skin or try to stop a leak by covering it
with your hand.

• Always fit a barrel blocking device to your RAIL™ when not in use on
the field of play.

• The owner’s manual and any related warnings or instructions should
always accompany the product for reference or in the event of resale
and new ownership.

• Do not point the RAIL™ marker at anything that you do not intend to
shoot.

• Do not shoot at people, animals, houses, cars or anything not related
to the sport of paintball.

• Do not fire the RAIL™ without the bolt screwed in completely.

• If you read these instructions and do not fully understand them or are
unsure of your ability to make necessary adjustments properly,
call DYE Precision or your local pro shop for help.

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QUICK REFERENCE

USING YOUR MARKER

QUICK START UP GUIDE

Before playing with your new RAIL™ paintball marker there are a few

important steps to take.

STEP 1. BATTERY INSTALLATION

A. Remove three right hand side grip panel screws with a 3/32” allen key.

B. Open grip panel and install 9V battery into the connector inside the frame.

C. Close grip panel and tighten the three screws back. While closing the panel

observe that no wires get caught between the frame and the grip panel.

STEP 2. BARREL INSTALLATION

A. Screw on the barrel to the front of the RAIL™. Make sure it threads all the

way in and tightens good.

B. Attach the barrel sock so that it covers the tip of the barrel and secure the

strap around the back of the RAIL™.

STEP 3. LOADER INSTALLATION

A. Use the thumbscrew to tighten your loader into the adjustable feedneck on

the RAIL™. For best performance you need a force feeding motorized loader,

preferably the Rotor™ Loader. Loader should now be held in with a snug fit.

QUICK REFERENCE

USING YOUR MARKER

STEP 4. ATTACHING GAS SOURCE

A. Screw in your air system to the ON/OFF airport and turn the knob of the

airport clockwise, all the way in.

STEP 5. TURNING ON THE RAIL™ AND CHECKING THE VELOCITY

A. Make sure you and everybody around you is wearing ASTM / CE approved

paintball masks.

B. Press and hold the top button located behind the grip frame until the

RAIL™ turns on. WARNING, the RAIL™ is LIVE. Make sure barrel sock is in place

and do not point the RAIL™ at anything you don’t intend to shoot.

C. Fill up the loader with .68 caliber paintballs.

D. Shoot the RAIL™ over a chronograph to check the velocity. If adjustment is

needed, adjust the velocity by turning the Hyper3™ velocity adjustment screw

with a 3/16” allen key. In (clockwise) will reduce the velocity and out (counter

clockwise) will increase the velocity. After each adjustment it takes a few

shots before the change can be seen on the chronograph. Never adjust the

RAIL™ to shoot faster than 300fps or what the field rules / local laws permit.

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RAIL™BOARD

SETTINGS AND FUNCTIONS

RAIL™BOARD

SETTINGS AND FUNCTIONS

TURNING THE RAIL™ ON AND OFF

To turn on the RAIL™, press and hold the power button until
the LED’s turn blue. The blue light indicates board boot up.
After the boot up sequence, the LED’s will turn either RED
(no ball) or GREEN (ball ready to fire). To turn the RAIL™ off,
press and hold the power button until the LED’s turn off.

NOTE: The RAIL™ automatically switches off after 10
minutes of non-use.

FIRING THE RAIL™

As soon as the marker is turned on and the LED’s turn from
blue to either red or green, the RAIL™ is ready to fire. If there
is no ball and the LED’s are RED, you need to hold the
trigger for 1 second to force the RAIL™ to fire once. If there is
a paintball inside the breech and the LED is green, just press
the trigger to fire the marker.

LED LIGHT INDICATOR

The RAIL™ uses two super bright LED’s mounted on the circuit
board inside the grip frame. These two lights are used to
provide information to the user about the RAIL™. They will
always show the same information and it does not matter
which LED you look at. One is mounted behind the RAIL™ logo
on the left side of the grip panel. The other one can be seen
by looking at the top left side of the grip frame while holding
the RAIL™ in the position you would while playing a game.

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When you turn on the marker in normal operation mode with the power button, the light colors
mean the following:

Blue - Boot sequence

Red - Breech is clear, no ball detected inside the RAIL™ (eye is on)

Green - Ball in breech, ready to fire (eye on)

Blinking Red - Eye is turned off
Blinking Green - Eye failure, eye is blocked or dirty (see RAIL™ Eye, page 26)
Blinking Blue - Indicates a low battery; battery should be changed as soon as possible

NOTE: The eye is always activated when you turn the marker on.

To turn off the eye feature press and hold the bottom button until the LED light starts blinking
Red indicating the eye feature is turned off.

When servicing your marker:

• Make sure a barrel sock is fitted to the RAIL™.

• Make sure your hopper is removed from the RAIL™.

• Make sure there are no paintballs in the breech of the RAIL™.

• Always remove the first stage regulator and relieve all residual gas
pressure from the RAIL™ before disassembly.

• The RAIL™ can hold a small residual charge of gas, typically 2 shots, with
the first stage regulator removed. Always discharge the marker in a safe
direction to relieve this residual gas pressure.

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RAIL™BOARD

SETTINGS AND FUNCTIONS

RAIL™BOARD

SETTINGS AND FUNCTIONS

FIGURE 1

Anti Bolt Stick - When ABS is activated, the dwell is increased after

15 seconds of non-use for the next shot fired. This helps to prevent
bolt-stick, but may result in higher velocity for the first shot.

BOARD SETTINGS AND CONFIGURATION MODE

There are five settings you can alter on the RAIL™ board with
the DIP switches inside the grip frame (see figure 1):

ABS Anti Bolt Stick.
Trigger Sensitivity This setting adjusts the delay

Dwell This is the time the solenoid is

Rate Of Fire Rate Of Fire when the eye is

Firing Mode This is the firing mode the RAIL™ uses.

There are two DIP switches mounted on the board of the
RAIL™ (See figure 1). The first one is used for the ABS
setting and the second one is used to access a
configuration mode which changes the other four settings.

between two trigger pulls.

activated for.

deactivated.

ABS ON

(DEFAULT)

ABS OFF

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Configuration Mode - The following settings can only be

modified in configuration mode. To activate the configuration
mode, turn your marker off and set DIP switch 2 to the ON
position. Next, turn your marker on. The LED's cycle through
all colors for one second to indicate that you have entered
the configuration mode.

To cycle through different settings, pull and release the trigger.
Configuration mode has 4 settings that can be changed.

TO CHANGE A VALUE OF A SETTING

1. While in the configuration mode, choose the color you wish to change by pulling the trigger.

2. When the LED indicates the color you wish to change, pull and hold the trigger until the LED
starts to flash.

3. The LED will flash as many times as the previous setting was and it will then turn off. Now pull
the trigger as many times as you wish the new setting to be.

4. When done, the LED will cycle through all the colors again to indicate setting was saved and
turn back to green. You can now change another setting or quit the configuration mode.

5. To exit configuration mode, set DIP 2 to the OFF position.

• The RAIL™ is not water resistant. Excess moisture can cause damage
to electronic parts.

• Keep the board and all electrical components clean of dirt, paint and moisture.

• To clean the board, use canned air. If a more aggressive cleaning method
is needed, lightly scrub the components with a soft, dry brush.
Heavy scrubbing will damage the board.

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NORMAL

MODE

CONFIGURATION

MODE