The Proto SLG 08 Rollback Problem

The black cover under the feedneck is the eye system

Ok for those of you out there with this problem, there is a very easy, free way to fix the rollback problem and it could even be done in your living room! Let me give you a brief explaniation about what the rollback problem actually is. The Proto SLG has an eye system which basically detects a paintball in the chamber before you fire. If the eyes don't detect the ball, the marker will not shoot. Now if you have the SLG 08, the only problem that interferes with the eyes is the bolt that holds the paintball in place. I believe it was a simple manufacturing or engeneering problem but for some reason the bolt is like a few millimetters short of where it should be. So when you are playing and you begin firing everything works fine until you tilt your marker up. Once you do that, the ball slides back in the chamber just a few millimeters to the point where the eyes do not detect a ball. What happens next is another ball will be jammed into your chamber and when you shoot, both balls either jam or break in the chamber and leaves you stranded alone with a non-working marker in the middle of a game.

There is a very easy way to fix it and I'll tell you how in the following steps:





1. First of all, check to see that you even have the roll back problem. Simply place a ball in the chamber and lift your marker. If the indicator changes from green to red, you have the problem. If it doesn't, don't continue these steps because you don't even have to roll back problem.

2. Once you established that you have this problem, unscrew the first part of the bolt from the back. As you know the bolt consists of two parts. Only take out the first part when you unscrew the bolt, leave the second one in there.

That is the entire bolt system but when I say unscrew the first part I mean just the part of the bolt that comes out when you unscrew the bolt.

3. Now you see the second bolt in the chamber. Stick either your thumb or an allen key to the edge of the silver bolt and push down until you feel it move down a little bit more. Don't be scared you wont break it, your just making up the extra millimeters that Proto missed out on.

4. After pushing the bolt in further, reattach the part of the bolt you have unscrewed.

5. Now to test to see if it worked right, turn the marker on, put a ball into the chamber, and tilt the gun up. The indicator should stay green and the bolt wont move. If you do have to take the bolt out, just make sure you give it a little bit of a push to move it up to the necessary place.





Now enjoy playing with no roll back problem. Also, if you feel the eyes are giving you problems, don't forget to clean them every once in a while. If you get paint in there, the eyes won't function correctly. So you might want to check that before even trying to fix the rollback problem.





If any of you have any more questions, do not be scared to ask. I'll answer you as soon as possible.