Safety Recall - BE Blade Turbo

[Junkie]

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

PRODUCT RECALL

January 31, 2006

BRASS EAGLE TURBO™ AND
PAINTBALL BREAKOUT PLAYER’S KIT™

NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

UNITS AFFECTED:

Blade Turbo™, Model No. 0488-00; UPC Code 835924009712
Paintball Breakout Player’s Kit™, Model No. 0848-00; UPC Code 835924013542
(All serial numbers and lot numbers)

POTENTIAL HAZARD:

The piercing screw could fail, allowing the C02 cartridges to eject through the back of the piercing screw. The C02 cartridges could cause an injury to the user or another individual, if a paintball mask is not being worn pursuant to Company instructions.

RECALL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Immediately cease using your Blade Turbo™ paintball marker.

2. Throw away your clear, C02 piercing screw.
(The piercing screw is the plastic cap that screws onto the back of the paintball marker and holds the C02 cartridges in place.)

3. Call or e-mail Brass Eagle to receive a new, reinforced C02 piercing screw (FREE OF CHARGE), which is black in color. Please provide your name, address and phone number.

4. We have notified the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission of this recall.

BRASS EAGLE TOLL FREE NUMBER: 866-363-8241
BRASS EAGLE RECALL E-MAIL ADDRESS: recall@brasseagle.com
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[scpaintballer01]

hahaha, gg brass eagle. keep on makin the crap products (cept the rain maker )

[Junkie]

More news:

About 243,000 paintball markers, manufactured by Brass Eagle, are being recalled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Wednesday.

The CPSC said the carbon dioxide cartridges can be forcibly ejected out the back of the Black Turbo paintball marker and break the plastic screw-on cap.

The CPSC said the person using the paintball marker could be hit by the cartridges or the caps.

There have been seven injuries reported involving the paintball markers.

The recalled Blade Turbo paintball marker is bright blue with a black handgrip on the nozzle. Two carbon dioxide cartridges are inserted into the back of the marker covered by a clear plastic screw-on cap.

Read more HERE

[scrappy]

Dang lawerence, i told you not to jam 5 of those things in my blade turbo, not only did you leave a scar on my head but you could of gotten Brass Eage Sued! lol
-scrappy

[drewcif]

man they were a good deal, gun, mask, 2 co2 cartridges, hopper, and DVD, all for the low low price of 19.99

[DeepFreeze]

Originally Posted by scpaintballer01

hahaha, gg brass eagle. keep on makin the crap products (cept the rain maker )

What about the Ninja Nitemare?

[Cozie]

Man, now I have to send my back to BE I better get my 5 bucks back, or im gonna get mad!

[GOD]

Originally Posted by PBjunkie

More news:

About 243,000 paintball markers, manufactured by Brass Eagle, are being recalled, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Wednesday.

The CPSC said the carbon dioxide cartridges can be forcibly ejected out the back of the Black Turbo paintball marker and break the plastic screw-on cap.

The CPSC said the person using the paintball marker could be hit by the cartridges or the caps.

There have been seven injuries reported involving the paintball markers.

The recalled Blade Turbo paintball marker is bright blue with a black handgrip on the nozzle. Two carbon dioxide cartridges are inserted into the back of the marker covered by a clear plastic screw-on cap.

Read more HERE

That occured with my old BE Blade.