Alright. 3 weeks alter and here's where I stand.

I throughly cleaned the bolt guide in mild soapy hot water, cleaned and relubed the o-rings and still had a leak. Decided until the Players parts kit got here.

I received it today and promptly replaced o-rings in bold guide and whaddaya know... That nasty leak is gone!

Looks like the o-rings were the culprit. I'm really glad I'm done troubleshooting this, now I can actually hit the field and play with the darn thing

Normally a good oring overhaul fixes most issues.

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I'm baffled. I've changed every sinlge o-ring in there, it worked fine as pr my previous post, then the leak started again.

So I've thrown the towel, put it up on eBay and sold it as-is, describing exactly what the issue was.

So now I wait for my brand-new V3 Mini to get here. Since the Axe came out, new Minis have dropped considerably in price. Good thing I kept the V1's metal case!