 Is it easier to maintain a burner launcher than it is a gun, or is it the same? You're cleaning the same things? There's really not a whole lot of maintenance to a burner. The only thing with a burner is that for every 200 rounds that you might shoot, and if you're using it just for self-defense, you might not ever see 200 rounds. But if you do use it for practice as well, you probably will. There is one CO2 that comes with lubricant.