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    Posted: 17 June 2005 at 10:11am
One of my friends said you cannot use both CO2 and Comp. Air (at different times)  for your paintball gun, i already have and it seems like it worked fine for both, anybody know anything else about this?
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You can, they have no idea what they are talking about. Iv heard n00bs tell me not to put on my HPA tank after co2 or it will blow up... Its sad isnt it? So Im just like "dude, you have no idea what your talking about, so shutup!"
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Originally posted by Sopha530 Sopha530 wrote:

One of my friends said you cannot use both CO2 and Comp. Air (at different times)  for your paintball gun, i already have and it seems like it worked fine for both, anybody know anything else about this?

Pressure is pressure. Makes no difference whether it comes form a CO2 cylinder or a HPA tank. The short comings of CO2 are why one goes to HPA, but swapping back and forth on a Tippmann causes no problem. The marker doesn't care.

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Only caveat would be that some guns/components don't like CO2 at all.  But switching is no problem, if the gun can handle the CO2 in the first place.
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I still believe that low pressure actually benefits co2 more than HPA, considering the fact that theres 2 ways to get co2 to evaporate from liquid to gas: Heat it, or lower the pressure.
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Originally posted by Enos Shenk Enos Shenk wrote:

I still believe that low pressure actually benefits co2 more than HPA, considering the fact that theres 2 ways to get co2 to evaporate from liquid to gas: Heat it, or lower the pressure.

How do you lower the pressure on a CO2 tank Enos?


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Originally posted by ^Pirate^ ^Pirate^ wrote:

How do you lower the pressure on a CO2 tank Enos?



Drop the pressure with an inline reg.
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But when liquid or liquid vapor Co2 goes through a reg into a LP enviorment, it expands instantly raising that pressure. Example: 800psi--reg to 400psi-expand 550psi in lines--valve--spike.

Just like with AutoMags; when liquid or liquid vapor goes through the built-in reg on a Mag, it evaporates very quickly into a much high pressure inside the power tube. This causes high spikes, especialy with a LP operating marker. Iv seen spikes from 289fps-380fps just from pointing my gun down for a few seconds with my Mag.

Im not sure where your going Enos, but this whole concept provokes me with an idea of two regs to the same pressure with a gap or volumizer in between (if thats not what your thinking. The liquid will pass through the first reg into the "LP enviroment" and evaporate into a higher pressure there, then the next reg will take the stable gas back to a lower pressure. Example: 800psi tank--reg to 400psi--550psi after liquid expanding in the volumizer or lines--reg #2 back to 400psi--valve.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Enos Shenk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 June 2005 at 9:53pm
Thats an interesting idea. It would have to have some very fast recharge though to keep from starving.
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I've had excellent results running c02 thru dual regualtors at very low pressure.  140-180 psi. 

I cut the output pressure of the tank with a Palmer to about 600 then thru a coiled remote than a front grip reg to about 140-180.  My theory is that it let's the regs. split the duty.



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