CO2 vs. N2

Now read THIS:
http://www.thingpaintball.ca/co2Use.shtml

You should here the side of CO2 as well.

wtf just use what u want to use thats what i say

i held down a trger of a full auto on co2 for to min but did not freeze the gun up at all it was very cold after words

First off, the prices quoted in the CO2 article are way off probably because that article is a couple of years old. My only main problem with the article is that he says that a 68/3000 tank will not get you as many shots as a 12oz CO2. That is bull. Going by the common rule of thumb, a 68/3000 will get you 680 shots. I have been using a 12oz Co2, with anti-siphon and a Palmers Stab for a couple years now. I have never gotten 700 shots from it. At best I would say 600, but I doubt it is quite that high.

Now I've used CO2 for some time, and last year I played at a field that just loans out HPA tanks when you pay for all day air. Using HPA, I noticed no better performance from my gun than it does on CO2. This is probably because I've put so many CO2 enhancing parts into it. However, soon I plan to go LP, and I will be getting a HPA tank for that. I also would have gotten HPA if I had a full auto kit.

Suzuki, I don't consider my CO2 upgrades to be money wasted. My anti-siphon was $4 worth of fittings and copper tube, and I enjoyed installing it myself (my idea of fun is taking apart and fixing things). My Palmers will go with my LPK when it arrives. So I don't feel that I wasted any money; on the contrary, I made an efficient, consistent marker, and enjoyed it for a couple of extra years before I felt it was necessary to put out the $200 for a decent HPA system.

And Pbhalo, you may not have done any immediate damage, but prolonged use at high rates of fire on CO2, game after game, WILL wear out your seals and o-rings faster. Also, HPA has a major advantage (besides gas quality and temperature variation) in that all HPA tanks are regulated, so your velocity and accuracy will always be consistent. Unregulated CO2, however, can imput upwards of 1000psi into your marker when full, and will work its way to 0 when empty. That means that you fill your tank, walk to the chrono, set your velocity, and start playing. After a couple hundred shots your velocity is going to drop off dramatically, as the pressure in your tank lowers. The only way to avoid this is to mount a reg on your gun. BTW, you should take about 15 seconds extra and put a few more letters and punctuation in your posts. It is easier to convince people of your point if they can understand what you are writing.