CO2, HPA, HYDROGEN??!!?!

hellllo fellow paintball players. im pretty new into the sport and ive got a question involving the gasses used to propell the paint. i own a custom pro w/act. i use my good ol' 20oz co2 tank. serves me well i suppose. BUTTT i live in ontario, canada. and guess what its COLD SEASON!! we all know co2 freezes in the cold. soooo whats best to change to?? hydrogen, or air? whats the diffrence between the two?? do i need a conversion kit of some sort? or do i take said air tank, or hydrogen tank, and just plug her right in? i searched the fourm for a bit and couldnt find exatley what i needed to know.. PLEASE HELP! THANKS!!!

TIPPMANNS RULE!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHA, i TOTALLY said hydrogen. haha, sorry i was on a bit of a rant. just kinda slipped out and i kept using it. ya. i ment nitrogen. my bad haha. you may shoot me for that.

while were on the topic of propellents, i love tippmans propane powered pump gun, its **edited**EN!! 50,000 shots? wow. does anybody know if the propane is ignigted within the gun?!! how does that work??

customproshoot wrote: wow. does anybody know if the propane is ignigted within the gun?!! how does that work??

Yep it is. There is a 9v battery that works like a sparkplug in a engine to ignite the propane.

customproshoot wrote: live in ontario, canada. and guess what its COLD SEASON!!

Lol, yep in canada you can expect to have all 4 seasons in one week. oh fyi you might want to change your sig.

Yep HPA is the best thing you can go, Co2 is fun but a lil effie when it come to weather.

Go southern ontario!

We get like 10 days of snow in a full year.

I was walking around in a t-shirt last week, one day later, there was 6" of
snow outside.

i learned the cold in the c02 the hard way. mighty disapointed too. my buddy made an awesome snow course with sweet bunkers and barrells everywhere, even an old car. sure enough, the game lasted 8 min.. than again, i JUST started then, and only had a brass eagle talon with 12 gram cartchrage oh well. i love my new tippy.

an x-chamber wont really do anything with air

well yes i wouldnt hurt but with hpa its basicly useless

Hey man. Glad you're excited about paintball, but I've got some tips for ya. First off, you need to watch your language here, inlcuding your sig. A filtered swear is still a swear, and the mods will get you for that.

Also, this is a forum, meaning you have all the time in the world to type a response. Spelling and grammar go a long way here.

Edited by DeTrevni - 08 December 2007 at 10:46pm

procarbinefreak wrote: expansion chambers can actually be bad with air... sometimes they can just slow down the flow of air to the gun.

PCF is correct; although, this usually isn't a problem until you attempt higher rates of fire.  (e-grip or response trigger.)