frozen co2 tanks
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Topic: frozen co2 tanks
Posted By: scubaman2151
Subject: frozen co2 tanks
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 8:11am
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i was playing last night with my 98c and a 9oz co2 tank and it
was around 35 degrees out, i had shoot around 30 balls when all or a sudden the gun shot real fast around 12 times like when its out of gas, but it wasnt out becuase i just filled it, i was also getting snow out of the cocker and the barrel was the gun frozen? ------------- 98 custom 9 and 20 0z x-chamber all american 14 in scott goggles |
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 9:12am
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If you play with CO2 when it is really cold, then you are going to have some problems. Your CO2 was not expanding into a gas fast enough to be used by your gun properly, and from what you said, it sounds like it eventually starved your gun of CO2. CO2 sucks in cold weather. There are only 3 ways to fix your problem. 1. Put one of those pocket hand warmers in the bottom of an old sock and then pull the sock over the tank. This will warm the CO2 in the tank a little and will help keep it from freezing up. 2. Get an expansion chamber. 3. (The best solution) Get HPA or nitro. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: TippmannBro
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 9:15am
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^^^Yeah I typed that under the wrong member name. Thats what I get for sharing a computer with 3 other forumers... ------------- WAR EAGLE!!! |
Posted By: maroon out
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 10:27am
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whack-a-mole wrote:Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 1:39pm
| I have an anti siphon in my tank and have almost no problems whatsoever. I also added an expansion chamber just to make sure. I think that is about as good as CO2 can get. Although a reg could help, I would think that would be too much stuff. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 06 December 2004 at 3:54pm
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iF you do antisyphon, make sure that you dont do it yourself, get a tech to do it for you. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ariakon_Maximus
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 12:07am
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Whack a mole, you've got the right idea. When your Co2 tank is filled. It is filled with Co2 in its liquid state. In normal climates theres any number of ways you can help the Co2 make it from its liquid state from gasus besides the provided measures your marker takes. Liquid Co2 just like many other elements in their liquid form are suceptible to freezing. Whack a mole was exactly right in the fact that his marker was eventually starved of Co2 and ceased to work. Whack a mole listed most of all the solutions i know. One more i'd like to add is remote lines also act as an expansion chamber which can help to aliviate the problem. ------------- http://goldengun11111.tripod.com/ - http://goldengun11111.tripod.com/ 
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Posted By: scubaman2151
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 8:28am
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ok heres a dumb question whats an antisyphon ------------- 98 custom 9 and 20 0z x-chamber all american 14 in scott goggles |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 8:36am
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It is a curved tube that is inserted into the Co2 tank so theat the gun will only draw gas Co2 and not as much liquid giving you more shot consistancy and more shots per tank. -------------
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Posted By: scubaman2151
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 4:42pm
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oh thanks for the info ------------- 98 custom 9 and 20 0z x-chamber all american 14 in scott goggles |
Posted By: -cockerkilla99-
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 5:45pm
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You can do it if you know what your doing, just take it to the shop, tell him to instruct you and watch while you do it for the first time, thats what I did back before I got my airsmith liencse (sp)
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Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 6:00pm
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You have a cocker? Are you an idot? You ARE NOT supposed to use CO2 with a cocker NEVER get compressed air or n2.With a low pressure kit too. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: Ariakon_Maximus
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 7:37pm
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actually some cockers mainly older style ones do accept Co2. Most of the new modles dont accept it for the reason that they are phnuematic or phnuematic assisted markers and if liquid Co2 go into the marker it would be an absolute disaster. You are correct that HPA or N2 is the best way to go for cockers but dont be so quick on the draw to insist that cockerkilla is an idiot and doesn't know how to use his marker. ------------- http://goldengun11111.tripod.com/ - http://goldengun11111.tripod.com/
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 07 December 2004 at 7:50pm
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put a couple socks on it. -me
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Posted By: scubaman2151
Date Posted: 08 December 2004 at 8:51am
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ok ill try a few of these different ideas, but i also just got an
exspansion chamber put on ------------- 98 custom 9 and 20 0z x-chamber all american 14 in scott goggles |