Nitro questions
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Topic: Nitro questions
Posted By: Wilhelm Schulz
Subject: Nitro questions
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:01pm
| Im just wondering whats the diffrence between 3,000 and 4,500 psi nitro tanks? Which one is better. Also what benafits(besides cold weather performence) dose nitro have over Co2? |
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:04pm
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I didn't realize nitro was used in paintball? When did this happen?
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:37pm
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probably HPA. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Wilhelm Schulz
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 6:51pm
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For a while I think. Look at the link. http://www.paintballcloseout.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.prodInfo&productID=251&categoryID=81 - http://www.paintballcloseout.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalo g.prodInfo&productID=251&categoryID=81 |
Snake6 wrote:Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 7:06pm
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Snake, I can forgive nitro, as that can be short for nitrogen. As long as he doesn't say "nitrous," I'm good. Very few fields fill those tanks with nitrogen anymore, as it is expensive. Nowadays, they are filled with high pressure compressed air, the same stuff you're breathing (which is still about 75% nitrogen). 3000 and 4500 are the amount of PSI the tanks can hold, and the number before that is the cubic inches. For example, a 68/4500 will hold more air, thus giving more shots, than a 68/3000. "Nitro" has many advantages, but chief among them is consistency, and consistency leads to improved accuracy. There is no liquid inside the tanks, so velocity won't spike. Not to mention, it's a lot gentler on your marker's internals. Freezing o-rings doesn't exactly help their life-cycle. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: What to do?
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 7:06pm
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Ummm.... idiot? ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 7:10pm
Ummm.... unnecessary? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 9:22pm
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PWNED! Sorry, I had to  .On to relevant discussion: PSI is a unit of pressure. The higher the tank pressure rating, and therefore pressure you can store inside, the more gas is inside the same volume and therefore the more shots you will get from the same size of tank. 4500 PSI tanks are always fiber-wrap (to my knowledge at least, I've never seen one that's not) whereas 3000 PSI tanks are most often steel or aluminum. 4500 PSI has the advantage of more shots per fill, however the disadvantages of cost and the fact that it may be harder to find a place to fill 4500 PSI (3000 PSI can be filled easily from SCUBA, whereas 4500 PSI always in my experience requires a compressor (though there may be bulk 4500 PSI tanks, I've yet to encounter one). If the field offers free compressed air, and weight is not a concern, I'd go with 3000 PSI for the price decrease. However, if you want a light tank and the most shots from a fill, and cost is a non-issue, go for 4500 PSI. ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45 
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Posted By: Wilhelm Schulz
Date Posted: 07 January 2008 at 10:30pm
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Aluminum http://www.specialopspaintball.com/shop/product_detail.asp?SKU=261+0095&CAT=111202 - http://www.specialopspaintball.com/shop/product_detail.asp?S KU=261+0095&CAT=111202 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:02am
Bwahahahahhahahaha!!! Anyone else get a good laugh out of that link! Jesus, Spec Ops just doesn't even care about the truth anymore do they! For those who don't want to click. It's a link to a 90/4500 N2 Duck iReg HPA tank. Here's what they say in their little bullet points:
Wilhelm Schulz, do yourself a favor and please don't go to Spec-Ops and expect to be told the reality of anything. I know it looks flashy, I know they make people feel important with their little code names and whatnot, but they know about as much about real paintball equipment as your grandmother does. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Wilhelm Schulz
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 1:05am
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Dont worry. I have a local shop(who I normaly go to first on equip advice) that sells the stuff. I just relized Sunday that SO is a rip off because I paied $35 something total for a part thats $21 total at the shop. |
A total noob was pawned. oh well lesson learned. Next time I shop around.Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 4:31am
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Personally I love the 4500 since they are fiber wrapped. this makes them much lighter. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: Tang
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 10:04am
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on a side note... 3000 psi tanks: cubic inch x 10 = shot capacity &nbs p; &nbs p; [48 cu {3000psi} = 480 shots on average 4500 psi tanks: cubic inch x 15 = shot capacity &nbs p; &nbs p; [68 cu {4500 psi} = 1020 shots on average hope that helps ------------- smg-60 sl-68 68 special A-5 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 11:55am
This is really only true when running at a 850psi operating pressure. For example, while an 88/4500 tank would get me approximately 1400 shots per tank given the formula. I run a 2001 WGP Black Magic with a Shoctech Rat Valve and AKA matched LP springs giving me an average of almost 2,200 shots per tank with my old AA Armageddon. My new DYE Throttle at 68/4500psi gets me near 1,900 shots per tank at an average chrono rate of 295fps ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 4:53pm
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I love Nitroduck tanks.
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Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 5:13pm
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I Lol'd, Naw Spec Ops just want the money from the people, there might be a few things i might buy from them but...yea a "few". ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 6:44pm
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Conquests only have an LP disc. LOL TALEON UR SO DUM |