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Post by prasen123 » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:35 pm

Hello all, Can I use Small size oxygen cylinder with dry pack which is available in medical store for compress air pistol? It's not make any differences with hill pump air? Please guide me. Its not harmful for pistol?

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Post by farhan.lateefi » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:57 pm

prasen123 wrote:Hello all, Can I use Small size oxygen cylinder with dry pack which is available in medical store for compress air pistol? It's not make any differences with hill pump air? Please guide me. Its not harmful for pistol?
hi prasen,

i saw a couple of post on this subject and i fail to understand why you guys don't refer to the owners manual that comes along with your pcp? i mean you would be dealing with high pressure air and it can be real dangerous. using a dry pack or not is a different issue, you will have to understand the basics of how a PCP rifle works.

this article by Tom Gaylord on PA's blog should help you

http://www.pyramydair.com/article/Using ... ay_2006/30

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Post by striker » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:06 am

parsen
Oxygen are dangerous when used in pcp , try to educate yourself by visiting the rifle club near by and ask for filling methods . Your safest is pcp pump!

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Re: oxygen cylinder

Post by dr.jayakumar » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:58 am

friend,
i use hand pump to fill in air to my pcp.few here and abroad use scuba tank to fill air.i never heard of oxygen cylinders to refill.i feel hand pump is easy and safe,
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Post by FPSRussia » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:04 pm

prasen123 wrote:Hello all, Can I use Small size oxygen cylinder with dry pack which is available in medical store for compress air pistol? It's not make any differences with hill pump air? Please guide me. Its not harmful for pistol?
Try oxygen if you have no love for your life and limbs..


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Re: oxygen cylinder

Post by snIPer » Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:32 pm

use oxygen and you will BE ON oxygen.
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Post by prasen123 » Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:33 pm

Thanks every body, Please tell me one thing if I purchase a scuba tank then which kind of air I have to fill and which type of shop will fill it?

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Post by FPSRussia » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:34 pm

prasen123 wrote:Thanks every body, Please tell me one thing if I purchase a scuba tank then which kind of air I have to fill and which type of shop will fill it?
Just clean and dry air. Its better if can get the air used by divers.

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Re: oxygen cylinder

Post by Mark » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:31 am

My opinion, which is worth what you pay for it-

Oxygen under pressure can cause anything to combust under if that item can oxidize in a normal atmosphere. So if you have any petroleum based lubricants in your gun they have an opportunity to catch on fire here.

However, the main issue for me is not that your gun will detonate in your hands, as if that has ever happened in the past I am sure pictures would have made it into the internet, but that the oxygen will have a very detrimental effect on every single seal it comes in contact with. Not as dramatic as a blown-up gun, but nonetheless something that does not shot accurately any more is my main concern. Instead of oxygen, try getting nitrogen from a welding shop if a source of compressed air is not easily available.
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Re: oxygen cylinder

Post by mundaire » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:50 am

Use ONLY the propellant recommended in the owner manual. If it says HPA (high pressure air) then use ONLY HPA.

See http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread.php ... -in-my-PCP

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Using oxygen in a PCP is a major NO NO. Also see

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(both photos from - http://airgun-academy.pyramydair.com/bl ... gun-fears/ )

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Re: oxygen cylinder

Post by Happy » Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:36 am

If you find that filling air with a hand pump is very tedious then go in for a scuba tank and get it filled with "Zero air" which is usually available at Fire Stations or you can try with Industrial Gas manufacturers. Before you buy a scuba tank see to it that it is tested properly for metal fatigue, which is a common problem with second had tanks... before you start using it. In my honest opinion.... Hand pump is the best. :cheers:
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