I am looking to purchase a gauntlet that uses 3k psi and I was wanting to possibly go the scuba tank route, I called my local dive shop and they can only fill to 3400 psi on a tank. Will this be a problem filling the gauntlet? Sorry if this noob question, I would like to go with a scba 4500psi tank but looks like I'm stuck at what the dive shop can fill to.
Thanks for the help! Looks as if the scuba tank will be the cheaper route to go in the beginning and at $6 per fill, not too bad price wise.
Filling the gun to a lower pressure is not as efficient as some folks would think. When you fill to a lower pressure you will be filling more often. This means you will be bleeding your hose whip more often and wasting that air. Also, if using an app, or whatever, to calculate the number of fill you would get be sure to figure in the hose whip bleedings.I have the AirMax Extreme MKII compressor, 1 100cf scuba and 1 80cf scuba. This is a great setup for home use but a bit cumbersome for travel due to the weight of the tanks. I'm looking for that doorbuster deal on a carbon fiber 4500 psi tank and a shorter hose whip.
Quote from: avator on February 21, 2018, 08:20:56 AMFilling the gun to a lower pressure is not as efficient as some folks would think. When you fill to a lower pressure you will be filling more often. This means you will be bleeding your hose whip more often and wasting that air. Also, if using an app, or whatever, to calculate the number of fill you would get be sure to figure in the hose whip bleedings.I have the AirMax Extreme MKII compressor, 1 100cf scuba and 1 80cf scuba. This is a great setup for home use but a bit cumbersome for travel due to the weight of the tanks. I'm looking for that doorbuster deal on a carbon fiber 4500 psi tank and a shorter hose whip.Have you seen this?http://www.rlairgunsupply.com/compressors-pumps-and-tanks/a-used-scba-88cuft-4500psi/
Quote from: bnt55 on February 21, 2018, 07:23:48 AMThanks for the help! Looks as if the scuba tank will be the cheaper route to go in the beginning and at $6 per fill, not too bad price wise. .It may be worth a call to your dive shop. Some years back, I decided to get a tank but I wasn't comfortable with a carbon fiber tank because I am hard on my equipment and felt I would damage it. I called my local dive shop to find a tank. Long story short, they ordered a 3500 psi steel tank for half the price of a carbon fiber one. On top of that, since I bought the tank from them, they refilled it for free for one year When my year of free refills was coming to an end, I calculated the cost of the refills (at $7.50 / refill) for that year and found that it would have cost me the price of a new tank. If I wouldn't have bought a compressor, I would have bought a new tank just for the free refills!
After doing alot of reading, I'm seriously considering a Chinese compressor. Cost wise it's a tad more expensive than a new scuba tank and whip purchase. Since I am able to increase the bottle size on a gauntlet, that would get me around 120 regulated shots per fill, more than enough for an afternoon of shooting starlings .i can always get a small bottle to have as backup later on..... Just thinking out loud.