On my Avenger .22 I set REG at 2000 and do no fill over 3500 psi.... I have some HPA rifles that are 10 years old (no leaks) that REG was set at 1900 psi to not over-stress reg....The REG was a 4500 psi input/ 2700 psi output REG by design.
My gun came charged to 3k or so. We got 60 shots or so before we fell off the reg. And probably another 15 before we got to 1000. Anything you put in the gun over the reg pressure you just get more shots. Once you reach the reg pressure it doesn't stop it just starts loosing velocity every shot. I'm impressed with the gun. The leak may have been induced by me. By not coming it when I degassed it.
Quote from: Beltfed on February 27, 2021, 02:34:29 PMMy gun came charged to 3k or so. We got 60 shots or so before we fell off the reg. And probably another 15 before we got to 1000. Anything you put in the gun over the reg pressure you just get more shots. Once you reach the reg pressure it doesn't stop it just starts loosing velocity every shot. I'm impressed with the gun. The leak may have been induced by me. By not coming it when I degassed it.Ok cool yea that I'm understanding a little better now. So do you handpump, if so what psi do you fill the tank. And with that psi where do u set regulator as low as possible.? & is that To get the most shots / does that lower velocity as well.? Thanks
How you put the air in your PCP doesn't change what it does. I have pumped my Avenger to 4,000 psi or a little more a couple times. I have to lean on the pump significantly but it is very possible to do. Once the air is in the gun, the gun doesn't know if it came from a bottle, a compresser or a hand pump. You probably assume a lower fill with a hand pump but that isn't necessarily the case. I've also filled to 3500 with my pump and still got 3 or 4 magazines and it wasn't at the regulator setting yet. So I'm guessing 40-50 shots at my low 1600 regulator setting (which is still 35-40 fpe on my 25). I only filled to 3,000 at first because I was using my Benjamin hand pump and it can't go to 4,500 like my newer Chinese hand pump.