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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => PCP/CO2/HPA Air Gun Gates "The Darkside" => Topic started by: UnderPressure on July 06, 2020, 04:50:21 PM
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What method(s) or source(s) do you use to refill your air rifle or air tanks?
6000 PSI Nitrogen?
5500 PSI SCBA?
4500 PSI SCBA?
SCUBA tank?
Vendor's compressor? (e.g. Dive shop, Paintball supply store or field, fire extinguisher store. Could also be local fire department as I have read people claim they will refill SCBA tanks)
Home compressor 5000 PSI or greater.
home 4500 PSI compressor? (Yong Heng, etc.)
home compressor running off car battery?
Shop compressor + separate compressor (e.g. Shoebox compressor)
4 stage hand pump? (either manually or automated)
3 stage hand pump? (either manually or automated)
Shop compressor + 3 or 4 stage hand pump? (either manually or automated)
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I’m a newbie using a 3 stage Hill pump. Other than buying a compressor, there are no commercial tank fill options in my area. I’m curious what others are using.
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I'm also rather new to PCPs, but I own a Tuxing 4500 psi 110 volts home compressor. Perfect for filling my pistol or rifle directly, or to refill my 3 liters or 48 cu in bottles. I had it for over a year, no problems so far.
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I use my shoebox F10. Connect it up,turn it on and it turns off when my 66 cuft scba tank is full. I've got a Yong hung clone as a backup.
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Started out with a Chinese hand pump. Used it to pump my Urban for a year or so. Wasn't all that bad. Then I got a Nova Liberty (200 cc, 300 bar fill) and hand pumping got old quick. Purchased a used 2008 Draeger tank from eBay for 100 dollars or so, shipped. Got it hydro'd for free (computer system was sluggish while I was attempting to pay) at local dive shop and only have to pay $4 (sometimes even $2) for top offs. Luckily, the dive shop is only 5 minutes from my home. Don't think I'll be hand pumping again.
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Yong Heng and Benjamin hand pump. I did make a contraption for the hand pump that will give me about a 2 1/2 to one advantage so I don't have to pump as hard. Old geezer. Work smarter, not harder.
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I use the cheap China hand pump for my 5 PCPs.
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I'm also rather new to PCPs, but I own a Tuxing 4500 psi 110 volts home compressor. Perfect for filling my pistol or rifle directly, or to refill my 3 liters or 48 cu in bottles. I had it for over a year, no problems so far.
Is this the tuxing you have---> https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/400bar-6000psi-chinese-compressor/#post-495971 (https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/400bar-6000psi-chinese-compressor/#post-495971) , http://www.idsairsoft.com/hpa-parts-related-items/11721-tuxing-auto-stop-6000psi-400bar-40mpa-two-stage-electric-pump-pcp-compressor.html (http://www.idsairsoft.com/hpa-parts-related-items/11721-tuxing-auto-stop-6000psi-400bar-40mpa-two-stage-electric-pump-pcp-compressor.html)
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I started with a 4500PSI SCBA to fill my guns and at that time I had a paintball field right down the road that I would go and volunteer my time helping them out on the weekends so my air was free. Eventually, I added SCUBA tanks and more SCBA tanks until the field shut down and I found myself searching for a place to fill the tanks. A friend on here was nice enough to give me a shoebox that did the job but was slow and it drove the Mrs crazy every time the pancake compressor kicked on. I ended up going with a benji hand pump for awhile until I could afford a decent dive compressor. Now, after 8 years, I fill my own tanks quickly with "breathable" air, and fill up tanks for anyone in the area that needs it with my Nuvair MCH-6 Gas powered 4 stage (coltri) compressor that takes an 88CF tank from 2800-4500psi in about 7 minutes.
That being said, there is no fill like a quick tank fill for your gun.
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Hatsan Spark. Manual Chinese pump as backup.
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AV HPA 110Vac compressor
AV Nomad II portable compressor, power from 110 source or 12Vdc, I have only used 12Vdc myself.
3k Hand Pump
two bottles, guppy & 98ci
Huma-Air Externally Adjustable Inline PCP Regulator With Integrated Fillset for tethering gun to bottle
Sports Chalet was my go-to for guppy bottle fill until they closed their doors. My local Fire dept didn't want to fill my tanks.
So I picked up an AV compressor when I bought the big-bore AG and have not looked back since.
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Nuvair MCH-6 Gas powered 4 stage (coltri) compressor that takes an 88CF tank from 2800-4500psi in about 7 minutes.
That being said, there is no fill like a quick tank fill for your gun.
Matt,
Nice compressor and super fast too.
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Nuvair MCH-6 Gas powered 4 stage (coltri) compressor that takes an 88CF tank from 2800-4500psi in about 7 minutes.
That being said, there is no fill like a quick tank fill for your gun.
Matt,
Nice compressor and super fast too.
Thanks. I think my favorite part about it is that I can take it anywhere(within reason) and not need any electrical source to run it.
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Nuvair MCH-6 Gas powered 4 stage (coltri) compressor that takes an 88CF tank from 2800-4500psi in about 7 minutes.
That being said, there is no fill like a quick tank fill for your gun.
Matt,
Nice compressor and super fast too.
Thanks. I think my favorite part about it is that I can take it anywhere(within reason) and not need any electrical source to run it.
The Nuvair MCH-6 Gas powered doesn't really weight that much more than the AV HPA 4500 PSI compressor and as you said, no electrical power required. Now I am super jealous
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Coltri / DayState Compressor-220 V
(http://gunnutt.com/misc/Coltri-DayState-comp-220v.png)
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2- Aluminum SCUBA tanks
3- 45min SCBA tanks
1- Nardi 4500 Gas SCUBA Compressor to fill bottles
1- GX CS2 4500psi compact portable 12V compressor to fill guns directly
2- hand pumps just in case.
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You should do this as a poll.
I have a 74 cu. ft. tank that I have filled by the airgun shop. Contemplating either buying a compressor ($1500-$2000) or switch over to nitrogen.
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Fill my Mrod directly form my Yong Heng. Takes about 20 seconds per fill.
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Yong heng 110 volt 4500 psi compressor. Using direct fill to fill my gauntlet bottles. Have both the 13 cu in, and a monster .38 liter bottle currently mounted.
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Daystate gas compressor with drying filters. I fill my scba bottle with it or take it along on camping hunting trips.
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Here's what I use to fill my tanks
https://youtu.be/5WM3B7I748E
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4500 60 min scba and use a Yong Heng to fill it. With good filtration and good oil (royal purple synthetic) its a great combo.
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Shoe Box F10 pre charge California Air oiless. New Warrior portable for guns afield, 2 AL SCUBAS and a AV 90 CI filling station. 3 hand pumps one still in box, 2 rotting away ;D
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Shoebox to fill a Joe B "Guppy" tank for almost all my shooting. I have an out of date 66 cuft SCBA that I fill to about 3500 psi as a backup but it rarely gets used as the Guppy is so portable and easy to fill once a week or so with the Shoebox (just hook it up and walk away and it gets done).
I still have my old Hill MkII that I keep as a back up to the back up SCBA - I had intended to sell it once I got fully comfortable with just the Shoebox (which I now am), but the availability of the cheap Chinese pumps destroyed any value the Hill had so it sits in case it is ever needed . . .
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When I first got into the pcp game I exclusively hand pumped for the first few years, finally tired of that and decided it was time to upgrade, went with a shoebox freedom 10 and a carbon fiber scba tank. Really was satisfied with my setup, but then along comes this little Chinese compressor called a "Yong Heng" that was quickly becoming the rave of the airgun community. Did my research and decided at the cost of it, it was worth the risk, so I then became a Yong Heng owner and really liked how much quicker it was than my shoebox. After about a year with the Yong Heng, though it was still performing nicely, I decided to take another step upwards in my tank filling quest, which led me to the Daystate lc110, which is what I use today pretty much exclusively. I can envision one more step in my compressor adventure and go on and buy a nice robust dive compressor, been eyeing the Alkin W31 Mariner Vertical compressor, like what I am seeing but just not enough owners out there just yet to get a good feel about it one way or the other.
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I have a Nomad II that I use now and again but mainly I fill my guns with my Handpump,....thinking about buying that compressor that Bob Wes is selling.
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I used handpumps only until very recently, including bottle-guns and a couple PCPs that have a max fill of 300 BAR. Tendonitis shifted my pumping to a max of 205 BAR (the maximum I can manage one-handed) so I bought a GX compressor off Amazon. I got mine right before Wes got his in, otherwise, I'd have bought from him.
The GX is a slick unit; I can fill off a car battery or from 120/240V
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Shoebox 10
74 cu ft AV tank
18 cu ft Benjamin tank
Benjamin pump
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Stopped using tanks since I got my Xisico compressor.
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Air Venturi 4500 psi 110v
88 cf (60 minute CF) Primary
44 cf (30 Minute CF) Portable
Beji pump somewhere in a closet
Stikman fill station