Air tank recommendation please (noob)

[avator]

Wayne, I also have my tanks and my MKII compressor. My two aluminum tanks are great but a bit heavy for the road. I was able to grab a 30 minute 4500 psi carbon fiber tank at a steal of a deal. But it only has a year left of legal fill life. I will continue to fill it myself. The hydro test on it is only a year old so I'm not too worried there. Point is, unless I hit the lottery, I can't see myself spending $700 for a Great White. Just can't do it.

[Hoosier Daddy]

So... here is a thought.
When you stop by your local fire department, ask if they have any "old bottles".
Many of my local FD's are upgrading and have the older 30 minute tanks to "dispose" of.
 I work with a Volunteer Fire Chief, and another Fireman from a different county. Both keep promising me they will bring me a couple "old" bottles that are still technically serviceable by date... But they never seem to remember.

[avator]

Same scenario with a co-worker that is also a volunteer fireman. He finally brought me one... an outdated 60 min tank. Max fill pressure is only 3k. It will be used for some 2k guns I have.
Kinda neat tho... it came with the breathing reg and the back packer harness.

[Taso1000]

So... here is a thought.
When you stop by your local fire department, ask if they have any "old bottles".
Many of my local FD's are upgrading and have the older 30 minute tanks to "dispose" of.
 I work with a Volunteer Fire Chief, and another Fireman from a different county. Both keep promising me they will bring me a couple "old" bottles that are still technically serviceable by date... But they never seem to remember.

I got the same runaround from the Fire Chief of a town I do IT support for.  I offered to pay or donate to their many fundraisers.  Nada.  He never said no but he kept deferring and I just stopped asking. 

Thanks,

Taso

[avator]

They have a procedure to properly dispose of expired tanks. They must be careful to follow procedure. They are real sketchy about the liabilities of letting these expired tanks get into public hands. They're dealing with Federal regulations.

[Taso1000]

In my situation, the Chief said they don't hydrotest their tanks after 5 years and that they just replace them.  So the tanks I was going to get would have had about 10 years of life left from their manufacture date.

I apologize for not mentioning that.

Thanks,

Taso

[redlined_b16a]

For as low as $300 you can get the china compressors.
I looked at the Air Venturi Nomad and the Nomad 2 compressors.They are only designed to fill up air guns and the Nomad 1 cost about $600 shipped.Very hard to beat and come with a warrenty.

I passed on the Nomad because Im thinking long term and I want to buy and fill a tank to travel with.
So I spent a lot more and ordered the Air Venturi twin cylinder compressor.

My point is if you are going to end up spending more then half the price of the cheapest decent compressor.Then you have to pay to fill up.
$600 will get you your own air independence.Shoot as much as you want.

My AT44s-10 is tuned and really likes the 1800-2800 psi range.I get 27 shots in .22 cal.
It is my goto sniper out to 100 yards.Im slinging 18grain ammo at 910fps.I have the short version non Quiet Energy

Use this tank fill chart,At the bottom is a chaft that converts tanks to cubic feet.Im looking for a 30 minute SCBA myself
 http://www.calc.sikes.us/2/

[Bigragu]

There’s an Airgun repair shop an hour from me, and when I first got into pcp’s I was doing my research and pricing for a tank. So, I call this guy, and sure enough, like most carbon fiber tanks, very expensive. But, he tells me he’ll sell me old fire fighters tanks for $50, but I can only go to him to get them filled, lol.

Fast forward 8 months later. I called on this kid that used to help me around my property when he was in high school. He’s from a family of firefighters, and he’s now a captain. I tell him about these pcp guns, and what they require to “power” them. He makes a couple of calls, and tells me to swing by the fire station and take my pick of whatever tank I want. They were upgrading to new, and they had a stack of about 10 used ones for me to pick. I could’ve gotten all of them, but to not be so greedy I only took one. It’s expired, of course, and what the fireman told me was his biggest group of folks that nab those are off road four by four guys, who like to pack air for their tires. He’s given tanks to these guys, like no big deal.

Now I’m thinking I should’ve grabbed three, lol