Hatsan Hercules with cf airtank?

[Leon]

When you fit the bottles to the gun you must use the old seals because the seals thats come with the talon bottles won't fit.

[Leon]

And now the hardest part, making the buttstock fit the bottle.
I spend the most time on this to make a perfect fit.

[Leon]

Here is the result. The mounting of the hugget magna silencer and the making of a carbon shroud is another project for another time......

[Leon]

The balance of the gun is now outstanding. First i found it a bit front heavy, but now the weight is right in the middle of the gun. The only thing i didn't like was the cf bottles are only 480 cc, so i will be missing 40 cc in total. I must do a stringshot to see how much shots this cost me.

[Mod90]

Excellent job. Congrats on a job well executed.

And don't worry about the lowered reservoir volume. It's not by much when you consider the weight savings, and if those bottles are rated to 4500 PSI, what few shots you may have lost in volume you can regain with a higher fill pressure.

[Prouzy]

Very nice!

[Jman2311]

Very cool.  I am pretty sure you broke ground with this project.  Is the hugget noticably quieter than the standard QE shroud??  Did you lose or gain accuracy by losing the shorud?  Did I say this was really cool??  Nice work. 

[Rallyshark]

THIS is what the air guns are all about to me!!  Nice work!  Do you have a before and after weight of the gun?  I'm betting some folks with Novas are playing very close attention to this 

[Leon]

Very cool.  I am pretty sure you broke ground with this project.  Is the hugget noticably quieter than the standard QE shroud??  Did you lose or gain accuracy by losing the shorud?  Did I say this was really cool??  Nice work.

Yes, the hugget is noticably quieter than the QE shroud. I shot it inside only so i can't tell you yet how its working outside and what the accuracy will be over long distance. I keep you posted.

I am making a new shroud out of carbon fiber that fit between the silencer and the receiver. I think when you don't have any shroud the accuracy will be effected.

[Leon]

THIS is what the air guns are all about to me!!  Nice work!  Do you have a before and after weight of the gun?  I'm betting some folks with Novas are playing very close attention to this 

On the hercules the weight reduction is 0.8kg or 1 lb 12.6 oz.
But because of the weight balance the gun feels much less heavy.

[Leon]

Excellent job. Congrats on a job well executed.

And don't worry about the lowered reservoir volume. It's not by much when you consider the weight savings, and if those bottles are rated to 4500 PSI, what few shots you may have lost in volume you can regain with a higher fill pressure.

Thanks.
This bottles are rated at 3625 psi/250 bar. So i get less shots out of the bottles. But i think thats worth the weight reduction.

[Mod90]

Too bad, but at least it's only a 40 cc  reduction, so hopefully not many shots lost.
Wonder who'll be the first to apply this to a Barrage, & if Hatsan will  take the hint.

[Leon]

Too bad, but at least it's only a 40 cc  reduction, so hopefully not many shots lost.
Wonder who'll be the first to apply this to a Barrage, & if Hatsan will  take the hint.

I hope so too. I also wanted to make a carbon fiber stock but the factory stock is so light i leave it. They must made the bottles of the same stuff.......very light.

[Shadow Lizard]

Beautiful .

[RicF]

Now we gonna test fit the new bottles to the stock.

How's the Hercules holding up with the cf bottles?

[skorec]

It seams  that  bottle fitting/connecting  is the same as at my Puncher Pitbull project which is good info for me. It  should probably  possible to use also the same air pressure regulator
for Hercules bully .
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=155822.0;attach=270954;image

Has anyone understand/know  why Hercules has so big power ?
Is it only because shooting air pressure is higher ?