gas springs

[Joshua A.]

this may very well be a dumb question, if so, please forgive me. but we all know that gas springs or gas struts aka nitro pistons, are used for several other applications in the automotive industry, and probly others too. is there any possibility that there are gas springs commonly used in other medias that are not far off ,powerwise, and functionality wise as the crosman nitro piston?? i have never really had any prior experience with any, nor have i even seen an actual NP out of a airgun. its just a curiosity question. I guess i just wondered if there is a generic gas piston that is manufactured that crosman simply rebranded for the application of airgun powerplants? If so there very well could be a method in obtaining them in mass quantity for low cost. What is the major difference between the various types of gas pistons? I dunno, just a question. I may be way off. If you can provide more info on this subject pleas do.

THANK YOU,
JOSHUA A.

[ezman604]

Josh, there are tons gas springs out there. There are just as many different applications for these gas springs, nitrogen pistons or struts. They are built to specs for the job required. There are things like capacity, load and reaction time to take in to accocunt. The other difference in these is rod length and mounting types. I've researched several different manufacturers and there are some available that COULD work. The costs were roughly $50-60 each, delivered US cost. Just Google gas spring and see.
Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave
 

[Alan]

Ya, on the gassy's, I've wondered about things like release velocity, shaft bottom/top-out, compression resistance (linear - progressive/adjustable/tunable gas springs in future?)  

[Toolmaker]

 We use nitrogen springs in Tool and Die work but unfortunately the ones we use are way too short for airgun use. There are longer ones available but I don't know how much they cost or even if they would work. The ones we use are filled to 1200 PSI. I imagine that might be a little stiff for an airgun, lol. Here is a site with some info: http://www.hysonproducts.com/nitrogen_hyson.html

[Joshua A.]

very interesting stuff....