Is Microline Starving my RT Mag?

[behemoth]

What brand HPA tank?

Most tanks will recharge almost instantly, split second. If its taking that long to recharge, you're getting crazy shootdown from a slow reg.

[jitspoe]

It's an Empir3 tank - 4500 PSI (I think 68ci, but I don't have it in front of me to check). I tested with my 3000 psi crossfire, and it instantly recharges, so it isn't the gauge. It also fires a LOT better with the crossfire.

[behemoth]

Never heard anything good or bad about the empires, but you just proved that it has a slow recharge.

As much as i'd rather play with a 68/45 fiber bottle tank, if the 68/3000 steelie recharges better, go with that.

Use the Crossfire, Get some macroline/steel braided hose, and make sure everyhing is oiled, and you should have no issues at all.

[jitspoe]

Unfortunately my crossfire is 114ci or something crazy like that. It is carbon fiber, but it's massive. It came with the gun (got it on ebay) and had a cradle with microline. It took a lot of work to get the new drop forward/asa and steel line on without leaks, so I'd prefer not to touch that again to get that monster on again.

I looked at some of the pbreview reviews on the empire tank, and they were all really positive. Supposedly it has a really good recharge rate. Something is clearly wrong with mine. I'm hesitant to disassemble it and tinker, though. If something goes wrong at 4500 psi...

[djellum]

Tank repair

HPA tanks are actually pretty easy to work with, but do some research and make sure your comfortable before starting. You could switch the regs on the tanks or rebuild the one on the steely. Probably the best solution is to sell them and buy one good tank like a cp or something. The easiest is probably to just switch the regs since that would only take 15-20 min.

[jitspoe]

I talked to the guy in the shop at Paintball Kingdom - he seemed pretty knowledgeable - and as soon as I mentioned what kind of tank it was he said something like, "Let me guess, you're having recharge problems." He said the Empire, Java (Kingman's), and I forget the 3rd all have really bad recharge rates.

Strange thing is, when I tried it out on the field, it wasn't doing the start at over 800, drop to 700 and slowly climb thing. It was staying pretty consistent at ~750-780, but that wasn't enough for my mag to fire correctly. Thinking back, I may have just needed to adjust the velocity, but I didn't want to mess with anything since it took so long to get the level 10 tweaked. I just used the massive 114ci tank (I can't get away from that thing!). It worked out ok since I had a really long dropforward.