MiniMag and co2

[d-paint]

hey to all,
well i just got a minimag but i need your help for a few problems i have.
i need my minimag to go with co2 i know air would be better but for many reason i hope for a short period of time i need it to go with co2, i read around here and there that a minimag can go with co2 and now i ask you what do i need to make it go at his best performance with co2.
i have also a tac one that im in love with and i have no problem with hpa with that, but here in italy we have a bit of problems so if u can give me your help ill be real glad.
thanks to all of u.

[Dawg047]

Well, first off I would go with this list of things:
1) Have an airsmith install an anti-siphon tube in your CO2 tank. This also can be done by you if you have alot of experience being an airsmith. The CO2 bottle is screwed in and the valve is marked with a sharpie to show what side of the tank is facing up when the tank is on your gun. You then take the valve off and install an anti-siphon tube that has a hook on the end that bends up towards the top of your tank you marked so when installed, only CO2 in its gas state can go through the valve, no liquid can enter the gun.

2) Get an expansion chamber. The bigger the expansion chamber, the more volume for liquid CO2 if any gets in your system to turn to gas.

3) Your airlines are very important. Run your airlines long. From your asa, run them down and back up to your expansion chamber. From your expansion chamber or VA, run them up over top of your powerfeed or feedneck and down into your valve. This way, there is more room for C02 to expand and running them up and over alows liquid to fall back down into the system allowing just for gas to enter the marker.

4) Filters. There are tiny little filters that slip in the end of air fittings that allow liquid from entering the marker aswell. Talk to a local airsmith about these. They do help.

5) Regulator. Find a regulator suited for CO2 and install it. Palmers Pursuit makes a Stabilizer regulator that can be installed instead of an expansion chamber or on the side of your Minimag valve that will act like a secondary regulator and prevent liquid CO2 from entering your marker.

Hope this all helps. This does belong in the tech forum though. Good luck,

[d-paint]

ok thanks you sooo much this helps me alot...ill try all this things and lets hope it helps my minimag..
thanks again

and sorry i dint know where to put the post!

oh onemore thing i have a remote would that help too?

[Spider-TW]

ok thanks you sooo much this helps me alot...ill try all this things and lets hope it helps my minimag..
thanks again

and sorry i dint know where to put the post!

oh onemore thing i have a remote would that help too?

A remote is probably the best thing overall. That alone should keep your mag working as long as your bottle is not laying down. Using a vertical bottle on a minimag by itself works well too.

The most important thing is like most CO2 guns, you need to keep the liquid CO2 out of the valve for reliability and consistency reasons.

[Dawg047]

A remote is probably the best thing overall. That alone should keep your mag working as long as your bottle is not laying down. Using a vertical bottle on a minimag by itself works well too.

The most important thing is like most CO2 guns, you need to keep the liquid CO2 out of the valve for reliability and consistency reasons.

Yep, remote is great. Falls under the longer airline category. The more room for CO2 to travel, the more chance it has to expand. Nice one, forgot to post it.

[d-paint]

ok i got it guys, i'll try everything and see how it works coz i have a remote line with an expansion chamver..i think its a real old smart parts model the expansion chamber its like attached to the remore and the hose of the remote its not even the curly kind. its just a straight silver kind of hose. i hope i explaint it well.maybe i'll put a pic so you can see. it is better maybe the curly one?

[rawbutter]

ok i got it guys, i'll try everything and see how it works coz i have a remote line with an expansion chamver..i think its a real old smart parts model the expansion chamber its like attached to the remore and the hose of the remote its not even the curly kind. its just a straight silver kind of hose. i hope i explaint it well.maybe i'll put a pic so you can see. it is better maybe the curly one?

Either works. The important thing with a remote is that you keep the CO2 bottle vertical. That's more important than the length of the remote itself. (If you hang it on your belt upside down or sideways, liquid will get into the line, but if you keep it upright, only gas will go through the line.)