Rt Co2

[Soopa Villain17]

just wondering thats all

[monkeyking]

The orings in the gun weren't made for CO2, and it doesn't matter how much anti-liquid stuff you put in between the tank and valve, it will take a few shots and then start to freeze up.

Why not take AGD's word on it and NOT use it?

Because this is the tech forum, and people want to know what makes things work or not.

What makes o-rings "made" for CO2? I'd wager that the o-rings freezing is not due to the o-rings themselves, but rather to the configuration of the gas path.

Obviously, one person here got it to work, so wouldn't it make more sense to ask what conditions make it function? Like living in Florida, or having all sorts of gassifying features on the gun? Or taking one or two shots at a time in woodsball?

[Dayspring]

The TYPE of oring will make it suited for CO2 or not.

[sniper1rfa]

It will work - however the RT recharges so fast that the tank will freeze far too fast to use effectively in a game. Think a frozen tank in five to ten shots.


Not only that, but the mag will draw liquid co2, which will cause the velocity to spike, which is dangerous.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

hmm I have never run CO2 through my RT but this raises a good question.

Do a little research and we see that most Oring materials are ok for both dry and wet CO2.

http://www.marcorubber.com/compatibility.htm

except silicone, which if I'm not mistaken is what we use almost exclusively in Paintball.

Sure one could argue that using PTFE would solve this problem, but the guns were not designed to use PTFE orings and that opens up a whole new world of problems.

[Alpha]

90 duro poly o-rings anyone?

But you guys gotta remember... Nitro was INVENTED for the automag rt valve. Thats a fact.

[Adamk58]

The thing is that most people dont use co2 in the gun just because it says not to. Im pretty sure they put that on there because the gun wont run as well on co2, and by "wont run as well" i dont mean that itll crap up all the time and freeze up and what not. I just think it wont shoot as fast and there will probly be a much bigger gap in shot to shot velocity. But my original RT was one of the first ones ever made and it still works to this day, and i have never ran it on anything other than co2.