I have a really stupid question...

[don miguel]

...that I have been wondering about for a while. (what do you expect from me)
what if you took any AGD valve out of it's mainbody, and gassed it up? would the bolt go flying? would you have to press the on/off first, then the bolt would go flying? has anyone tried this? (not that I am going to try this).

[DaFin]

Most likely the on/off would be the first thing to launch but if you could somehow hold it in, the bolt would go next.

[Desega]

Don't you have ANYTHING better to do?

[Pneumagger]

the on/off shoots around and puts holes in cheap walls (or faces).

[1337caesar]

Ive shot an on/off into a piece of cake... i had to chew carefully

[don miguel]

Ive shot an on/off into a piece of cake... i had to chew carefully

automags and cake...

[Nick E]

I did that by accident once..shot the pin past my face and across the room at a surprising speed. If you can hold the on/off(which is possible, but not easy or recommended) then the bolt will fly out..BTW, it's an extremely easy way to lose tiny expensive parts.

[Evil1]

That is a very unsafe and stupid idea. Would you get an hp tank filled with a bolt or other crucial piece missing from the reg filled?

[athomas]

If you manage to hold the on-off in flush with the body, the bolt won't fly out. There won't be any air in the chamber to push the bolt. If the on-off pin is not flush, then the chamber will charge and the bolt will pop like a cork.

[snoopay700]

If you manage to hold the on-off in flush with the body, the bolt won't fly out. There won't be any air in the chamber to push the bolt. If the on-off pin is not flush, then the chamber will charge and the bolt will pop like a cork.

Beat me to it. That's only if you hold the pin all the way down though, and with that pressure you'd need a metal plate or something hard because your finger would be in pain if you could hold it like that. But yeah, if you could hold the on/off in but not flush, then the bolt would fly off. Either way, it would be ugly, and this is one reason you always pull the trigger before disassembly, because i've heard stories where pressure was still in the valve and the on/off pin flew out when they took the valve out.

[Spider-TW]

Wow, now I know why they sell all those spare parts! I figured we were just dropping them down the kitchen sink or something, not lost in the sheet rock!

[Nick E]

^^Never said we were the smartest group ever..lol

[jenarelJAM]

Beat me to it. That's only if you hold the pin all the way down though, and with that pressure you'd need a metal plate or something hard because your finger would be in pain if you could hold it like that. But yeah, if you could hold the on/off in but not flush, then the bolt would fly off. Either way, it would be ugly, and this is one reason you always pull the trigger before disassembly, because i've heard stories where pressure was still in the valve and the on/off pin flew out when they took the valve out.

Actually, I've done this quite a bit. It was, for the longest time, the only way I could degas my xvalve. I didn't have a screw-in, and hadn't figured out that q/d's existed yet, so to degas my marker at the end of the day, I'd dry-fire the marker until the pressure was down to about 400 in the line, and then I'd carefully remove the valve from the back, After an inch or so, the on/off would pop out and vent the air, but still be held mostly in place by the rail. So no worries, you won't kill yourself that way...

[don miguel]

this is good thread. Now I know, not the bolt, but the pin... I still think the bolt flying ofgf would be cooler. Does anyone know how fast the bolt would go?

[warpig13]

this is good thread. Now I know, not the bolt, but the pin... I still think the bolt flying ofgf would be cooler. Does anyone know how fast the bolt would go?

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