For all you Tippmann C3 owners

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

$2.50 a 12gram... ouch...
i learned this in chemistry a while back but aren't there some big differences between butane and propane?

[ThePixelGuru]

Well, isn't butane pretty close to propane? Could the C# work on butane? If so....

...You try it first. I'm sure it would ignite, just not sure how much.

Not sure I would bother to get one of these refillers. For $17, i could buy like 5 small propane cylanders and get like 250,000 shots. Anyone have a pump they think they've put more than a quarter million shots through?

But, yeah. Tippmann should totally make a pistol with a clip loader that runs on 12g propane cartridges. That'd rock.

[TheTramp]

it's not ok to do it, but some will do it anyways because they can.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

i was referring to the legal issues of the tanks and how it's illegal to transport them. but i can see where it would be wrong to refill a disposable propane tank. but if you know what you're doing than you know what you're doing, if you don't... good luck

[Geoff Call]

I personally wouldn't risk my life or that of anyone else to save 4 bucks on a disposable propane bottle. Think about it. 17.99 plus shipping you can probably afford 5 of those disposable tanks plus whatever it costs to get your grill tank purchased or filled. So, 5 tanks at 50,000 shots a pop thats 250000 shots, which is about 125 cases of paint. Let's say the average rec-ball player shoots a case per weekend. And a pump player goes through a bag a weekend. Thats 2 and a half years playing semi, or 10 years playing pump Happy Hunting.

-Geoff Call

:thanks to pixel guru for making this observation to start with:

[SlartyBartFast]

Propane and Butane are very similar in the way theybehave. The biggest difference seems to be the vaporization temperature:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/lpg1.htm

Propane is particularly useful as a portable fuel because its boiling point is -44 F (-42 C). That means that even at very low temperatures, it will vaporize as soon as it is released from its pressurized container. This results in a clean burning fuel that doesn't require a lot of equipment to vaporize it and mix it with air. A simple nozzle will suffice.
Butane's boiling point is approximately 31 F (-0.6 C), which means it will not vaporize in very cold temperatures. This is why butane has more limited uses and is mixed with propane instead of being used by itself.
A single pound of propane can generate 21,548 BTU (British Thermal Units) of energy, while butane can produce 21,221 BTU per pound [ref].

[yingyang]

How do you know if the tank is full or not? Sorry If it has been already asked.

[JRingold]

I personally wouldn't risk my life or that of anyone else to save 4 bucks on a disposable propane bottle. Think about it. 17.99 plus shipping you can probably afford 5 of those disposable tanks plus whatever it costs to get your grill tank purchased or filled. So, 5 tanks at 50,000 shots a pop thats 250000 shots, which is about 125 cases of paint. Let's say the average rec-ball player shoots a case per weekend. And a pump player goes through a bag a weekend. Thats 2 and a half years playing semi, or 10 years playing pump Happy Hunting.

-Geoff Call

:thanks to pixel guru for making this observation to start with:

A case a weekend playing semi? Damn, I must not be the average rec-baller. My last time out I went through four cases. Maybe I should stop hosing and start playing like a normal player.