co2 pressure.

[Pneumagger]

by the time you get a large 20oz tank and a reg, you could of gotten a cheap ebay 48/3000 for around $50. That will be your best route and cheapest way to 1000.

[Sir_Brass]

You can easilly get a steel 72/3k for about $60-ish.

That's about how much my 72/3k steel PMI tank was.

[Beemer]

I cant take it any more.

if i got a tank reg would i beable to put it on a 20oz co2 tank to run hpa or is a co2 tank to weak?

no i dont really care about how many shots i can get im just trying to be really cheap and not dump a load of money into HPA

Heres the right answer NO NO NO NO. If it says Co2 on the tank then thats what its for. If it says HPA 3000 or 4500psi then thats what its for. Get a tank and reg that is rated for what you want to use it for. You cant put 10gigs on a 5gig hard drive. you cant put 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag. Get it yet? If its not rated for what you want to do with it DONT DO IT. Its called safety FIRST.

You want to be cheap, SAFE or DEAD?

You can safely put an HPA reg on a Co2 tank as long as you follow the rated pressure of the bottle. Why everyone thinks they will explode is beyond me, If you dont follow basic saftey rules ANY hpa/Co2 tank is dangerous. I trust Co2 tanks more, because HPA tanks are pretty much filled too fast these days and the temp of the bottle gets hotter than D.O.T. says it should. Co2 tanks, are more forgiving, being solid aluminum. Everyone needs to realize that some of the first air systems had ALUMINUM 1800psi tanks.

Heres something to think about, there hasnt been a catastrophic failure of a Co2 bottle or an HPA tank (That I know of). There has been issues with the reg snapping off, Valve unscrewing, and adding oil and blowing the reg off the tank, but the tank themselves have NOT failed. Those incidents were ALL user error. I have seen maybe 6 tanks fail hydro (not saying thats all for evrywhere, just my experiance), thats it. Tanks are much safer than many of the uninformed people go posting about.
It is best to find a qualified and knowledgable airsmith to install it for you though, thats just common sense.

Also, those CMI regs dont work worth squat, stay away from them.

Shane-O

Ya you could. But paintball is stupid. Then when it blows from a 3000 or 4500psi fill you will hear, oh crap I forgot or didnt know the tank was 1800psi. or you wont hear anything at all.

Tanks arent safe when they get in the hands of uneducated uninformed useres that dont know the safety rules.

Heres one for all of ya so you know. This was Co2 not HPA.

Sometime around Sept. of 05

Vid here, http://home.comcast.net/~beemerone/CO2TankFailure.wmv 4.5meg.



to add.... here is the link to the original thread here on AO

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=183177

Peace Out