Tank failure, anyone? How many?
- By jps2486
- Tanks, Pumps, Compressors
- 15 Replies
I had a buddy bottle leak around the valve. I replaced the O ring and problem gone.
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Not really quiet though… and virtually no support/parts for it.I went through a whole lot of PCP’s in past two or so years. If I knew then what I know now I would buy an American Air Arms .25 or .22 Evol. Expensive for a lot of folks budget, don’t know what yours is, but it’s a buy once cry once. Gun is built like a tank.
the Whiscombe is my favorite still, the 54 can shoot good but not as reliable the 54 kicks pretty hard a couple of times during around. I also have a Park and 2 1/2 TX SRsFor what it is worth, I used THAT gun to win nationals back in 2017. Yes, it went back to Hector for a rebuild after shooting it at 7200 feet elevation, and that at 12 fpe. In my opinion, the air is just too thin at that elevation. It shot well, but did not help the internals. Ron is now the proud owner of it and it should do him well. I loved that gun and am glad it is in good hands.
Currently shooting TX200 at sub 12 fpe. Have consistently good luck with it, as it is easy to tear down, inspect, and relube as necessary. I do NOT shoot it at high elevations, check it often, and am well pleased both of them that I own. It is my favorite powerplant to shoot.
GTA is the other forum I was thinking about I just couldn’t remember the name thanks!Baker has pretty good selection and decent pricing too
You do pay a bit of a premium to shop the air gun stores for used. You do get guns tested and most likely work.
AGN & GTA users are generally good about standing behind what they sell.
Gunbroker.com plan on replacing all the o'rings especially if you buy off an auction.
First places I checked. Looking to buy off a person more so than a business feel like I’d get a way sweeter deal.I would add Airguns of Arizona and Utah Airguns. Both retailers with a good variety of used guns that will be function/leak checked before they are sent out. A of A has a 30 day guarantee on them, not sure about Utah. In my opinion overall the pricing at A of A is much better than Utah.
Can you share a good Tune for the 9mm Leshiy 2? Reg pressure, puck and jet size for 600mm barrel?Hello, Airgun Nation community!
Wolfiek Group / EDgun Shop here.
We tried out the 9mm Leshiy 2 with the 600mm (23.6”) barrel -we took it to the maximum recommended power (around 90% of what the absolute max should be), and wanted to share the results with you:
Settings:
Jets: 0,2 + 0,2
Reg: 180 BAR (Externally Adjustable Original EDgun Regulator)
Results:
V0 with 81 grains Pellets: 278 ms / 912 fps
Muzzle Energy: 203 Joules / 150 FPE
V0 with ZAN Slugs 81 grains: 274 ms / 900 fps
Muzzle Energy: 197 Joules / 145 FPE
V0 with ZAN Slugs 91 grains: 264 ms / 866 fps
Muzzle Energy: 203 Joules / 150 FPE
Shot count from 300 to 180 BAR:
With 350cc bottle installed: 20 shots (2 Mags and a half)
With 470cc bottle installed: 27 shots (3 Mags and a half)
We also tried to squeeze more power to get that extra 10%. Now, with these settings, it would become considerably inefficient. But still, just for testing, we went for it:
Jets: 0,1 + 0,1
Reg: 200 BAR (Externally Adjustable Original EDgun Regulator)
Results:
V0 with ZAN Slugs 91 grains: 274 ms / 900 fps
Muzzle Energy: 220 Joules / 162 FPE
Shot count from 300 to 200 BAR:
With 350cc bottle installed: 12 shots (1 Mag and a half)
With 470cc bottle installed: 16 shots (2 full Mags)
We hope that we’ve shed some light on what the L2 NINE is capable of.
What do you think?
Questions?
Best,
Thomas
Soon I'll be putting 230 yards to the test with a texan.308 and at some point, i can find 400 yards if 300 works out. .308 Texan 150gr BARS slugs @ 990fps. 140 was easy.I know they have other useful capabilities, and the 1100yd rangefinder would be great, but if the Zulu is zeroed at 50yds, the compensation won’t get you anywhere near 1100yds with airgun ballistics. Not even 300-600yds.
Most gunsmiths will want to replace all internals. Not being certain of past use or abuse, they have their reputation to protect. If you learn to do it yourself then you can maintain it as you go. With the help and encouragement from other AGN members and videos out there, I found the task of replacing the seals quite straight forward.I sent it out to a reputable airgunsmith and he did the seals and said it needed a spring. Kind of hard to argue from 500 miles away.
“Respectfully, I think you might be underestimating what the ZULUS HD 5–20x with LRF can actually do—especially for airgun ELR work.”A cool capability of digital scopes is when they have the feature where they utilize a built in ballistic app and laser range finder to do automatic vertical compensation. As far as I know, this feature typically has insufficient compensation for >200yd ELR with an airgun. So we are stuck with clicking for the time being. In order to automatically cover the full range of shooting from very close to very far, they’ll either need a lot more pixels and resolution, or a motorized turret.
Learned to use a slide rule in 1973-1974. Electronic calculators came out and I never used my slide rule again.
I used an HP45 calculator from 1975 to 1982. Battery charge lasted a day and then recharge.
I used an HP10c calculator from 1982 to about 2005. Battery lasted years and no charging.
That takes fairly extreme external pressure like crushing or shooting.I think you will find that the failures that exist are like you describe. Why those tanks are very safe. Never heard of one going off like a bomb.
Baker has pretty good selection and decent pricing tooI would add Airguns of Arizona and Utah Airguns. Both retailers with a good variety of used guns that will be function/leak checked before they are sent out. A of A has a 30 day guarantee on them, not sure about Utah. In my opinion overall the pricing at A of A is much better than Utah.