Disadvantage to Aluminum or Titanium Air Cylinders?

[mmahoney]

Does anyone know what material is used to make the cylinder of a Taipan Veteran? I suspect it is made of steel and a big reason why the gun is so heavy, but would like to know for sure.

Which leads to my second question. Other than cost, would there be any other drawbacks to having a cylinder made out of 2014-T3 Aluminum or Titanium?

 

[Queequeg]

The Huben K1 has a Titanium airtube. It's about 2mm thick and handles 5000PSI fills. Don't know what titanium alloy they used there are several. Also don't know if it is produced from tubing or round bar machined out?

But in answer to your question no drawbacks as far as Ti but as for the aluminum it will surely be much thicker than steel or Ti.

 

[airgunmike56]

Taipan Heavy??????????????????????????????

Are you sure you got the right gun?

If I remember right its about 6 1/2 Lbs.

Mike

 

[Oldfarmer]

I have a mutant .22 and a veteran .25. I just now tried to get a magnet to stick to the air tubes. Nope, not steel. Would say aluminum,since they are not advertised as ti . If they were ti, it would be a good selling point, so I think they would let it be known. To me steel would have the disadvantage of being prone to rust if hand pumped or even scuba filled. From what my scuba shop tells me very dry air is not a priority for breathing air. I have already lost one steel scuba tank to corrosion . It failed annual inspection only 5 years from new. 

 

[Queequeg]

If a whole gun was made of titanium you wouldn't have to worry about dry air. It's second only to platinum for corrosion resistance.

 

[mmahoney]

@airgunmike56

My Veteran Long weighs 3.9 kg unscoped according to the manufacturer. That equates to 8.6 pounds.

 

[Motorhead]

Taipan air tubes are an Aluminum ALLOY ... Not steel and not heavy. a taipan in LONG configuration is in essence a FULL SIZE gun in a compact format / stock.