Hi all, I have been shooting once a week, I have had my 25 caliber barrel on my FX Impact for the last two months. The rifle shooting great as always. I have two carbon fiber cylinders so about 100 pellets before i have to run downstairs to fill them both up from my 75 cubic foot air tank. I normally shoot both cylindars to about 140 BAR and end my shooting session, filling both back up so they are ready for my next shooting session. I don't shoot much, having to fill my air tank with my compressor once every two months or so - I have not been shooting as much as I used to. Partly because I am now competing with my Wilson 9mm and 45ACP at the local plate matches, so my pistol shooting takes up most of my shooting time each week
Today's session ended badly and I am a shook up. I started with my first Cylinder at about 230 BAR, shooting until the Cylinder got to 140 BAR, so about 50-55 pellets (25 cal Mark II's). I lost track because I am a bit shook up. Anyways, it was time to switch out my 140 BAR cylinder with my other, fully charged cylinder. As I unscrewed the 140 BAR cylinder, air started to leak out, with the amount of air leaking out becoming loud. In the past, I would unscrew the first cylinder and a little bit of air would escape, not even noticeable. But this time it was bad. I should have re-screwed it back on and sent the rifle back to service. Instead, I kept unscrewing and BAM, the cylinder, now almost free from the threads, shot across the room, flying ten feet and hitting a hard plastic fire safe. No dent on the carbon fiber cylinder, and the threads on the rifle seem fine.
Has this ever happened to any of you? Not sure how many people ever unscrew their cylinders as only one is really needed. For me, having two means less trips to the basement to fill them up, and also means that I could take my airgun to a friends house or into the woods and have double the shots I would have otherwise had with one cylinder. I plan on calling AOA tomorrow and sending this back to them for service.
Today's session ended badly and I am a shook up. I started with my first Cylinder at about 230 BAR, shooting until the Cylinder got to 140 BAR, so about 50-55 pellets (25 cal Mark II's). I lost track because I am a bit shook up. Anyways, it was time to switch out my 140 BAR cylinder with my other, fully charged cylinder. As I unscrewed the 140 BAR cylinder, air started to leak out, with the amount of air leaking out becoming loud. In the past, I would unscrew the first cylinder and a little bit of air would escape, not even noticeable. But this time it was bad. I should have re-screwed it back on and sent the rifle back to service. Instead, I kept unscrewing and BAM, the cylinder, now almost free from the threads, shot across the room, flying ten feet and hitting a hard plastic fire safe. No dent on the carbon fiber cylinder, and the threads on the rifle seem fine.
Has this ever happened to any of you? Not sure how many people ever unscrew their cylinders as only one is really needed. For me, having two means less trips to the basement to fill them up, and also means that I could take my airgun to a friends house or into the woods and have double the shots I would have otherwise had with one cylinder. I plan on calling AOA tomorrow and sending this back to them for service.