Does anybody here only use a hand pump for their pistol? As it stands I can't see myself getting into the pcp rifles, just a couple of pistols. For a normal pistol, how many pumps is typical for a .177 or .22 to refill?
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Hand pump only for pistol?
- Thread starter BeeGee11
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Depends on how big the air cylinder is. Every Gun and hand pump is going to be different. Normally anything from 2000 psi to 3000 psi isn’t bad for me.I never counted the pumps. And I’m not as in good shape as I was when I was a little younger.
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Pumping up a pistol like the Artemis Pp700 is so easy it brings tears of joy to my eyes. The TalonP (heftier pistol) was also not bad but about 2-3x as much work. If you do a lot of testing and refilling every day you may eventually find yourself getting some repetitive stress going on on your wrists and forearms especially if you're in your later years. So picking up the gun and topping it off at any given time is easy for me. But if you are doing multiple refills from empty, because you're degassing changing the regulator or something like that... you will get tired.
After eight months of strictly hand pumping both bottle gun rifles and tube and bottle pistols, I was getting some signs of wear and tear on my wrist joints. pain that was annoying through the day
Needed to get a compressor to give my joints time to recover for a bit.
artemis (tube) 45 pumps max to top off
talon p (small bottle) 60-90 pumps to top off I think.
Gets harder as pressure claims so your fill pressure target is a big factor. Hand pumping from 3000 to 4000 ain't the same as going from 2000-3000. Getting up to 4000 psi feels much harder on the hand pumps as well I feel like it's more likely to wear out. I don't even know if I weight enough (175lb) to pump up to 4500.
After eight months of strictly hand pumping both bottle gun rifles and tube and bottle pistols, I was getting some signs of wear and tear on my wrist joints. pain that was annoying through the day
Needed to get a compressor to give my joints time to recover for a bit.
artemis (tube) 45 pumps max to top off
talon p (small bottle) 60-90 pumps to top off I think.
Gets harder as pressure claims so your fill pressure target is a big factor. Hand pumping from 3000 to 4000 ain't the same as going from 2000-3000. Getting up to 4000 psi feels much harder on the hand pumps as well I feel like it's more likely to wear out. I don't even know if I weight enough (175lb) to pump up to 4500.
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Hello Had a Benjamin Marauder pistol and a hand pump, not to bad once filled never let it go under 1900 psi and to fill from 1900 psi to 2900 psi about 25 pumps. Got about 32 shot per fill so not to bad. Hope this helps Eric
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I hand pumped for both a Mrod Varmint (same as Diana Stormrider) rifle and pp700 pistol for a short time. Pistol was pretty quick and easy, rifle certainly manageable. Personally I much prefer a compressor.
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I think most pcp pistols should be rather easy to pump due to their rather small cylinder sizes. However as some had already pointed out, if a pistol is rated at above 3000 psi (like an ap16 at 4350 psi), then you’re really going to start to feel the burn after 3000. A Prod is easy as heck to hand pump, takes less than 5 minutes.
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This is great information, thanks guys. I'm thinking about a Crosman 1701, but I really wish that it were a .22. Either way, I'm thinking that the hand pump is the way to go.
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Hello Sorry made a mistake on the # of pumps 20 or so really easy ones tot build pressure the then the 25 or so from 1900psi to 2900 psi, so aprox 45 pumps once again sorry for the mistake Eric
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So honestly I hand pump rifles as well as pistols. It won't be great if you have a big bore but for 177 and 22 rifles it's not too bad. Pump it up for 10 mins and get 60 to 100 shots. I have 2 giant air tanks and a compressor and I still hand pump when I'm I'm topping of my pest control guns or even just for short plinking sessions. Where the hand pump gets annoying is when you are working on the gun and you have to shoot it alot for groups or data and then you have to pump it in the middle of shooting. Anyway just my 2 cents. Some people hate pumping but I don't mind.
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Getting a 500cc bottle from zero to 3000 by hand is a good workout! and maybe a side effect of being 52 but it definitely wore on my wrist joints.
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I expressly purchased a dive bottle to fill my pistols. Got tired of pulling the pump out every other minute or 2
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The 1701p is a great gun! Very accurate, and very easy to hand pump. From 1600psi up to 2900psi took me 30 pumps, and gets 60+shots. You won't shoot it lower than that, and shouldn't need to empty the air cylinder for a while.
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I have a Crosman 1701P. Hand pump is fairly easy. It only puts out 6 foot pounds, so very economical on the air. I take it to about 2800 PSI and shoot down to 1600 to 1800 for about 50 to 60 shots.
If you move into rifles, tanks and compressors become more practical, but for a pistol with small reservoir, hand pumping should be good to go.
If you move into rifles, tanks and compressors become more practical, but for a pistol with small reservoir, hand pumping should be good to go.
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