Tuning Hopefully Others Have Found a Solution Brocock Commander .22

[Jim81]

What did you have to do to the fill port dust cap so you can pull it off for a refill? If I had lady fingers i could probably do it but with fat fingers I go looking for plyers to grip it with. My fingers just slide off the darn thing.

And...I have a Great White Shark carbon fill bottle with double air guages and when I fill the Brocock to 250 bar indcated on the oil filled carbon tank gauge the Brocock Commander gauge will be in the red. What do I believe??

 

[cahil_2]

I believe the gun. 

 

[L.Leon]

There was a fellow here who drilled a small hole in the middle of that magnetic dust cover and added a little pull cord... I also follow the gauge on the gun.

 

[Ezana4CE]

If the cover is the same type of round plastic magnetic cover that’s used on the Bantam try this. Usually I will stand the rifle up on its but. Then I turn the cover sideways so that the ends of the gripable bar on the cover are pointed out to both sides, place my thumb on the top and index finger on the bottom, pinch and pull up; I’m right handed. If that doesn’t work after a few tries or if my fingers are numb I claw at it with a finger until I hear it flip up. Sometimes the magnet will grab it again, but eventually I’ll get it. Doesn’t work well at all with gloves on. It’s kind of awkward at first, but it gets easier the more you do it. 

 

[darylm]

For some reason Brocock still puts the old 200 bar gauges on their guns. But you CAN fill it to 250 bar. 

 

[TMH]

I too turn the dust cover so it's handle is perpendicular to the stock for easier removal, since I have large hands (size 2XL gloves).

You could also purchase some $5 magnetic fill nipple covers like these, which would be far easier to remove:

https://www.tcpaintballproducts.com/product-page/quikcaps-cylinder

https://www.tcpaintballproducts.com/product-page/quikcaps-bullet

I use these on a bunch of different guns and they stick up higher than the OEM Brocock/Daystate covers, but I have never lost one in the field yet.

And regarding gauges, usually the larger, oil filled gauge will be more accurate. But you can get bad ones. I normally trust the gun's gauge on Brococks and Daystates. But you can get bad ones.

 

[Jim81]

Thanks for the suggestions. Grabbed the uselessly designed Foster dust cover from my Commander and chucked it up on my lather. Turned it down a bit and now no problem grabbing it. I wanted to knurl the end to make it even easier to grab but the knurling tool was too large to get into the the machined part. this works. Not pretty as it was so tiny to turn but it works. Thanks to all.

 

[Shootersbench]

The bottle gauge on the BroCocks is a 250 bar gauge, even though when it is full it is in the red. You should look at the rating on the bottle, (should say "PW250" this is the working pressure). 

 

[douger]

THERE IS METAL IN THE FITTINGS ON THE GUNS SPRINGS AND WHAT NOT I REALLY DONT LIKE TO MAGNITIZE THEM I USE A PLASTIC COVER THATS NON MAGNITIC JUST MY OPINION