I had a few days off and been doing some tuning and plinking with my EDgun Leshiy. I rebuilt the regulator, changed some o-rings and I usually fill it up to 250 bar with my Great White air tank. I checked my tank and noticed that I only have about 250 bar left in it. I decided to go to one of my local dive shops to get my tank filled which is about a 5 minute drive from home at around 8:30 a.m. and they were closed until March 30.
I drove another 10 minutes to another dive shop and they were also closed. I saw one of the employees who was outside cleaning and talked to him through an opening in the fence. He said they could only fill tanks for Fire or Police. He told me that all the dive shops were closed until further notice and that the only one that could fill tanks is a shop inside one of our Naval Bases which I don't have access to.
There's a few ways around this;
1. I can wait and stop shooting to conserve the remaining air in my SCBA tank until they reopen.
2. I can order parts to rebuild my Hill MKIV hand pump that has been sitting collecting dust. I really hate pumping though.
3. I can shoot some of my non-regulated PCPs' that have a maximum fill of 200 to 220 bar.
4. I can dust off my old springers but that's no fun.
5. I guess I might start looking into saving for a reliable and dependable compressor to be totally independent. The question is which one will it be in a time of crisis? Gas or electric lol? They both have pros and cons.
Sorry guys. Just venting and thinking out loud. Are any of you who rely on a dive shop to fill your tanks experiencing this?
I drove another 10 minutes to another dive shop and they were also closed. I saw one of the employees who was outside cleaning and talked to him through an opening in the fence. He said they could only fill tanks for Fire or Police. He told me that all the dive shops were closed until further notice and that the only one that could fill tanks is a shop inside one of our Naval Bases which I don't have access to.
There's a few ways around this;
1. I can wait and stop shooting to conserve the remaining air in my SCBA tank until they reopen.
2. I can order parts to rebuild my Hill MKIV hand pump that has been sitting collecting dust. I really hate pumping though.
3. I can shoot some of my non-regulated PCPs' that have a maximum fill of 200 to 220 bar.
4. I can dust off my old springers but that's no fun.
5. I guess I might start looking into saving for a reliable and dependable compressor to be totally independent. The question is which one will it be in a time of crisis? Gas or electric lol? They both have pros and cons.
Sorry guys. Just venting and thinking out loud. Are any of you who rely on a dive shop to fill your tanks experiencing this?
I've put a few thousand rounds thru my 1322 pcp and nova star pcp both unregulated in the past few days. Shot count on both is extremely high, so partial charges werent bugging me
