The Delivery From Tank To Gun?

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jawshunting

jawshunting

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I am currently waiting for my first PCP rifle to arrive. I plan on buying an SCBA tank to air up the gun. My question is, what kind of set up are you using from bottle to gun? Should I buy one like the Stikman or the one from AirTanksForSale, or the Chinese made off of Ebay? Or should I try to build my own. I watched a video on Youtube of the process, I would just have to acquire the parts. Is it necessary to have a regulator on this setup, or just run a hose with a fitting on each end and watch the fill gauge on the gun? Any help with or without pictures would be helpful. Thanks.
 
I am currently waiting for my first PCP rifle to arrive. I plan on buying an SCBA tank to air up the gun. My question is, what kind of set up are you using from bottle to gun? Should I buy one like the Stikman or the one from AirTanksForSale, or the Chinese made off of Ebay? Or should I try to build my own. I watched a video on Youtube of the process, I would just have to acquire the parts. Is it necessary to have a regulator on this setup, or just run a hose with a fitting on each end and watch the fill gauge on the gun? Any help with or without pictures would be helpful. Thanks.
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Hi bud! Whatever you do please realize you're dealing with deadly force when it comes to HPA and for that reason alone a big NO on building your own. Not to mention you'll never find a shop that would fill it without it being "current", that is safety pressure tested and labeled as such with a date. I don't know about the Chinese ones on eBay but anything I'd buy off of embay I'd make sure it was tested and had a valid certification. AirTanksfor Sale might be a good place to start or go to the buy sell board and put up a WTB but again make sure the tank is certified.
 
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I have an AirTanksForSale Great White tank with the two gauge setup that I purchased from another forum a couple of years back. A male foster fitting adapter screws into that valve for filling directly from a compressor and a micro bore hose attaches to that adapter to then fill directly to guns. I also have a fire station fill adapter to fit that same location-just screw out the foster adapter and screw in the fire house adapter to fill at the local fire station. My compressor fills directly to the foster adapter also. Highly recommended if you can get one.
 
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Nobody has mentioned that a scuba tank might not be your best option. Most aluminum tanks(most common) are only 3000psi which severely limits the amount of fills you’ll get out of it. Most guns workingnpressure are at or above 3000psi pressure, so after one fill, every subsequent fill is less than 3000psi. And, you won’t get many fills. There are 4500psi carbon SCBA tanks all over E-Bay that are inexpensive and will serve you well. There are good options for filling hardware on EBay and elsewhere too. No, you don’t need a regulator and you don’t need dual gauges either. They can be nice but they just jack up the price which hurts when you’re getting started. There are lots of good options out there you just have to look. A 45min SCBA tank is a good place to start and those tanks are all over EBay. Pyramyd sells Recertified carbon tanks for a fair price. Maybe Centercut will weigh in, I think he bought one of his tanks and hardware on E-Bay and is pleased with it. Hope this helped at least a little. 

Stoti
 
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Nobody has mentioned that a scuba tank might not be your best option. Most aluminum tanks(most common) are only 3000psi which severely limits the amount of fills you’ll get out of it. Most guns workingnpressure are at or above 3000psi pressure, so after one fill, every subsequent fill is less than 3000psi. And, you won’t get many fills. There are 4500psi carbon SCBA tanks all over E-Bay that are inexpensive and will serve you well. There are good options for filling hardware on EBay and elsewhere too. No, you don’t need a regulator and you don’t need dual gauges either. They can be nice but they just jack up the price which hurts when you’re getting started. There are lots of good options out there you just have to look. A 45min SCBA tank is a good place to start and those tanks are all over EBay. Pyramyd sells Recertified carbon tanks for a fair price. Maybe Centercut will weigh in, I think he bought one of his tanks and hardware on E-Bay and is pleased with it. Hope this helped at least a little. 

Stoti
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Well that's because he asked about the fill set up on others folks SCBA tanks.

I keep it simple with a whip coming straight from the valve. No regulator or anything 
 
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Nobody has mentioned that a scuba tank might not be your best option. Most aluminum tanks(most common) are only 3000psi which severely limits the amount of fills you’ll get out of it. Most guns workingnpressure are at or above 3000psi pressure, so after one fill, every subsequent fill is less than 3000psi. And, you won’t get many fills. There are 4500psi carbon SCBA tanks all over E-Bay that are inexpensive and will serve you well. There are good options for filling hardware on EBay and elsewhere too. No, you don’t need a regulator and you don’t need dual gauges either. They can be nice but they just jack up the price which hurts when you’re getting started. There are lots of good options out there you just have to look. A 45min SCBA tank is a good place to start and those tanks are all over EBay. Pyramyd sells Recertified carbon tanks for a fair price. Maybe Centercut will weigh in, I think he bought one of his tanks and hardware on E-Bay and is pleased with it. Hope this helped at least a little. 

Stoti
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Do you need dual gauges? No. Is it nice to have? Absolutely. I know at a glance how much air is left in my tank. Do you need a regulator? No. Is it safer with one? Maybe. My tank noted above has no regulator but does have the slo-flo valve for safer filling and on some of the smaller air cylinders (pp700, HW44) it can still fill VERY quickly if you aren't careful. Caution and the best quality equipment you can afford is never a bad idea.
 
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