Posted by: Bill "Capt Bill" Tison on July 30, 2003 at 02:58:30

Ahhhh. Pressure regulator. Now you are getting back to paintball safety and pressure consistency. If you want to generate and store CO2 in a pressurized vessel and meter that CO2 through a regulator to a cannon or paintball marker, you will have reasonable control of the cannon's velocity. As to the practicality of producing CO2 "in the field", you know better than I. Personally, I got away from CO2 because it was more expensive than compressed air stored in a scuba tank and a much bigger hassle to buy in bulk tanks of 10-40lbs. Plus, when the shooting got fast and furious, things started to freeze up. And, when the ambient temperatures rose, pressures rose increasing velocity and creating "hot guns". My cannons need about 150psi to operate and of course my Tippman Flatlines require 850psi the way they are currently set up. Both pressures could be reduced through newer design improvements, but I haven't seen the cost/benefit make that worth the investment at this time. Now my tournament marker with a working pressure of 175psi proves that I could realistically drop the 850psi requirement substantially. BTW, just how much raw materials will it take to produce 10 lbs of liquid CO2 or its equivalent in CO2 gas? Bill HellFire

Follow Ups: Re: What about a reaction releasing CO2 Michael "LCT_Paintball" Lyon 09:45:41 07/30/03 (4) Re: What about a reaction releasing CO2 Carl "Cockroach" Gelhaus 12:09:53 07/30/03 (3) Re: What about a reaction releasing CO2 Michael "LCT_Paintball" Lyon 17:50:24 07/30/03 (2) Chemisty Carl "Cockroach" Gelhaus 18:32:13 07/30/03 (1) Re: Chemisty Michael "LCT_Paintball" Lyon 22:57:38 07/30/03 (0) Post a Followup Show your name as: DefaultRealnameBothNickname E-Mail address (eg: joeschmoe@aol.com): Show your e-mail address? DefaultYesNo Your Password: Don't have a password? CLICK HERE - Forgot your password? CLICK HERE Subject: Subject:Message: : Ahhhh. Pressure regulator. Now you are getting back to paintball safety and pressure consistency. : If you want to generate and store CO2 in a pressurized vessel and meter that CO2 through a regulator to a cannon or paintball marker, you will have reasonable control of the cannon's velocity. : As to the practicality of producing CO2 "in the field", you know better than I. : Personally, I got away from CO2 because it was more expensive than compressed air stored in a scuba tank and a much bigger hassle to buy in bulk tanks of 10-40lbs. Plus, when the shooting got fast and furious, things started to freeze up. And, when the ambient temperatures rose, pressures rose increasing velocity and creating "hot guns". : My cannons need about 150psi to operate and of course my Tippman Flatlines require 850psi the way they are currently set up. Both pressures could be reduced through newer design improvements, but I haven't seen the cost/benefit make that worth the investment at this time. : Now my tournament marker with a working pressure of 175psi proves that I could realistically drop the 850psi requirement substantially. : BTW, just how much raw materials will it take to produce 10 lbs of liquid CO2 or its equivalent in CO2 gas? : : Bill : HellFire [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ WARPIG Tank Talk ]