C02 vrs. compressed air

[TechShock]

Hey, im looking 2 buy an autococker, and i have a compressed air tank. Now, i want more money 4 the gun, so i was going 2 sell the compressed air tank and buy a c02 tank, but my friend tells me it can mess up ur autococker. Is that true? Is there a big accuracy difference between c02 and compressed air??

 

[Acidd_UK]

Ok, poste din the wrong forum really, more of a tech question so I'm sure the admin will move it...

As for your question, I have two cockers running on CO2 and they are both fine. A compressed air system will include a regulator that will drop the air tank pressure down to around 800 psi - the same pressure that comes directly out of a co2 tank. Your cocker has a regulator that further reduces this pressure to that used to fire the ball out of the barrel (probably in the rough region of 400 psi). Furthermore, there is a reg on the fromt pneumatics that produses an even lower pressure for the ram, which is what drives the bolt/back block forward and back.

Basically, in general, no CO2 will not harm your cocker. In my opinion, cockers are about the point where you should consider using air instead of co2 (that is, tippmans are on the definate co2 side whereas angels are definate air guns)

As long as you set your cocker up correctly then it will be fine.

Tom

 

[KillerOnion]

Regs can be messed up by co2, and co2 can definately blow the 3 way hoses on your Cocker at times. I avoid co2 at all costs myself. It's just not worth fooling with. Air is more consistent, so that does carry over somewhat into making it more accurate than co2. Stick with air. It will keep you happy. Co2 sucks to the point I don't see why anyone would stoop themselves to using it.

 

[Acidd_UK]

I'm a student.

Tom

 

[Cerberus]

KO as much as i respect your opinion, may be you should have thought twice before posting this?
ppl often use co2 over air, as an air system is very bloody expensive. Its difficult to justify a new max flo which is the same price as your gun. Even if you get second hand, and actually find a sytem that is in good nick and is worth using we are still talking
£150- £200 for anything halfway decent.

you make it sound like the second he turns that on/off valve his cocker is going to explode into a hail of shrapnel.

I run my cocker off co2 and for the most part it shoots fine. Sure the bottle gets cold and in poor weather it can be a little inconsistent, but so what, i don't mind turning the fp down.
At BG2K and at the skirmish scramble the gun shot wonderfully, the fps stayed between 285 and 295. If the bottle got cold i put a cover on it. Its shot thousands of rounds and i've never had any hoses blow off or even a frozen oring.

Sure i will eventually get air, but only when there is no way around it and i want a bit more speed. Plus when my income and tourney activity can justify it.

only get air if you are in a team that can provide fills up to the psi you need and you can justify air against your playing requirements and your budget.

I the mean time look after the gun check the orings regularly (and have some spares) and make sure the bottle has an antisyphon.

anyway i suggest that the first thing you should get is a barrel. I was plesantly suprised with the fit and accuray on my stock 2002 barrel but now I'm very happy i got the freak kit. It shoots darts and the price is balanced againt the alternative of multiple boomsticks etc.

 

[Arrival]

Keep yer air, man. Although Co2 will work, compressed air will excell your gun in almost every stat. Just start savin up your pennies for that Autococker. ALthough I would normally reccomend buying a barrel for an Autococker over compressed air, you'd just end up losing money if you sold your tank- no one will buy a used tank for it's new retail price.

 

[Richard Kirke (DUPS Rocket) UK]

Keep the Air system

Well I have been running a cocker on CO2 for a while now, and have just aquired an air system. And well... I prefer it. It's more cumfy in the shoulder, shorter, easier to fill, has a dial on the side... basicly its better.

But I am hanging onto the co2, coz its usually cheaper, so when air is impossibe to get...

But since you already got an air system, you aren't gonna get THAT much for it, and you'd have to buy a CO2 system with an anti-syphon tube.... a whole lot of hassel.

But yeah CO2 is fine on a cocker, while not as good as air, its pretty good.

Richard