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HPA bottle filled with C02 ?

den656

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Hi all, just a question ,can this be actually done ? i know it means death,dismemberment etc, but a bit concerned as i had my Dye throttle filled last week to test my Creed, shot the Creed in the garden, but after rapdily shooting off a few there was puffs of smoke coming through the barrel itself,and the barrel had misted over with a wet misty sheen ,which is what i recall from my days of using C02, the bottle did not mist over or anything,but thought i had better ask as it worries me a tiny bit , obviously i stopped using it once this had happened,but have read all the threads and not seen a proper response to a question like this,cheers,Den.
 

den656

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Yes chap , i know full well NOT to do it,but i am asking,if someone had filled a HPA bottle with Co2 , would the bottle do anything,or would something happen when the bottle was used , or is there a way of checking the bottle to see if it does have C02 in , thats my question,purely as the charecteristics of my markers barrel misting over seemed very similar to C02 , so i am a bit concerned as never seen anything like this before , graned it was an evening and about 14 degrees ,but i have played when it was only 5 degress and never seen air puffing out the barrel,or had it mist over .
 

madness

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Don't worry mate! Air put under pressure generates heat so when you shoot your marker on ramping or put lots of shots through it that air is letting off that pressure so it cools. So all your seeing is condensation from that process.
 

Jim Jam

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Don't worry mate! Air put under pressure generates heat so when you shoot your marker on ramping or put lots of shots through it that air is letting off that pressure so it cools. So all your seeing is condensation from that process.
What Madness said and to add if it's a really cold day you will see more of it rather than a warmer day. :)
 

den656

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Whew, thanks chaps i will hope its that then,just been using HPA on my markers for the last 3 years and never seen the puffs of smoke or had the barrel mist before , will put it down to that though ,cheers .
 

Sam Mills

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Whew, thanks chaps i will hope its that then,just been using HPA on my markers for the last 3 years and never seen the puffs of smoke or had the barrel mist before , will put it down to that though ,cheers .
yeah I have had it before as well came as a bit of a shock :L How do you like your creed though ?
 

den656

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Lol,the Creed is awesome,works flawlessly once you get it set up right , at first i wanted either that,or an Ego 7/8 , same poppet style for both , however easily available spares for the Creed,and excellent tech support from Foot on here,and the Vanguard people themselves sold me :)
 
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Sam Mills

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Yeah I just got my self one but haven't had a chance to try it yet I have looked at a lot of Creed Vs _______ threads on different website and it seemed to come on top of most of them including the ego 10,9,8 so that convinced me