leaving bottle on gun

[Hammie]

hi peeps just got a couple of questions.

can you leave an air bottle on a gun with the asa off or will this damage the reg pin, and also, if the reg says 5000 psi does this mean the bottle is 5000 psi or is that just the reg ??? cheers

 

[Kevin Winter]

A reg can be put on any bottle - look on the bottle for sfae pressures. I have no problems leaving an OOASA in the off position with a bottle attached.

 

[Hammie]

cool cheers mate

 

[Hammie]

my little bottle has not got psi on it anywhere but my big bottle has got 4500 on it :S

 

[Sid Sidgwick]

Is it fibre wrapped or steel? Does it say 310bar anywhere on the label?

 

[Hammie]

its fibre wrapped one mate i cant see 310 bar on it but i can see pw345ph517 bar im guessing thats 517 bar ?

 

[Sid Sidgwick]

nope mate its not lol 310bar is around 4500psi (517bar would equate t around 7.5K which they dont do mate) get a pic up bud

 

[Tom Allen]

Sid he's right on the bar figures.

pw345 bar is the working pressure (5000psi), and ph517bar is the hydro test pressure (7500psi)

 

[Hammie]

so does this mean my bottle is 5000 psi ?

 

[Tom Allen]

Hammie, what you have is a 5000psi/345bar reg and bottle system, which is great if you could find a supply of air at 5000psi/345bar. Unfortunately no suppliers are offering compressed air at 5000psi/345bar, so you'll have to put up with 4500psi/310bar.