Air Pressure Question

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Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:31 pm

I can only get about 100psi in my steel cannon. How do you get more than that in there?. I have a regular ole shop air compressor.
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:48 pm

is your regulator set at 100 or is that all your compressor can push? that and is there any leaks in your gun?
Yea, that's definitely going to get you at least a tazer.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:13 am

buy a bicycle stirrup pump or a HPA bottle with a regulator.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:52 am

co2 tanks are prety cheap and you can get fills upto about 800psi from one, should also get a palmers stabilizer to reg it to whatever psi you need. they also come in different sizes depending on how portable you want to be. you can also get a couple of scuba tanks, a fill station and a palmers reg . then you can fill from 0 to 900 psi. an air booster that will boost your shop compressor will run you about $1,200 to $2,000 and a scuba compressor will be about $3,000 and give you 3k to 5k psi depending on wich one you get .
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:56 am

its probably the regulator that is limiting me. i have an old compressor that actually just quit on me. its about 30 years old. im about to go buy a new one tomorrow with a 33 gallon tank.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:34 am

Yeah I figured it was your compressor that was just limited in the ability to pressre it up. Good luck with your new one
Yea, that's definitely going to get you at least a tazer.
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