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WARPIG Tech Talk - Air
The answer is ALWAYS Nitrogen

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Posted by Dale DuPont on August 19, 2002 at 01:53:44:

In Reply to: CO2 or HPA for 98 custom posted by sgtsmith on July 31, 2002 at 14:59:59:

For every gun made....... Go to:

http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/gasses/co2pv.gif

Looks technical but just read the chart in the box in the upper left hand corner.

When that CO2 bottle starts to chill and gets colder, the operating pressure inside the bottle drops. That is what your gun's operating pressure is unless you have a pressure regulator between the tank and the gun.

When the pressure drops, your velocity drops, your ball drops, your ball bounces, and doesn't break on the guy.

It doesn't take too many shots to chill your CO2 tank from 90 degrees to a 40 degrees where it feels like a nice cold soda just out of the fridge. You are operating at half the pressure and your balls that started at 300 fps are now at a muzzle velocity of 175 fps.

Air / Nitro Bottles have regulators builts into them that regulate the output in the 900 psi range or less if it a an adjustable reg for Low pressure markers. The output is always the same regardless of the temperature or rates of fire.

The only reason NOT to get air (other than $Money) is Not being able to get fills locally.

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: For every gun made....... Go to: : http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/gasses/co2pv.gif : : Looks technical but just read the chart in the box in the upper left hand corner. : When that CO2 bottle starts to chill and gets colder, the operating pressure inside the bottle drops. That is what your gun's operating pressure is unless you have a pressure regulator between the tank and the gun. : When the pressure drops, your velocity drops, your ball drops, your ball bounces, and doesn't break on the guy. : It doesn't take too many shots to chill your CO2 tank from 90 degrees to a 40 degrees where it feels like a nice cold soda just out of the fridge. You are operating at half the pressure and your balls that started at 300 fps are now at a muzzle velocity of 175 fps. : Air / Nitro Bottles have regulators builts into them that regulate the output in the 900 psi range or less if it a an adjustable reg for Low pressure markers. The output is always the same regardless of the temperature or rates of fire. : The only reason NOT to get air (other than $Money) is Not being able to get fills locally.

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