Posted by: Razorpb on November 27, 2002 at 10:22:46

Compressors that are used for household painting, and construction don't come near the pressure needed to run a paintball gun. I think they put out somewhere around 130 psi at most? This isn't even enough pressure to recock a blowback marker. If you did fill a CO2 tank with it you would probably get a super low velocity shot (assuming you cocked it first) and no recock of the marker. CO2 pressure at 70 deg F is around 800 psi I beleive. It also goes by weight not gal, 20 gal of C02 would be over 120 lbs I'm sure. The short tanks are 20 lb'ers the big ones 50?? You can get them at welding supply facilities, the big one I had quoted at $116 full from the local Everett Carbonic. A full fill on the big tank is about $25. A fill station is about $35 on the low end. Boosters and compressors that are capable of filling scuba tanks and HPA tanks start in the low $1000 and go up from there quickly. Another really good option is Scuba tanks, anywhere from $50 to $100 used, compressed air tank 47 3000 $80, $55 for the fill station, $5 to get the tank filled at the dive shop. You can run a long time on a scuba, couple weekends, and have much better performance and consistency. Hope it helps. Razor : Im no rocket scientist (working on it though =P) but from what I know, an air compressor dont work on CO2. : better of getting a 20 gallon CO2 cyleder (40-50 used) and get it filled at a hardware store, buying an entire 20 gal of Co2 is cheaper than filling a normal paintball bottle, so if you get the large ones and a fill station (another 20-40 dollas) and you have a few thousand shots of air, last all of you a weekend or two. My pastor has one, and this is what he does. He was in a similar perdiciment, had 20 guys from around, in a club, gonna setup a field of his own, between 25 guys we have 10 fields, each place has it's own chrono and air tank. Its great, good woods ball, different fields every month.

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