Posted by: DaveA on January 16, 2003 at 13:21:40

I'm trying to get hold of a JT Excellerator 5.0 and im wondering what air system to use. I'd rather have a high pressure system (i assume this is a nitrogen system) but i was wondering what the bonuses were in relation to cost, is there that much difference? ++++There are two types of air systems in use. c02 and HPA. nitrogen is hpa, called nitro cuz of the mix that scuba shops use sometimes, but for the most part it's compressed air. CO2 is co2, which is stored in a liquid form. It needs to boil from a liquid to a gas to be effective in pb, which is why it's considered less consistent than HPA as a propellant. HPA comes in two types of system, adjustable regulation and non-adjustable (known as screw-in). With non-adjustable the output PSI is around 850 which is what CO2 is typically. There are some companies which have 2 outputs levels lp and hp. Adjustable regulators obviously are more versatile, however with the JT gun it's not worth going with an adjustable reg system. Get a decent scew-in and it will work fine for most pb guns you'll own until you're spending big money. The Non adjustable HPA system that is in my experience the best is CenterFlag. But they all function decently enough. Don't be afraid to send it to the manufacturer if it's not functioning well. Functioning well is defined by a consistent output PSI at the desired level. If the psi flucuates or drops, your bottle is malfunctioning. The good thing about a screwin system is you don't need to have any special mounting. You can screw directly into the gun's asa. However, hpa is typically a larger bottle than CO2 so most people end up with a dropforwards to throw the bottle a little farther forwards. All you need is a cheap one, fancy won't improve your game...and you can put the money towards new barrels which Will improve performance. Also any info on the marker and recommended equipment would be grateful. Please try and not downgrade the JT too much cos i really want it :D (but anything real bad would be helpful lol) +++++ The JT is a relatively new gun to the PB world, before you buy it look around to see if any of the barrel companies makes barrels for it. It MAY accept another gun's barrel threads, so ask about that as well. Barrels are usually a really important upgrade. I don't know why you're deadset on the Excelerator, but if you haven't actually used it and love it's performance as a standalone gun, maybe shop around a little more just to be sure. Ads DO lie, they're geared to selling you their stuff...duh. More to the point, though, is if you have used it and had a good time with it, realize that the gun, the fun, and your skills are all different things. If the gun is bad, your fun will be lessened, but your skills are not affected. If your gun is okay, and your fun and skills are good, you may come away thinking the gun is what makes your skills. I have friends who love certain low end medium performance guns, they love them cuz they're out there having fun. On the other hand, give them a really accurate gun and they suddenly realize that there are better guns out there. The only experience I've had with a JT is that my friend ALlan bought one and got rid of it because it wasn't up to his standards of performance.

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