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Re: [Shop-talk] HIGH pressure compressed air?

To: Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] HIGH pressure compressed air?
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 07:22:22 -0400
How do they make a paintball gun that works on 5000 PSI air?  Wouldn't
it end up being really heavy?  How fast are those paintballs going to
go with 5000 PSI behind them?  Doesn't the performance decline as the
air is used up?  I would think that you could get a lot more shots out
of an equivalent volume of liquified CO2.

Doug

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> It is a 'normal' compressor, more or less, except more stages rather than
> the usual one or two.  ISTR the ones I've seen on seismic survey ships run
5
> or 6 stages.
>
> Google for "paint ball compressor" and you'll find lots of commercially
> available setups.  But maybe when you see the price, you'll decide that
> buying pre-filled cylinders is better.
>
> The web site I found talks about 5000 psi being customary for paint ball
> (3000 is scuba), so that may explain why you had to refill so many times.
>
> -- Randall
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