Nitrogen air por pcp ?

[joelandrew_89]

I was woundering if nitrogen would be ok for me to fill my air arms s200 with as I'm no where near an air source but have plenty of nitrogen available from work ?

 

Cheers joel

[BSA-airgunner]

was the gun designed for nitrogen and you could try contacting air arms

http://www.air-arms.co.uk/

[Tank]

I can't see any reason why this would be a problem. As long as you stick to the pressure limits and don't use liquid nitrogen, just pressurised at somewhere near room temperature, you should be fine. Nitrogen is inert and air is about 78% nitrogen from memory so I really can't see a problem with corrosion. Just make sure you don't freeze the gun and make parts brittle.

 

Good luck,

 

Tank

[webber]

NITROGEN is perfect for use in PCPs, its better than air.

 

webber

[joelandrew_89]

That's what I thought as I work on aircraft and thats what we use in the tyres as it is totally inert .

 

Cheers guys

[john2]

Compressed Air and nothing else.

 

Check with your local club, see if they will let you shoot with anything else in your air tube.

[Lez325]

I was woundering if nitrogen would be ok for me to fill my air arms s200 with as I'm no where near an air source but have plenty of nitrogen available from work ?

 

Cheers joel

 

 

Could you get he correct fill pressure from work 190 - 200 bar??

 

Les

[joelandrew_89]

Yes the bottles are 3000 psi and have regulators anyway

[joelandrew_89]

Yes the bottles are 3000 psi and have regulators anyway

[Lez325]

Then I can see no reason why not ( although Im no expert)

 

Les

[john2]

Check out Terry Does posts on BBS

 

Gases other than air, just say 'NO!'...

 

 

I would not want to stand anywhere near a PCP useing GAS

 

 

I don't want to be a pain ( excuse the pun) But would like others to check this out more.

 

I will hands up if I'm wrong

 

John

[brian45]

By virtue of section 48 of the 1997 Act,

firearms using compressed carbon dioxide as

the power source are treated as air weapons

and, if not regarded as “specially dangerous”

(over 6 foot lbs in the case of a pistol or

12 foot lbs in the case of other air guns)

are thus exempt from the firearm certificate

procedure. Firearms using other gases are

not so exempt.

 

 

http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publicatio...pdf?view=Binary

[BSA-airgunner]

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2008/01/can...ed-in-pcps.html

[cwilso]

Hi everybody, my first post on here but just thought I would add my bit,

 

I have been an avid paintballer for years and we fill our bottles up with Co2 which obviously fluctuates with temperature so we also fill up with Nitrogen to avoid this, I have heard the whole seals are designed for air thing before and I don't buy it, gas is gas and as long as its the same pressure and inert I can't see the problem.

However the more expensive paintball guns run on compressed air and I never saw these guys using Nitrogen as I am guessing that as far a gasses go in paintball guns "Air" is the top of the tree. So whilst I couldn't see a problem using Nitrogen I also can't see the point in doing so.

 

Chris

[Andy75]

I can't see any reason why this would be a problem. As long as you stick to the pressure limits and don't use liquid nitrogen, just pressurised at somewhere near room temperature, you should be fine. Nitrogen is inert and air is about 78% nitrogen from memory so I really can't see a problem with corrosion. Just make sure you don't freeze the gun and make parts brittle.

 

Good luck,

 

Tank

 

 

Not a problem at all.

[chewy0013]

If you have a ready supply of nitrogen at the correct pressure then I would fill my rifle with it, rather than going out of my way to get normal air. Helium would be a good one to use....make your rifle nice a light lol!

[webber]

If you have a ready supply of nitrogen at the correct pressure then I would fill my rifle with it, rather than going out of my way to get normal air. Helium would be a good one to use....make your rifle nice a light lol!

 

Gents

 

Whilst Helium will work pressure wise, is inert, and should not cause any damage, I would urge caution.

Helium is very searching, and may well escape from the rifles air storage system far faster than you may wish.

Helium utilised for balloon inflation is not always virgin Helium, it may well have had a previous life and be recovered Helium from various processes. One such process is the manufacture of glass fible optic cables. The gas can therefore contain very minute particles of glass; not a good idea to put an abrasive into your rifle.

 

webber