norfolkgoose Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 £2.50 any size bottle to 300 bar at my one in norwich or £5 any size to 300 bar in great yarmouth .. prices are for top ups while you wait or empty fill drop of pick up next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh-Rhino Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 He tried ripping you off mate, I only pay £4 for 7Ltr bottle fully charged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubshot Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 It's a suppliers Market Place - I am sure no one is making a Killing on Filling diving bottles My Local Dive Shop has a £10,000 second hand compressor and Storeage bottles and Charges £10.00 to Fill any 300 Bar bottle Always moaning how much it costs to run - with staff - Always busy as there is no other place for many miles around If it was profitable more Shops would install them - I only get my 12. Litres Filled - even @ £10.00 still pennies a shot - BOB/R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 £3 at Staffordshire Custom Rifles where I got my rifle from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 How much does it cost to have a bottle tested? Does it cost more for larger bottles, or is it a standard fee regardless of size assuming no remedial work needs to be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newgunintown Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 How much does it cost to have a bottle tested? Does it cost more for larger bottles, or is it a standard fee regardless of size assuming no remedial work needs to be done? This depends upon if it is due for a visual or hydraulic test...if it has scuba valve fitted. Visual around £20-£25, hydraulic £30-£40 approx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therealchucknorris Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 How much does it cost to have a bottle tested? Does it cost more for larger bottles, or is it a standard fee regardless of size assuming no remedial work needs to be done? It's between £32 and £40 in / around Swindon from the two places I contacted. Size didn't matter but the valve type did (surface or scuba). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Went to a dive shop during the week to get my 3ltr 300bar bottle filled as it was just down the road from where I was working. Once charged the guy handed it over to me and asked for payment which was £10 which I said to him was well over the top as I only pay £4 at my local, his reply was you should have asked how much it was before he filled it!!! My question is how much are you guys paying for a charge? is the shop name similar to the title of a james bond film?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 £10 ? I think I would have told him I did not want it at that price then asked him where he wanted it putting before leaving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubshot Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Bottle Testing Depends if done in House or sent Off Like Diving / Fill Shops there are less and less Test Centres each year Most Places I have visited have Charges in Large Letters near Pumps - Your Fault if No asking before Bottle Filled - BOB/R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 It's between £32 and £40 in / around Swindon from the two places I contacted. Size didn't matter but the valve type did (surface or scuba). Thanks for the info. Looks like my local dive shop charge 25 for visual, and 35 for a hydraulic test. From what I can see, you need a Visual ever 2.5 years, and a hydraulic every 5 years. Over time, that can add up to quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubshot Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 If you have a Air Gun Head - it's Every Five years - As can not be used in Water Where a Din is every 2 Years It is financially better to buy a Air Gun Head or have one fitted - Especially when a Steel Air bottle can outlive it's owner - Does seem unfair to Air Gunners as most keep Air in them @ All times - trouble with Divers is they often run low and moisture get's into tank Resulting in Rust & Tanks Blowing up - Reason Why Tests are required - My Dive Shop have several bottles that failed - Divers and show them as examples - Gives me even more respect for 300 Bar preassure BOB/R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daystate 177 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Just cost me 2 quid for a 7ltr tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 If you have a Air Gun Head - it's Every Five years - As can not be used in Water Where a Din is every 2 Years It is financially better to buy a Air Gun Head or have one fitted - Especially when a Steel Air bottle can outlive it's owner - Does seem unfair to Air Gunners as most keep Air in them @ All times - trouble with Divers is they often run low and moisture get's into tank Resulting in Rust & Tanks Blowing up - Reason Why Tests are required - My Dive Shop have several bottles that failed - Divers and show them as examples - Gives me even more respect for 300 Bar preassure BOB/R Din is only a type of valve fitting using a thread to connect the fitting to the valve...DIN is the German ( ISO ) standard Where a A Clamp or Yoke fitting is a second type of valve fitting, usually 232 bar.... There are DIN valves which convert to A clamp as the depth of thread is shorter than a dedicated 300 bar valve which a A Clamp wont fit over... DIN valves are used where higher pressures are required ie 300 bar, this is due to its mechanical strength... The testing times have nothing to do with what type of valve you have fitted, UNLESS it is for surface use only as you stated.... Din tanks are popular in TEC diving/caving etc as there is less chance ( as in an A Clamp taking a hit and breaking the seal) Disadvantage's of them is if the valve takes a knock with out a fitting in, then the fitting will nip as a the thread will have been bruised... When I worked in Egypt my DIN plug tap and go/no go gauge paid for its self a 100 times over as I would dress the thread of all the tanks which were out of service.... Divers spend far more money on there refills, tanks servicing, kit, and typically own a number of cylinders, compared to the air gunner who only wants a dive fill and will spend his cash at the gun shop... I worked in a dive shop for a long time testing tanks, servicing valves, filling tanks for air gunners ( actually met to mates who I shoot with as they used to come in for air gun fills) I used to cut the old o rings in half, as one old air gunner would pick them up off the bench!! (even as I would give them new spare ones foc!!) TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I always use a plastic screw on thread protector cap on our tank valve. Cost £5 from dive supplier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) What is the Best value for money type of tank to get then? Taking into account longevity, testing cycles, and resale value. Edited July 26, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 We used to recommend a 7 ltr steel 300 bar bottle as they are not that heavy and have a good head of pressure ratio for the size... Gun at fill pressure say 200 bar, full tank @ 300 bar equates to a 100 bar of top end pressure ( head) to use up before you start to equal out on the top end of your gun @ 200 bar.... So glad I have a centre fire rifle.....lol TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 We used to recommend a 7 ltr steel 300 bar bottle as they are not that heavy and have a good head of pressure ratio for the size... Gun at fill pressure say 200 bar, full tank @ 300 bar equates to a 100 bar of top end pressure ( head) to use up before you start to equal out on the top end of your gun @ 200 bar.... So glad I have a centre fire rifle.....lol TEH But the ammo is cheaper on the PCP and you don't have to keep it in the safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 But the ammo is cheaper on the PCP and you don't have to keep it in the safe. That it may be.....however neck shot red/fallow deer are £2.80 a kg and a 95 grain round = £ 1.35..... So a lowland Red around 100 kg dressed comes in a £ 280.00 - £1.35....= lots of airgun ammo and air fill........... Far more fun than having the club official with his/her badges checking your piece of paper with there....spy glass TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Afraid I probably wouldn't benefit from the deer meat sale as would eat it, and the cost of a days deer shooting would be expensive. OH's 320 acre permission is free and the Daystate will quite happily knock over rabbits and pigeons and there is always the 12 bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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