inaccurate Logun S16 pressure gauge

[smartwave]

Hi Everyone I am new to this forum and to the airgun world. In fact I just bought my first airgun two weeks ago. It is a Logun S16 Evo.

 

Today I went to another gun shop to fill up my buddy bottle. I asked the shop owner to fill it up to 200 bar.

 

However, when I got back home and put it on my S16 Evo I found out that the pressure gauge on the rifle show only 185 bar.

 

The same thing happend last week when I went to the shop where I originally bought the rifle from. They put 200 bar air into the bottle but the rifle actually shew 185 bar. The shop guy told me that the gauge was for reference only.

 

So there definitely is something wrong with the pressure gauge.

 

Do you guys think I should send the rifle back to the factory to have the gauge repaired?

 

Or is it just common among PCPs?

 

This S16 Evo is just 2 weeks old.

 

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[bigdogwoff]

the fill gage in the gun is just a guide and you should only go with the filling gear gage.

i dont think i would send it back, all i think the idear of them is to let you know as you are getting low on air if your luckey.

i would say the same for all gun gages apart from the hw100 one wich is a very good gage system.

just buy a good bottle and gage and your away...

ps i have a 12l 300bar set for sale if intrested.

Edited February 13, 2009 by bigdogwoff

[fatcontroller]

I also have a S16, but not the Evo and the gauge on my one is not accurate at all. I also have the HW100 and agree with bigdogwoff the gauge on the HW100 is very good.

I pumped my S16 bottle upto 200bar. Put the bottle on the gun and it showed 150bar

[realtreedave]

are you guys letting the tanks cool down before rechecking the prssures ,because air heats up and expands when being forced into an air rifles on board resevoir,it then cools down to produce a lower pressure reading.this can be quite a dramatic difference with a large resevoir like fitted to the s16.fill slowly,leave to cool,double check and top up if necesary.personaly if a rifles max fill pressure says 200psi i only charge to 190psi as this puts you closer to the sweat spot in the charge and reduces the number of erratic shots at the top of the charge

[airssassin]

I bought a new HW100K and the guage on that is out by about 15bar! (and yes I fill slowly and let it cool down). I took it back and got the same fob off from my gunshop. I'm not convinced that it's enough of a problem to get a new rifle but you could send it back if you don't mind being without it for a while. I chose to put up with the inaccurate guage as I fill to my bottles pressure reading and then count the shots. Incidentally, I had a Logun S16 and the guage on that was very accurate! Luck of the draw me thinks.

[noluv6]

I swear I just commented on another thread about a gauge leaking and I said "there a waste of time as there not accurate".

 

There there to give you a idea and are never accurate, you fill to 200 bar on divers bottle and it says 180 on the gauge.

 

It is down to the regulator or air not being in the action so the gauge can not read the correct amount of air.

 

I'f any one tell's you there's are accurate to a T there lying.

 

They are really a waste of time and end up leaking,just count how many full power shot's you get and hwen you notice power falling off then always charge to same bar and count your shots,i do it by magazine's, 10 mag's and re fill.