Tippmann A-5 Tech Help: Air Efficiency

"At the moment I have an Tippmann A5 paintball gun with a response trigger running it on CO2. It seems that after 7 pods the tank goes empty (cyclone stops turning). There is no sign of leaking CO2, I have fresh O-rings on it. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated."

"I assume you have a 20oz tank, and the average pod holds what? 100? So you are not doing that bad with 700 shots. Tippmann A5 paintball guns are CO2 hogs."

"You assume correctly. I didn't know it was that bad. I know there are cyclone mods, and minor adjustments that can be made. But I was wondering if there was anything that can really turn this eating consumption down."

"If you get a regulator and a LPK you can get to as low as 300psi. Unregulated, you're probably at 750psi or higher."

"Tippmann A-5 paintball gun use more C02 per shot because of their Open Bolt Blow Back design. I can't decide if your blaming the Cyclone for eating up C02 or if you're stating that the Cyclone mods will help you achieve more shots per tank...

The Cyclone (& Response Trigger) is/are operated by excess gas that gets used to reset the bolt. Therefore it doesn't use anymore C02 to operate the Cyclone than it would if you didn't have a Cyclone on your Tippmann A-5 paintball gun. Their are upgrades for your Cyclone that will allow it to operate at a lower pressure, which will result in more shots per tank.

If you want to lower your Tippmann A-5 paintball gun's C02 usage you will need to by a Rear Spring kit. These work by determining how hoard the rear bolt hits the Valve pin, allowing you to unscrew your Velocity Screw as far as possible yet still shoot at 280+/- fps."

via: http://www.a5og.net/5-tech-help/15744-air-efficiency.html

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