Pcp Can You Use An Ordinary Divers Bottle Or Does It Have To Be One Addapted For Airguns

[cooper999 1]

Looking for a pcp but alot of them don't come with bottles can I buy a normal divers bottle and use it for the gun? Many thanks

[Millet 4,497]

Yes but you will need the right kind of fill adaptor for the gun you choose..

[joel56 7]

yes they work with all pcp

[cooper999 1]

thanks for that

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

i thought some divers bottles had to be properly tested for diving incase someone drowned or something like that..

'surface use only' bottles would be fine, and probably cheaper, to use on a pcp but not safe for diving...?

[Millet 4,497]

With them all holding a dangerous amount of pressure they need testing every so many year's before they can be filled..and that is regardless of weather they are used for diving or filling a pcp up..

[secretagentmole 1,701]

i thought some divers bottles had to be properly tested for diving incase someone drowned or something like that..

'surface use only' bottles would be fine, and probably cheaper, to use on a pcp but not safe for diving...?

Here we go again. Surface use only has a gauge built in like this!

 

 

Divers cylinders have no gauge. SImple to remember. To cover themselves, if a bottle has a diving valve, places that fill them will insist on the diving test cycle, a hydrostatic test every five years with a visual check two and a half years after the hydrostatic test!

 

You can get A clamp and DIN fittings for divers bottles so you can fill an air rifle!

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

whats the big 'hear we go again' in aid of?

i said nothing about the gauges and stuff did i?? or about how often they need testing..

 

i just sad 'surface only' bottle MIGHT be cheaper

[davyt63 1,845]

hi

yes you can,i have one but it will need testing every 2.5 years

[secretagentmole 1,701]

whats the big 'hear we go again' in aid of?

i said nothing about the gauges and stuff did i?? or about how often they need testing..

 

i just sad 'surface only' bottle MIGHT be cheaper

 

Surface only is not cheaper! In fact a "dedicated" gun bottle is more expensive than a diving cylinder! Because the gauge is an integral part of the valve! This question gets asked very often and would have come up with a raft of answers if you had googled it. I put here we go again because I answer this question so much I have pictures of the various valve types on my pc so you can see the difference between the two! It was also supposed to be read as a bit of fun in the reply! Don't read too much into the here we go again bit!

[robwelsh 354]

mole it doesn't matter. If you buy a dive bottle, you will need to buy adapters, whips an a gauge, which if your lucky to het s.h cheap fairplay, all new will cost atleast 50 quid...so Ye, you will be better off buying a already setup dive bottle for shooting, maybe not new..but I got a 300 bar 7 litre , gauge an whip, two years test from New...100 quid

[robwelsh 354]

And if u bought dive only, you would need to prove it for gun use

[secretagentmole 1,701]

What do you mean rob? All steel cylinders sold by places such as Best Fittings, Underwater World etc are Faber diving cylinders, they do not have to be proofed. How the hell do you proof one? The thing that makes the difference is the valve!

 

Where did you buy a new steel 300 bar cylinder for £100?

Edited March 17, 2013 by secretagentmole

[Millet 4,497]

I bought my 300bar 12litre bottle around 4yr's ago and it cost me just shy of £200.

Edited March 20, 2013 by Millet

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

whats the big 'hear we go again' in aid of?

i said nothing about the gauges and stuff did i?? or about how often they need testing..

 

i just sad 'surface only' bottle MIGHT be cheaper

Surface only is not cheaper! In fact a "dedicated" gun bottle is more expensive than a diving cylinder! Because the gauge is an integral part of the valve! This question gets asked very often and would have come up with a raft of answers if you had googled it. I put here we go again because I answer this question so much I have pictures of the various valve types on my pc so you can see the difference between the two! It was also supposed to be read as a bit of fun in the reply! Don't read too much into the here we go again bit!

 

 

 

 

sorry mate, my appologies, i read it wrong, thought you were getting eggy with me, not just at the question..

 

whats best then, .177 or .22 ?? :laugh: