Advise and help with Air Tank purchase

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ThomasT

ThomasT

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Hello everyone, I am new to PCP air rifles and just purchased a Umarex Origin last week. I will use a hand pump to start with and looking for an aluminum Air Tank in the 20 to 25 cubic inch size. 

1) Looking on Ebay cannot find any complete with hose and regulator so what thread size is the best to look for? 

2) What would be a good hose with regulator to buy to use with the Umarex Origin and this size tank?

3) What if any additional fittings would I need to buy?

Any and all help and suggestions would be appreciated.

Be safe and have a great day,
ThomasT
 
Thomas, I can't answer your questions, but I'd bet that Joe Brancato can - 714-907-0067. He set me up with what I needed when I got into PCP airguns. Using a hand pump gets old.



Bobby
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Thanks Bobby, I have been to his website. Yep not looking forward to the Hand Pump but I have been reading up on compressors here on the Forum.

Be safe and have a great Day,

ThomasT
 
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Have you thought about a used SCBA tank? They are bigger, the 45 minute one seems to be the most common and it is about 66 ft3. But it is still light, maybe 10 lbs. Price depends on how long it has until it is more than 15 years since it was made. If you also have a compressor and fill it yourself you can buy an expired tank for under $100. If you get one with a few years left you should be able to stay under $200. The referenced dealer above is who I bought a fill setup for my tank. It hasn't arrived yet, I ordered it last week. I bought a much cheaper one off Amazon but it leaked badly. There are lots of expired SCBA tanks available. Seems like a good option to me for a trip to the range.
 
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Have you thought about a used SCBA tank? They are bigger, the 45 minute one seems to be the most common and it is about 66 ft3. But it is still light, maybe 10 lbs. Price depends on how long it has until it is more than 15 years since it was made. If you also have a compressor and fill it yourself you can buy an expired tank for under $100. If you get one with a few years left you should be able to stay under $200. The referenced dealer above is who I bought a fill setup for my tank. It hasn't arrived yet, I ordered it last week. I bought a much cheaper one off Amazon but it leaked badly. There are lots of expired SCBA tanks available. Seems like a good option to me for a trip to the range.
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Hello JimD

I actually want the smaller tank to start out with because I will be using a hand pump. Most of my shooting will be done here at my house on my Range which has a max target distance of 50-yards. After I decide which compressor to buy then I would buy a larger tank. Thanks for the info about the SCBA tanks.

Be safe and have a great day,
ThomasT
 
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Unfortunately there isnt a lot of options in your situation, and trust me you arent the only one who has wanted to do this. 

You could get what is called a "guppy" tank or backpack tank, they are very expensive for what they are but it does the job for a small handful of refills on the go. You could definitely hand pump one full, it would be a heck of a workout and you may want to do that over a couple days. Heck if you really really were persistent you could hand pump a big tank, do 300 pumps a day for a month and you might have it full and would honestly be a good workout. 

In your situation of shooting at home, a 12v compressor would be a very good option for you. Hatsan spark, air venturi nomad, or the knockoff non branded ones. Theoretically they would fill a bigger tank too, same idea as the hand pump- you would have to do it in steps over a couple days. You can get the non-branded ones for around 300. They are real quiet and easy to carry around. 

Of course the easiest way would be to buy a big tank and have it filled somewhere near you. With a 45min SCBA tank (firefighter tank) you would be able to refill your gun probably 25 times to full, and another 20-25 times to under full. Thats a lot of shooting for one trip to get it filled! 
 
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Hello bandg,

Hopefully I will get a good one and it should last me for a long time. I am one of those people that take of my equipment and five years later it looks new. Thanks for the heads up on the "quick" fill on the rifle. My plan now is to refill at or around 2000psi, so not much to fill it up to the recommended 3625psi. 

Be safe and have a great day,

ThomasT
 
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