There's a common error in thinking that the higher the regulator is set the harder the rifle will shoot. That is not the case.
It is needed to understand that there are two forces in fight: the one of the preassure of the air in the plenum and the one of the hit of the hammer. The equilibrium among them will make you reach the optimal open of valve and release of air.
Best theoretical and practical way to get to know the maximun power you can get from your rifle is to remove the regulator, set the hit of the hammer at maximum and fill the rifle to lower preassure, lets say 90 bar and make a shot and measure the fps, then increase to 95 and measure, then to 100 and measure again. You will get to a certain preassure in which the fps will start to decrease. That previous point will give you the maximum power of your rifle.
The regulator is useful to send to the valve always the same theoretical best preassure to work with the adequate hammer tensión in order that they can armonically open the valve in the best and constant way shot after shot. The higher the preassure in the cilinder or bottle will provide more refillings of the plenum at the optimal preassure.
LCS, Rattler and HUBEN K1 have a different way of releasing the air, so what I said is not valid for those rifles.
It is needed to understand that there are two forces in fight: the one of the preassure of the air in the plenum and the one of the hit of the hammer. The equilibrium among them will make you reach the optimal open of valve and release of air.
Best theoretical and practical way to get to know the maximun power you can get from your rifle is to remove the regulator, set the hit of the hammer at maximum and fill the rifle to lower preassure, lets say 90 bar and make a shot and measure the fps, then increase to 95 and measure, then to 100 and measure again. You will get to a certain preassure in which the fps will start to decrease. That previous point will give you the maximum power of your rifle.
The regulator is useful to send to the valve always the same theoretical best preassure to work with the adequate hammer tensión in order that they can armonically open the valve in the best and constant way shot after shot. The higher the preassure in the cilinder or bottle will provide more refillings of the plenum at the optimal preassure.
LCS, Rattler and HUBEN K1 have a different way of releasing the air, so what I said is not valid for those rifles.
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