I'm looking to get a daystate Regal XL and the fill pressure on those goes up to 250 bar. I can fill my 200 bar Kral tank quite easily with my Hill MK4 hand pump, but not sure about using it for a 250 bar fill. Does anybody have any experience filling a 250 bar tank with a hand pump? If so how difficult is it and how long does it take. Thanks...
Handpump for a 250 bar fill?
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While I haven't used a manual/hand pump in years..
I just checked out the rifle you mentioned, and IMO, I think it's absolutely doable.
It'll be a bit more pumping to build up to the extra pressure, but, the over all volume of the air cylinder isn't bad..
It's when you try to hand-pump bottle guns and/or larger capacity air tanks that you really need to start to worry.
Sam -
I just checked out the rifle you mentioned, and IMO, I think it's absolutely doable.
It'll be a bit more pumping to build up to the extra pressure, but, the over all volume of the air cylinder isn't bad..
It's when you try to hand-pump bottle guns and/or larger capacity air tanks that you really need to start to worry.
Sam -
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I hand pumped my FX crown .22 all the way to 250bar. Real pain lol. It’s doable. And I did it with cheap Chinese pump. Now I’m using Omega Trail Charger. Worth the investment!
As far as difficulty, you do have to use a lot of force. I am 6ft tall and weigh 215 lbs. from 230-250 bar I had to straighten my arms and push down with all my weight. Not hard to do 10-15times. 20-30 times gets annoying lol. With the smaller cylinder in the regal, you shouldn’t have a problem doing it as long as you got the weight to push down on that pump.
As far as difficulty, you do have to use a lot of force. I am 6ft tall and weigh 215 lbs. from 230-250 bar I had to straighten my arms and push down with all my weight. Not hard to do 10-15times. 20-30 times gets annoying lol. With the smaller cylinder in the regal, you shouldn’t have a problem doing it as long as you got the weight to push down on that pump.
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I used to pump my FX Boss's 500cc tank to 250 bar with the Hill pump. Definitely do able. The thiing with pumping is to go slowly and pause at the bottom and top of the strokes. This way, you'll use fewer strokes than tryin to pump quickly and not pausing.
Chas
Chas
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I pump my small tank to 4500 psi with a Hill MK3, but I use a 1 HP motor with a 50:1 reduction gearbox to move the pump.
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Most hand pump will go up to 4500 psi. It's not about filling higher pressure that you need to worry about. It's the volume. Its easier to fill a 200 cc bottle to 4500 psi than to fill a 500 cc bottle to 3000 psi. Once you hit about 3000 psi it's getting be hard to pump but lock you arms and use your weight. Not really hard to get to 4500 psi if your tank is small.
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Was able to fill my impact with the hill mk4. Really wasnt that hard. I only weigh 165lbs. Took around 20-30 min first fill taking my time from empty. Under 10 min to top off from 200 to 250.
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I have a Huntsman Regal XL and it’s small 162cc reservoir is very easy to fill with my Hill Mkiv pump.
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After seeing some of the comments above about hand-pumping,
I highly doubt I'd personally be able to fill to pressures more than about 100psi..
I'm like 125-130 lbs - soaking wet. Hmm.. I wonder if I could convert one into a pogo-stick?!
*Jump... land & fill... Jump... land & fill* lol
Sam -
I highly doubt I'd personally be able to fill to pressures more than about 100psi..
I'm like 125-130 lbs - soaking wet. Hmm.. I wonder if I could convert one into a pogo-stick?!
*Jump... land & fill... Jump... land & fill* lol
Sam -
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Im sure weight has a lot to do with it, but technique matters as well. I lock my elbows and let my upper body weight push it down. Im not using all my weight. Im sure you can do it. You could also put on a backpack with bricks in it. Haha. Half joking.
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Sam, I’m a buck fifty wet! Like Eric said above, technique is everything...lock elbows and let your body weight and gravity work for you .
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I sure admire you all that are able to hand pump I sure wish I could, for the sole reason that it kills me to stare at my Hill MK4 that I bought and only used 3 times just staring at me in the face every time I go into my man cave. I stupidly let my high school ego get the best of me(I’m 56 now, lol) when I bought it 2 years ago, thinking even with 5 back surgeries I could still do it. No wussy here, I thought, till after the 3rd time I realized I screwed up by ordering it. Then someone here on AGN said these words- “the time it takes to pump sure takes away from the fun of shooting” so I ran with it and bought me a tank, then later on a compressor.
Still really admire you hand pumping folks. I’m gonna put up my pump for sale one of these days.
Still really admire you hand pumping folks. I’m gonna put up my pump for sale one of these days.
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Bigragu, I have a compressor, hand pumps and tank...tank is by far the easiest, fastest but occasionally I hand pump when I am not too lazy! If I had back issues....all my hand pumps would be up for sale too 
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