I just bought a fill adaptor from the dive shop, i brought my fittings and he made one for me from an old regulator to fill my rifle.It wasn't until i got to about 200 bar that I realized we forgot to put a pressure relief valve on it. now the probe is in the fill port and the tank is full to 225 bar and the scuba tank valve is closed. but no way to release the line pressure. what do i do now? I know, I feel like a complete Idiot. I know better. I dont know how to safely discharge the line to remove the probe from the fill port. please advise.
I have made a serious mistake, I need advice on how to proceed without anyone getting hurt. seriously.
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You need to bleed pressure from your gun. The slow way is to dry fire it until the tank is empty.
The fast way will be to crack open the pressure gauge just enough to let it start to bleed pressure.
When the gun is empty, the fill probe and fill whip will also be empty.
Do it slow. Wear eye and ear protection.
The fast way will be to crack open the pressure gauge just enough to let it start to bleed pressure.
When the gun is empty, the fill probe and fill whip will also be empty.
Do it slow. Wear eye and ear protection.
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This sounds like the way to do it. Don’t be hard on yourself, honest mistake. What’s the worst that could happen ?
I got a blister on my finger ! ( Beatles song )
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JimNM showed a good way to solve the problem. Think about where else you can release the air. For example, do you have a bottle with a valve that can be slowly unscrewed until the connection is unsealed. In this idea, the bottle valve is necessary! There are several ways but also watch out for your ears because it can be loud.
ok well Im glad i didnt try to slowly release that goes onto the din fitting of my scba tank... what would happen if i did ?
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i am going to upload a few pics because the damnm thing is on my kitchen table at the momenyt... i know dont say it... ill say it for you..what a jackass! the bad thing is i had my old one wuth a hole in tjhe hose sitting next to me ...never occured to me to take the line off the jenky piece of junk the dive shop guy made and just put it onto my good one... 
pics to follow just in case thetre is a different way to do it besides dry firing my .30 call through 21 psi of air...
pics to follow just in case thetre is a different way to do it besides dry firing my .30 call through 21 psi of air... Upvote 0
It could be difficult because the high pressure is holding strong. It would end with a loud air shot in the hose and damaged seals. And this is provided that you hold on tight
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Your Fill Yoke or the Tank Valve.. should have a Bleeder Valve!!
This is for what you exactly need to anytime after a fill of your Gun....
Bleed Off the air in the Hose!!
Once the hose is charged to over 1000 psi...70 BAR..You will not be able to remove any fill adapter Safely.....
This bleeder valve is a necessity!
This is for what you exactly need to anytime after a fill of your Gun....
Bleed Off the air in the Hose!!
Once the hose is charged to over 1000 psi...70 BAR..You will not be able to remove any fill adapter Safely.....
This bleeder valve is a necessity!
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i guess a smaller image or a link is more appropriate... im batting a thousand here tonight. sorry guys.
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understood, the problem is I didnt catch it until it was already too late. what do I do now? im posting a link to the other 3 pics showing the jenky set up the dive shop guy made for me. all i needed was a hose for mine... i should have been more careful. ugh!
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Be calm, it's not the end of the world. Show what kind of weapon it is and how it is connected to the filling probe.
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hatsan blitz . 30 cal connected with a probe on a QD. din adaptor has hp hose threaded on. no pressure release valve on reg, all holes are plugged by genius at the dive shop and installed by the rookie of the year yours truly.
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To unscrew the screw for de-airing the weapon, you have to remove the sediment? Is there an exit from outside? If not, do you have a valve in the cylinder of your weapon that allows you to unscrew under pressure?
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As posted already, just in bullet points...
- Take a deep breath, calm down, it is not the end of the world.
- Close the scuba cylinder valve (in your photo in post #10).
- Once that is closed, dry fire your rifle to drop the pressure at least to regulator pressure or below.
- Then bleed the rest of the air off by very slightly and slowly loosening the pressure gauge - if you do not know how to, or are afraid to, continue the dry fire routine.
- Once you have it sorted and removed the scuba setup you tried using, refill using a properly setup filling whip which includes a bleed valve and preferably a decent gauge as well.
- Take a deep breath, calm down, it is not the end of the world.
- Close the scuba cylinder valve (in your photo in post #10).
- Once that is closed, dry fire your rifle to drop the pressure at least to regulator pressure or below.
- Then bleed the rest of the air off by very slightly and slowly loosening the pressure gauge - if you do not know how to, or are afraid to, continue the dry fire routine.
- Once you have it sorted and removed the scuba setup you tried using, refill using a properly setup filling whip which includes a bleed valve and preferably a decent gauge as well.
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if you think more pics will help let me know. happy to take a few more. I am very careful, and thorough usually. I guess I saw what I expected to see and didn't actually observe the regulator, thats how bad things happen. Hold on, let me back up... my apologies to the dive shop guy, that was a 100% faulty perspective. I'm the one who attached it to the tank and used it.
is there really no better answer than to take the rifle and tank outside and dry fire till its empty, it in a suburban neighborhood?
is there really no better answer than to take the rifle and tank outside and dry fire till its empty, it in a suburban neighborhood?
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As long as you keep pellets and slugs far away from the rifle, you can dry fire it indoors.
You can bleed the air in better ways as already suggested, but since it seems you are unsure of what and how to do that, the dry fire is a simple way to achieve the desired result.
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