I'm about to buy a Walther (Umarex) lever action pellet rifle from a friend. I'm new to the 88 gram CO2 game and have some questions which are probably pretty basic:
My limited experience with C02 (I'm a PCP and springer guy) is that you don't leave the charged cartridge in the gun. The 88 gram cartridges are good for 300 or more shots which is more than I'd want to do at one session. So, can I leave the cartridge in the gun? If not, is there any other choice other than wasting a lot of CO2 from a relatively expensive cartridge?
I'm looking at the possibility of using an adapter for the 12 gram CO2 cartridges instead of loading up with a relatively expensive 88 gram CO2 cartridge. The Umarex adapter isn't available at Pyramyd, Amazon, or even from Umarex. So I'm looking at other adapters like the several copies of each other that are on Amazon. Any opinions about this from those who might have the adapters?
Related to using adapters - what is the length of a Umarex or other standard 88 gram CO2 cartridge? This is relevant because on the Walther, the cartridge fits inside a compartment underneath the butt plate so an adapter can be neither too long or too short.
Thanks in advance for the info.
My limited experience with C02 (I'm a PCP and springer guy) is that you don't leave the charged cartridge in the gun. The 88 gram cartridges are good for 300 or more shots which is more than I'd want to do at one session. So, can I leave the cartridge in the gun? If not, is there any other choice other than wasting a lot of CO2 from a relatively expensive cartridge?
I'm looking at the possibility of using an adapter for the 12 gram CO2 cartridges instead of loading up with a relatively expensive 88 gram CO2 cartridge. The Umarex adapter isn't available at Pyramyd, Amazon, or even from Umarex. So I'm looking at other adapters like the several copies of each other that are on Amazon. Any opinions about this from those who might have the adapters?
Related to using adapters - what is the length of a Umarex or other standard 88 gram CO2 cartridge? This is relevant because on the Walther, the cartridge fits inside a compartment underneath the butt plate so an adapter can be neither too long or too short.
Thanks in advance for the info.