problem with CO2 Heelppp!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gearpri84]

Hi you guys, I have a quick question (yeahhh again)
I am having a little problem, I usually go to the Academy Sports an Outdoors to refill my 20oz CO2 tank, so i went today, got me a box of 500 paintballs and headed back home to shoot a little. But After 100 shots, the cyclone stopped miving, so i figured that i run out of air, went back to academy, refilled it again!!, went back home, and tried it out. Everything was fine when around close to 200 shots later the cyclone stoppen moving and few shots later, run out of air again.
So......do I have the veloscity of my marker too high, is that causing me to spend too much CO2 or the guys at the Academy are ripping me off and not filling the tank completely.

Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last time I tried, everything was fine, and 1 tank got me around 600 shots or more.

[cwest1977]

Sounds like they are not filling the tank high enough. My advice is to get a kitchen scale or something that goes below a couple pounds. Weigh the bottle empty. Get it filled and weigh it again. The difference should be 18 to 20 ounces. Most places won't put the full 20 so, a little low is normal. A 20oz CO2 through an A-5 should be a lot closer to 800 if not 900 shots.

[AngryLepercon]

Originally Posted by cwest1977

A 20oz CO2 through an A-5 should be a lot closer to 800 if not 900 shots.

They might be filling it all the way! He might have a leak at the top of the tank at the valve! Next time you get your tank filled hold it to your ear and see if you hear anything. It could also be a bad O-ring on the bottle!

[markerman]

CO2 freezes cyclone lines. What temperature did you use your A-5 in?

[markerman]

HPA vs CO2
http://www.bestpaintballsites.com/paintball/hpa-vs-co2.htm

[gearpri84]

this is what i'm gonna do, I'm going back to academy today, weight the tank before and after filling up, and see what happens, but does the velocity of the marker affects how much CO2 it uses???? I read that it won't....
I did check for sounds of a leak, but could not hear a thing

[markerman]

I had same problem last winter when I was using CO2 tank while playing out in near freezing temp. BTW tried my friends CO2 tank also that time thinking something wrong with mine---same problem.
Switched to HPA and NEVER had any problems again.

[gearpri84]

well, yesterday, it was around 60's, not too cold!!!!

[Pure Excess Industries]

You are not getting a full fill, or most likely you are just freezing over.

[gearpri84]

what do you mean "freezing over"????
Is it normal for teh cyclone to stop working if there is not enough CO2 in the tank????