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I was wondering if a HPA rig would be better than a spring sniper. I am trying to decide whether to upgrade my spring sniper or get the KJW R700 and get a HPA rig with some other upgrades. Which one would give me better constituency in year round conditions and give me better range. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Has this kid even asked about tanakas? Why is this in this section? Wow! Sniper234, are really off to a bad start.

Metallicafat,
Once you place a palmer stab/reg on your bottle you'll reg it down to 3-5PSI above your secondary reg. We are talking 70-80PSI, for tanakas and clones. Please do not bring up metal shrapnel again for your sake. That's absurd. Evens at 150PSI or 800+FPS they will not pepper your face with pot metal. If you operate a external reg right you would start with at 0PSI and increase pressure as need be and not just slam a ?PSI setting on to your bottle.
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mateba said:
Has this kid even asked about tanakas? Why is this in this section? Wow! Sniper234, are really off to a bad start.

Metallicafat,
Once you place a palmer stab/reg on your bottle you'll reg it down to 3-5PSI above your secondary reg. We are talking 70-80PSI, for tanakas and clones. Please do not bring up metal shrapnel again for your sake. That's absurd. Evens at 150PSI or 800+FPS they will not pepper your face with pot metal. If you operate a external reg right you would start with at 0PSI and increase pressure as need be and not just slam a ?PSI setting on to your bottle.
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I never said anything about peppering anything with metal, or PSI...
@ Woogie, Again, I don't dislike he KJ's, but IMO they'll never be as good as a Tanaka, I'd personally go for a KJ because it is cheaper and saves myself about 350 dollars, but were not talking about myself here.
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Beg your pardon Metallicafat, misquoted my post there.

Either way, you will not turn your mag into shrapnel under a field-able PSI. I'm not sure where anyone ever heard of such a claim but I would love to know where you, manofskill, found this. Most air fitting rupture above 200-300PSI and it won't go all at once just the weakest point but if you can show me how a tanaka mag can turn in to a shrapnel I love to see this.
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mateba said:
Beg your pardon Metallicafat, misquoted my post there.

Either way, you will not turn your mag into shrapnel under a field-able PSI. I'm not sure where anyone ever heard of such a claim but I would love to know where you, manofskill, found this. Most air fitting rupture above 200-300PSI and it won't go all at once just the weakest point but if you can show me how a tanaka mag can turn in to a shrapnel I love to see this.
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That would be a nice youtube vid, I wonder if it is like watching a paintball tank rupture.
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I apologize. now that I think about it does seem kind of ridiculous, When woogie said fine tune I thought he meant just to get consistency and the exact PSI you wanted at 450, I did not mean field pressure. But, I did read a thread a little while back that it was possible to make one explode. But, that was a pretty old thread. I also should have thought about the other weak points in the system, and like you said the other parts would probably go first.

Once again, sorry. I will be much more careful I feel the need to post in the future.
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You shouldn't be able to rupture the mag....... the fittings would probably be the ones to go first, or your bolt would spring a leak...
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woogie said:
You shouldn't be able to rupture the mag....... the fittings would probably be the ones to go first, or your bolt would spring a leak...
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I was talking about connecting it to a air compressor and seeing what happens.
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I would still say that the rings would blow before the cylinder itself.
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Another idea for you guys; take a HPA tank(50-200$) get a remote line(20-30$), and get a regulator. As for which one? Just drop by a local paintball store. Yes, yes.. I know, these terrible places actually do have a positive side! You should be able to find all of these parts at a store, maybe even tell them what you are doing for advice on a reg, they should be able to find a suitable one. Once you have your kit ready, measure the thread size of the reg's screws, find an appropriately sized drill bit, tap out a standard magazine, take a threading device, create your threads, put some thread locker on the reg, then screw her in nice and tight(whoa there).

(make sure the reg has an HPA hook up component as well as a pressure adjustment devise that can get you from 0-200) Hope this helped
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soldierofvalor said:
Another idea for you guys; take a HPA tank(50-200$) get a remote line(20-30$), and get a regulator. As for which one? Just drop by a local paintball store. Yes, yes.. I know, these terrible places actually do have a positive side! You should be able to find all of these parts at a store, maybe even tell them what you are doing for advice on a reg, they should be able to find a suitable one. Once you have your kit ready, measure the thread size of the reg's screws, find an appropriately sized drill bit, tap out a standard magazine, take a threading device, create your threads, put some thread locker on the reg, then screw her in nice and tight(whoa there).

(make sure the reg has an HPA hook up component as well as a pressure adjustment devise that can get you from 0-200) Hope this helped
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If you read the whole tread this was already talked about
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