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			hatssold wrote:Thanks guys 8)  . Anyways, what kind of bike pump should i use? I dont really want to invest in a compressor right now.
Some people with high pressure low chamber volume guns use shock pumps (used to fill air shocks)  They take way too long to pump a large tank.  Bike pumps work well for most stuff.  For my 700 cu in beast, I often shoot at 25-50 PSI, so I got a lower pressure higher volume pump for quick fills in the field.  It is a plumbers test pump used to inflate rubber bladder plugs in drain line for pressure leak testing.  It has a surge tank and large gauge.  For what they want for those, I could have bought a small compressor.  If possible, get a pump with a surge tank.  They pump much easier. 
 Hand pumping a high pressure shot with the large bore pump is serious pushing.  I need a smaller volume pump for my smaller cannon.
 
            
			
									
						
			
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	        
			
		
		
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								 Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:32 pm
			
			
			
			
			or build a fridge compressor.... 
BTW mine broke down a couple of days ago... 
after about 15 years of being a part of a refrigerator and 3 years of constant abuse as a fridge compressor, which isn't a bad result I suppose....  the funny thing is that it broke down due to faulty starting circuitery... the motor itself was ok but before I realized that it burned the motor 
oh well I need a new one becasue now I can't imagine spudding without it
....lol I miss you fridgy  
  
 
            
			
									
						
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