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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » Leaving CO2 cartridges in your gun ....    View previous topic :: View next topic  Leaving CO2 cartridges in your gun ....   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:42 am RatcatcherDino Member Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 76 Hi guys, Newbie here ... Common sense tells me that leaving a charged CO2 cartridge (powerlet) in your gun when not in use is probably not a good idea and may cause unnecessary stress on the seals. Am I right? ________ DISPENSARIES Last edited by RatcatcherDino on Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:46 am; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:51 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" The seals aren't really "stressed" by Co2- seals are generally a compression idea of some sort- i.e. a gasket. About the worst that can happen is that a seal takes on the shape of something pressured against it excessively for long periods of time. If you keep the seals lubed, this is less likely to occur. Of course the question is- if you are done shooting and still have half a 12g caplet of Co2 in the gun- is wasting it, perhaps every time you shoot, more economical than if you need to replace a seal at some point? Realistically, I think a Co2 caplet set up against a seal would need to sit there for an extended period of time before it would damage/;malform the seal (i.e. many weeks). _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:13 am RatcatcherDino Member Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 76 AirGunEric wrote: The seals aren't really "stressed" by Co2- seals are generally a compression idea of some sort- i.e. a gasket. About the worst that can happen is that a seal takes on the shape of something pressured against it excessively for long periods of time. If you keep the seals lubed, this is less likely to occur. Of course the question is- if you are done shooting and still have half a 12g caplet of Co2 in the gun- is wasting it, perhaps every time you shoot, more economical than if you need to replace a seal at some point? Realistically, I think a Co2 caplet set up against a seal would need to sit there for an extended period of time before it would damage/;malform the seal (i.e. many weeks). Thanks Eric. btw ... I've read that your not suppose to "lube" seals (ie. "O" rings). I've read you're just suppose to replace them when they go bad. Is this true? If not, what type of lube do you recommend? ________ MAGIC FLIGHT Last edited by RatcatcherDino on Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:46 am; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:26 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Definitely don't use petroleum based lubricants on the seals, as it will degrade them. A silicone lubricant (like Crosman PelGun "oil")will keep them pliable. A drop on the cap of the CO2 ampule should be enough. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:54 am Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 What about emptying the co2 cannister prematurely? With 88 gram cannisters, you can shoot a crapload of shots before losing power, but it still has a lot of juice left in it. The other day I decided to take out the co2 since the power was so low, and I dry fired it like 30 times until my finger got sore in order to release as much co2 as possible. Then I slowly unscrewed it and it shot out mist and vapor like the thing was full. Took like two or three minutes to finally empty out, and the gun was like frozen at that point. Does the quick release of the gas around the seal degrade it too? I think it sucks to have to keep shooting it and wasting ammo when its only putting it shots out there at like 200 fps. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:58 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" Slavia wrote: A silicone lubricant (like Crosman PelGun "oil")will keep them pliable. A drop on the cap of the CO2 ampule should be enough. Check pelgunoil- it is a petroleum-based lube- thus why they only recommend it for their pumpers and Co2 guns. They have a silicone lube called "Silicone Chamber Oil" for springers. The thing of it is, gun manufacturers are supposed to have stopped using o-rings/seals that are affected by petroleum/petroleum distillates, although I guess you never know until it's too late! _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. 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