Air Arms Owners Club

check this out guys and girls.
https://youtu.be/a1hrms0i2LU
Lucky, lucky guy.

Nasty looking wound there. Just goes to show PCP,s need handling with great care

lucky guy

Very lucky to be alive looking at where the other bit's ended up (in the ceiling) it could have been much worse.
daz

They pack a punch don't they . Very lucky

BBF

Ouch. I dont know how something that large almost made it through his thigh without hitting an artery major nerve.

Definitely worth dumping the air from the cylinder before working on it. Yes its a bit of a waste but you can always get a refill. For multiple test stripdowns whilst fitting a regulator, installing a dowel in the air receiver massively reduces the waste

Hmmmm. So this is a rifle designed for CO2 and converted to run on compressed air at a much higher pressure than it was designed for? Or am I missing something?

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. American videos show more stupid mods in the search for power than any other nation. I have to wonder what their definition of accuracy is? dave

What can you reasonably expect from a nation who once elected G Bush and now seems rather set on D Trump!, with people like that in power I think that I too might well desire the "right to carry arms"

People sometimes forget the immense forces that high pressures will apply to the surfaces of a component. 200 bar equates to 1.5 tons per square inch or 2i2 tons per square foot..pretty hefty.
The pressures applied to the threads is equally high; and with constant disassembly and reassembly the threads will wear especially when a soft metal such as aluminium and a harder metal such as brass or steel engages with it. The threads are not perfectly smooth and will file away material to a lesser or greater extent every time they are inserted or removed especially when overtightened. Aluminium is very suseptable to this and is known as balling. So when servicing high pressure equipment always inspect the threads with a magnifying glass and discard them if the threads show signs of wear. This may appear as grooved surfaces on the thread's wall, or rounding of the thread profile or conversely they may become pointed and sharp. Excessive movement between the two parts before tightening is an indicator the the parts should be discarded.
Keeping the threads clean will reduce this wear but not eliminate it....always inspect!
Even relatively low pressures can inflict a surprising amount of force...here's someone stabbing a lorry tyre for fun....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enRKvjKr7l0

Stay safe