| I don't think the issue is entirely an oxygen one. Compressing air doesn't expose the oil to "more" oxygen. (air is only like 18%) oxygen. The other half of the culprit is the fact that the mixture is under pressure. Think about what happens inside a diesel engine (remember, they don't have spark plugs)
About putting drops of oil on co2 carts. It isn't really needed, as 12g's (ones for air guns, this isn't true of those soda/beer ones) have oil in them that is rated for the pressures. I wouldn't recommend putting oil in ASAs on CO2 bottles either. If you need to oil the innards, try putting a couple of drops in the gun's ASA and leave it at that. I don't oil any of my guns in that manner and they do just fine.
I've put oil in things to get them to stop leaking. Works great on some air tools. The idea is that you'll soften up the offending seal and it'll reseat. You just have to think about what you're putting where. If you put something that is a kissing cousin to diesel into a place with air under high pressures, it doesn't take much of a temperature bump to set it off.
As far as the plastic line thing, I thought microline was good and macro line was evil (since nobody seems to be able to use the stuff with the correct rating). I was going to see about getting some micro line to restring a couple of 68 Specials.
Personally, I think that I'll just stick to CO2. I'm familiar with similar materials, and my guns don't need any extra regulators....
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Emerald Wolf -- Bomb bags are a good idea.... |