Can a paintball CO2 tank run on compressed air?

Answer 1

Yes, most sear tripping (mechanical, tippmann style) paintball guns, however, will run, with some fine right tuning, on either CO2 or compressed air. Most blowbacks (tippmann, spyder, azodin, bt) are "meant" to run on C02 and may run into problems with HPA without some internal adjustment. With very few exceptions (SP1 and SP vibe) spool vavle markers cannot run on CO2, and those that can, need an anti siphon tank so they do not get liquid into their valve. Almost every other gun will run great on HPA.

Answer 2

Nope you can run it on Hpa " High pressure air - Hpa is the safest for any paintball marker as its in a constant state of being a gas - Air - "

Where as co2 is in a liquid state inside your co2 cylinder and rapid fireing of your marker while on co2 can cause the liquid itself to leak into your marker this can put stress on the o-rings or other parts of the marker because c02 is so so so so cold

where as a bottle of compressed air " HPA " will be warm to the touch

so think like pouring liquid ICE into your marker then pulling the trigger many times the parts inside are frozen and can break chip and crack

also co2 is poisonous to inhale where as HPA is the same stuff that divers breath :P

altho some pistols and some markers only use c02 example for a co2 only pistol is the tippmann tpx an example of a pistol that can use hpa or co2 the tiberius 8

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Yes, all paintball guns will run off of compressed air unless specified by the manufacturer. Make sure you get a High Pressure (HP) compressed air tank though, that gun runs on HP.

Answer 4

No, do not try to fill a CO2 canister with HPA.