HPA tanks have a break in ??

[SkinWalk3r]

I read somewhere that they do. Is this true ? and how long and what needs to be done.

[VS3 Sniper]

I have never heard of this.....and I've been playing pb for a while.

[vikingshadow]

I haven't heard of this either, but it does make sense. If a brand new on-gun regulator needs to be broken in, I would imagine that perhaps a brand new on-tank regulator might also need broken in for maximum efficiency.

Interesting thought!

[VS3 Sniper]

Yea I guess I could see the tank reg might need to be broken in just like a regular reg on a gun.

[Hoppy11]

This is a good question although I do not know the answer, but I have a feeling that companys like Crossfire and PE break in the regs are already or use a system like MacDev does on the inline regs so there isnt a break in period. There is alot of air pressure moving through that reg and I would imagine that the companies want to know they are working properly and consistant. But thats just me!

[bigred76]

I believe that Hopps is right... wait, of course he is right.. when isn't he?

[spray and pray]

hmmm. It would make sense. But now that I think about it. What makes regs (hyper 2 etc..) need a break in? All they are is just a shim stack that moves up and down. I could understand a good cleaning would make them perform better but I still don't understand the break in thing because of what I said above.

[vikingshadow]

A lot of people always talk about "break in" time for the Hyper II. Maybe it loosens the shims? I don't know, but I do know that I've shot a few cases (less than 10, not much more, though, I think) and I'm still getting big fluxuations.

Why wouldn't gun reg companies break in their regs like tank companies do? BTW, I was unaware that they did that - so that's pretty cool!

[Hoppy11]

Vike- idk if tank companies do break their regs in or not. I was just thinking that because of all the pressure that is behind it. Just a different circumstance than a gun reg.

I know MacDev is just a stack of shims and there is almost no break in period. I remember when I got mine and I went to chrono it and I was like why the hell is it not all over the place? Theirs is basically plug and play.

[vikingshadow]

Ah, I see. I understand your point, also. It makes sense!

This is one of those cool questions that come up every now and then that no one ever thinks to ask...I wonder if maybe one of the companies can actually answer this?