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Emptying an Anschutz Cylinder
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:49 am
by Soupy44
Without the special emptying tool, how can you get the air out of Anschutz cylinder? Thinking ahead to JOs here. Thanks.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:30 pm
by jhmartin
Unless you have the discharge tool, I think the only other "safe" way is dryfiring.
You might want to call Shawn at the Colorado Springs Monard Store and see if he can have one for you there to purchase.
719-302-6166 or
shawn@trybom.com
I'll be on the downstairs range during the women's matches ... I'll bring a spare you can borrow.
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:11 pm
by robf
i'd be apprehensive of firing it to empty...
2 things will happen...
1 at some point the valve won't be able to hold back the air, either in the reg or the cylinder and once both go, it will purge through the gun... not that it will really harm it, but if you don't have to send the whole system below sub zero very quickly then i don't see a reason why you should ;)
2 the lack of back pressure on the knock open valve may mean your valve has less resistance to opening, so it might just contact a bit harder... again, it shouldn't cause a problem, but why do it if you don't have to.
the empty valve is the way to go, but do it slowly so you don't weld your hands to the cylinder... it will get very cold very quickly if you do it too fast.
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:59 pm
by jhmartin
Rob ... the problem comes about here in the US because our TSA currently forbids flight on an commercial aircraft with a non-empty cylinder.
Shooters must appear at the airport w/ empty cylinders.
We've had an instance back in Dec where the TSA in Colorado Springs would not let any cylinder fly ... empty or not, so folks have had to start shipping them via ground delivery. Here again cylinders must be empty.
US National Junior Olympics start this Thursday, so if you are a competitor that is flying out you really should ship the cyls to yourself at the OTC.
Call Nicole Levine there if you have any questions.
Nicole Levine
Competitions Assistant
USA Shooting
Phone: 719-866-4882 / Fax: 719-866-4884
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:32 am
by batty
heres a quick but crude way of emptying your cylinder without the right tool
get an allen key (about 2 mm) or a screwdriver, look at the valve on teh cylinder and you will see a little "nipple" this is hte valve, carefully and firmly press your tool on this nipple, it iwll need some pressure as the air behind it is keeping it closed
keep pressure on it until its empty!
Done!!!!!!!!
yes i know its crude but it does the job if you don't have the right tool!
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:17 am
by ANSCHUTZ
don't point the cylinder at yourself when trying this as you may end up with something stuck in your eye.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:20 am
by Soupy44
Thank you for your posts. We were able to track down the tool necessary to get this done and the cylinders are en route to the OTC.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:35 am
by robf
jhmartin wrote:Rob ... the problem comes about here in the US because our TSA currently forbids flight on an commercial aircraft with a non-empty cylinder.
Shooters must appear at the airport w/ empty cylinders.
We've had an instance back in Dec where the TSA in Colorado Springs would not let any cylinder fly ... empty or not, so folks have had to start shipping them via ground delivery. Here again cylinders must be empty.
US National Junior Olympics start this Thursday, so if you are a competitor that is flying out you really should ship the cyls to yourself at the OTC.
Call Nicole Levine there if you have any questions.
Nicole Levine
Competitions Assistant
USA Shooting
Phone: 719-866-4882 / Fax: 719-866-4884
sounds like your making progress some ways :)