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Old June 5th, 08:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, being able to fire more and being more gas effecient is the same thing.

CO2 is stored as about 2/3 liquid, 1/3 gas. The 1/3 gas helps the 2/3 liquid transfer from a liquid to a gas. This is why CO2 tanks are measured in weight.

An expansion chamber helps the liquid CO2 expand (hence the name) and when something expands something becomes larger. Gas has the fastest moving molecules, liquid has the second fastest, and solids have the slowest. So, no. Lower gas used does not mean a slower rate of fire.

A valve running on low pressure means that the valve uses less pressure than usual to operate. This does not mean the velocity will decrease. A good math expression for this is Velocity = Pressure x Mass. In order to keep the velocity good you need to balance out the two. The valve is usually located on the lower tube of paintball markers.

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