How do you fill your Cricket?
Hi guys, just picked up a .22 carbine on sale from WWAG. Coming from a 1st gen Marauder, this thing is frickin’ sweet. A little confused on the filling though, and this is going to sound stupid. If I want to fill to 200 BAR, how do I do that? Once I crack the valve on my tank, the tank gauge goes right up to 200. I let it sit for a minute, and then close the valve. Tank gauge drops down under 200. Have to repeat this until it’s actually at 200. Am I retarded or Is there an easier way?
Also, what keeps the fill probe from popping out of the gun’s port while airing up? It’s a little unnerving to me that just slips in and out.
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The thing in tank vs gun gauge is this : You´re filling the Airtube on your gun and the pressure inside the AT is what matters , not the pressure the tank gauge shows. The pressure on the tank gauge always reads higher than the gauge on the AT does since it´s pushing air against the o-ring “valve” and so it needs 5-10 B more pressure to overcome that.
LOL, I got a laugh out of that, Yea, I kind of lean to the side when watching the gun gage , Something over the years has taught me not to look down a gun barrel,
I know my gun is unloaded , but the old saying there are a lot of people that are killed by unloaded guns, (Its unloaded take a look) . Even when I check out someone’s gun and I check the chamber and its empty, I still know there is a bullet in there , Its just the way I was taught,
Mike
Not to mention that with an airgun even the air buff of an unloaded gun can cause serious eye damage.
I monitor the tank gage while filling. Its far more accurate anyway. Mine takes around 30-40 sec to fill which is fast enough and slow enough.
Awny
Both my crickets fill at a good pace. It took forever to fill .25 before the modification to fill port. I always use gage on the bottle as well.
Mine fills very slowly. Its the .25 bullpup.
My tank is an SCBA with the crappy valve. Its pretty hard to get a steady pressure flow out of it- either all or nothing.
So I appreciate the crickets slow fill. At the same time though, when I crack the valve open, my probe always leaks when the full 4,500psi is trying to push out. I may have to adjust the fill of my crickets valve to see if that may stop the probe from leaking. Doubtful, but worth a shot since its easy enough.
Not after Ernest gets done with them…….
No Ernest needed for that. Easily done. I just don’t see the point since it’s good it takes its 30 sec or so to fill my Compact. The AT doesn’t get hot that way and the pressure has time to get stable.
Good lesson Mike. I once had a guy hand me a .45 and said it wasn’t loaded. When I pulled back the slide and checked a round dropped to the floor.
You should have seen his face. :suprisedn:
Not after Ernest gets done with them…….
LOL, I got a laugh out of that, Yea, I kind of lean to the side when watching the gun gage , Something over the years has taught me not to look down a gun barrel,
I know my gun is unloaded , but the old saying there are a lot of people that are killed by unloaded guns, (Its unloaded take a look) . Even when I check out someone’s gun and I check the chamber and its empty, I still know there is a bullet in there , Its just the way I was taught,
Mike
I always fill the gun according the gun gauge. Crickets fill slowly , which is a good thing btw , so no need to watch the gauge like a Hawke.
Mine always read the same. I just feel safer looking at the tank.
I watch them both but they never read the same. I can see the gauge on my gun without having my face or head in the way of the barrel.
I use the gauge on my tank when filling I never use the one on my gun..
Thanks guys. I guess I do have to look at the gun’s gauge. Was trying to avoid that. Can’t wait to hear what the “enthusiastic” RSO at my range has to say about looking down the front of my gun 😆
Try opening tank sloooowly and see what happens. The fill probe fills out the side so pressure is pushing up not out.
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To answer your posted question… I fill my Cricket with a Hill hand pump. It’s easy to prevent overfilling and avoiding too rapid a fill
4 minutes from 160 to 200 bar, at a relaxed pace.