Tank Dump… wtf!
So I came home and was shooting off a few rounds to sight in my new scope. After about 5 shots I shoot and the tank just keeps on spitting out air through the barrel. I quickly removed it and set it down outside and after a minute it stopped. What caused this and what do I do next? I tried to shoot again after to see how low it had gotten and the tank was completely empty. So what do I do now? Is there a problem? Do I refill the tank or will that be dangerous?
I was using pellets which I had spread open with a beeman pell sizer (or whatever its called) so idk if the extra pressure somehow harmed the valve. I really have no idea!!!
Please help!
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Was the tank completely topped off when you started shooting?….If it was low on pressure it may not have had enough to keep the valve closed when you shot that last one…..Try to fill it again….Can’t hurt anything…
It screws in and out of the gun just fine. The tophat stem isn’t bent. Is that what you’re asking?
Jammed pellets have done it to me a few times….
You could, it might work. As long as nothing is obstructing the valve seat you should be fine. Does the valve move smoothly in and out of the bottle while its empty?
Yes I took the tank completely off and it was still spewing out air like crazy. I did read the other thread but they have a different setup and I thought the advice there didn’t really apply to my problem.
I’m totally foreign to the design of the gun. All I know is how to operate it! So taking the valve off and messing with it would probably just make something worse….
BTW the tank did dump all its air at once I don’t see the difference Walter?
Where can I go from here? Should I try to fill it a couple hundred psi and see if it hold pressure?
Edit- Could the pellet be the cause? Because I do think it wasn’t all the way in.
I was using pellets which I had spread open with a beeman pell sizer (or whatever its called) so idk if the extra pressure somehow harmed the valve. I really have no idea!!!
Please help!
That is not a tank dump.
a dump is when the whole dog-gone thing blasts out on you with one shot
if you could remove the tank with it hissing away then something has happened to the valve.
possibly a split or piece of junk holding it open?????
If the tankis empty remove the valve to inspect it and repair whatever is wrong.
Walter….
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6295&start=20
Pacoson is probably right
if the pellet was not flush in the barrel it could have crimped over wedging the top hat open.
I’ve read around here of this happening to others, their tanks were fine, just sucks to have to refill from empty
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Lol it should be bent no way lol. What i was insisting is that some times small shards of the plastic valve work their way between the valve and the brass socket jamming the valve sometimes.