venting co2

[haywire]

i was recently playing in rainy, 65 degree weather w/ my tippmann 98 and was venting HUGE amounts of co2 from the barrell; so much that i couldn't see my shots. has anyone experienced this, and if so, what did you do to correct it? do i need an anti-siphon?

[elTwitcho]

Well, first of all, you dont have to worry about "venting CO2" because that's not what's happening at all. Because you are playing in colder weather Liquid Co2 does not expand to gaseous CO2 as quickly. As a result, your shots are going to be at the same pressure, but contain a whole lot more Liquid Co2 than usual. When you fire the marker the liquid CO2 is expelled with the gaseous CO2 out the end of your barrel into the air. When the Liquid hits the air it is no longer under any pressure (well, atmospheric pressure excluded) and it can expand very rapidly. As a result you get massive clouds of CO2 at the tip of your barrel when you fire. An anti-syphon CO2 tank will help a good deal, and combining this with an expansion chamber or CO2 regulator such as the palmer stabilizer would be ideal. You can still use your gun this way, just expect some inconsistencies in velocity (and therefore poor accuracy) and poor gas usage as well

[in trauma]

if you are talking about warm clouds off grey smoke then that is normal

it is form decompression

dont worry about it unless it is cold