Adding a gauge

[Gothmog]

I'd like to add a gauge to my phantom VSC since I lose count of how many shots I've fired too often. It's very disheartening when you run up behind someone, pull the trigger, and have your gun vomit out a ball like a dying cat. I'm not sure anyone has done this before.

Problem one:
Where do I put it? I was planning on removing the stock class adapter and drilling and tapping the side of the vertical ASA, then putting the adapter back on. Can you think of a better location? Perhaps it would be better to splice a T joint into the hardline?

Problem 2:
The gauge is tricky. I was thinking of cannabalizing my old black dragun for the guage but I'd prefer a new one. If anyone knows a 1" gauge that can has a 0-900 or 1000 psi range let me know. The process temperature of the coldest gauges I've found is -40F, which is 68 degrees warmer than CO2. I think I'll just put a gauge guard on to solve that problem.

Problem 3:
Will this be detrimental to air efficiency? I am using 12g's. I think this can only be discovered by trying it out.

[-=ReD-hAzE=-]

CO2 stays at nearly the same pressure until you've almost completely used it up. Adding a gauge won't do you any good, by the time the needle falls it's already too late.

Count your shots. :)

[jdubau55]

yeah using a 12g it would be pointless to do that really. a better idea though would be to try to mount like say a shot counter in your grip. you could use like one of those hand held counters like umpires use sorta. then mount that with the numbers showing through a plastic panel on your grip. then mount the pushrod behing your trigger, then each trigger pull puts one shot on the counter. you have a easily readable, cheap, easy resetable shot counter.

[Crash Danger]

err... didn't I post a picture here before? Who deleted it? Or is this a new thread?

[Gothmog]

This is a different thread. :D This is customm modifications, which I found after posting in Pump/Stock guns.