Which budget Target pistol to start me off?

[Lundy]

Good news ! Right! Must do more wrist exercises.No rubber gloves, but small sheet of sticky rubber stuff that stops things falling of the dashboard worked a treat, will keep it in pistol case from now on ( doesn't take up much space and doesn't look kinky or like a hit-mans toy box) Cylinder now off.

Bad news :-( the brass fill adaptor doesn't seem long enough for the valve. There is a small hole in the underside of the valve which is not covered by the depth of the adaptor. The quick fill set-up for my BSA rifle has a longer thread which stops the air coming through the small hole.

Am I correct? Why is it shorter than the BSA adaptor? If, so, where do I get a new brass Steyr fill adaptor from? Ideas if I'm not in he right ball park? Half a cylinder of air in No2 won't last 5 minutes!

Thanks

[Bjacobs571]

if you are referring to the length of the threaded portion of the fill adapter which screws into the din thread of your diving cylinder then you fill adapter is a 232bar adapter and your diving cylinder is 300bar. 300bar cylinders have a deeper thread to stop you connecting them to a 232 bar system. You can buy a spacer which fits between the filling adapter and the bottom of the cylinder thread. I made one and best fittings also make one. The other way is to buy a 300bar filling adapter or one which fits on the end of the whip.
http://www.bestfittings.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=637
http://www.bestfittings.co.uk/shopdi...=129&cat=Steyr

[mikehill]

Mine also came with a 232 adaptor, had me puzzled as well Maybe they didn't have 300 bar tanks back then ?

[I. J.]

I was under the impression the German market only had the lower 232bar bottles.

[Lundy]

Thanks guys
I've looked at the best fitting site and they have the longer thread adaptor, the spacer and also a convertor.
Good site!

[Lundy]

Best fittings delivery arrived yesterday and longer 300bar connector works just fine. Filled both cylinders very slowly and all worked fine
Thanks all

[mikehill]

Go on .. rub it in