are all 12g co2 capsules the same?

[mx0range]

by that i mean is 1 manufacturer better than another, or are they all the same? does 1 contain more of the good stuff than others

[flash22]

It depends on the pistol/rifle, main difference is the necks of the bottles, umarex are about the cleanest, i find the crosman ones oily and full of black oxidization

umarex guns = umarex C02

[mx0range]

the ones i had my eye on were crosman, seem very cheap. are you saying that the oil does more harm then good? i'll be using a cybergun 1911 & asg cz 75 p-07, both blowback

[Petrovitch]

I buy mine in bulk from Tyre Inflators as this works out cheaper than 'branded' capsules from my local RFD. I was under the impression that there's no difference between brands, other than some having a little lubricant inside them but I always clean and lube the ends anyway. Be interesting to see if anyone disagrees with this...

[blooregard]

I just buy whatever I get the best deal on, the ones with the lube are fine but you only really need to use oil every 5 or so capsules (you dont have to buy bulbs with oil in them, you can just stick a drop of CO2 gun friendly oil, like pellgun, on top of the bulb). CO2 is such a tempremental gas anyway I don't think you could easily tie down badly performing capsules to a manufacturer.

I have noticed that different manufacturers make slightly different sized\shaped bulbs, but I've always been able to fit them into all my guns and never had a problem with leakage or sealing. There are threaded 12g bulbs but I've never had a gun that uses them.


The last lot I bought were crossman, but as far as I can tell they performed as well as a box of unbranded ones I had left over from my splatmaster back in the 80s.

[derekm]

Get them from JSR, own brand (unbranded). Around 32p each, gas is dry & clean. No problems after 100s of capsules.

Dynamit Noble who imported the RWS C225 recommended NOT to use Crosman, saying the oil clogged up the works. They said anything but.

[mx0range]

JSR as in www.jsramsbottom.com ? all i can see on their site is crosman & umarex

[harvey_s]

Get them from JSR, own brand (unbranded). Around 32p each, gas is dry & clean. No problems after 100s of capsules.

Dynamit Noble who imported the RWS C225 recommended NOT to use Crosman, saying the oil clogged up the works. They said anything but.

Mmmm...
Hope the gas isn't dry, otherwise there would be naff all in them .

Edit : Damn! Just seen the date on this... I think all the questions were answered the first time round.