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Pumping up pneumatic spearguns

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As Foxfish says Tromic and his son are probably the best way to go for a vacuum barrel kit. In Australia pneumatic guns are not that popular and people often have adverse views about them based mainly on hearsay and misconceptions. Write to people who know what they are talking about rather than waste time elsewhere. You will need a spring stainless spear for the better shaft surface required for the seal in terms of long term durability, other shafts eventually pit with rust spots.
 
Thanks again gentlemen.

Your advice is very helpful. I will contact Tromic and see how I go.

Cheers
 
Thought that this may be useful if pushed back onto the front page as I recently received a query on the subject for an unknown model of pneumatic gun. It is an "Atlantis" and is of the classic layout with a long barrel, mid handle and cylindrical rear tank, but with no spear or pump not much can be ascertained from it except that it has imperial sized handle screws..
 
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Anyone know the best place to buy an adaptor to fit the rear of my gun so I can attach an electric pump?
 
As I took these photos for another thread I figured that I should add them here. The rubber valve stem blew out when the rubber perished after some years so I just chucked it in a box and forgot about it. This was made for the bayonet connection Mares spearguns as I have a number of them. Mares quit using this style as the dead space is larger than it needs be in the back of these guns and you require more strokes to compensate for air lost as you pull the pump handle back for the next stroke. Still able to hit 40 bar though, however the pump barrels get quite hot.
 
One thing I forget to mention when I wrote this thread is you need to periodically lubricate your hand pump. Without some lubrication the pump piston rubber seal or washer will wear out. Pull the pump handle back and put a few drops of oil down the pump bore. A few drops on the pump sliding rod will also help. The hand pumps are lubricated at the factory, but over time this oil evaporates. Oil used can be the same stuff as you use in the gun, usually SAE 10 grade such as motorcycle fork oil which is used for the front mounted shock absorbers or dampers.
 
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