Charging a paintball air bottle with a stirrup pump 

You're such a hero. So nice to see someone not afraid of a bit of hard work!

nowdays I'm getting some information about hpa tank and refill. great help. thank you!!

9 years later and I'm following in your footsteps . There is a lot of hidden cost in pcp air gunning , bought riffle $260. Bought pump $50 Shortly after buying the pump I realized it's not good to pump moist air that means taking it ro the woods with you is only good in the heart of summer . I bought a tiny bottle .45 liters and am pumping at home so I've got some dry air Next is to buy a compressor for around $ not a cheap hobby coming from breakbarrels and co2

I literally just bought a pump and was able to pump my 13ci before the video ended. Thanks for the tutorial

Saves you a run to the field or dive shop to fill up. Especially if you are running the small 13ci tanks. It is a great purchase

Thanks for sharing .. It helped me out a lot for my project to come .. Thanks

What size fitting did you use to connect to the paintball tank mate?

I'd be curious to see the pump put on a scale to see how much weight must be applied for strokes at different pressure levels. You could then formulate an electric motor/gear reduction to turn it into an electric pump of sorts. Thanks for the video, very informative!

Great exercise to be honest - I actually like this idea

What exact pump did you use in the video? And what did you use to connect the pump to the hpa tank?

thanks this helps a lot on helping me decide to get a compressor or pump

Great video, great explanation

Thanks for the demo 👍🏻

hi Russel, I've bought a PCP airrifle with a 400cc(approximatly 25CU) tank, it's regulated at 150bar and can hold 200bar. I'm wondering if a pump would be enough for me? I don't plan on shooting every day, not even every weekend so i don't know if it's worth buying a scuba bottle for this? I'd have to fill from zero the first time but then afterwards i'd be topping of from 150 to 200 bar with a Gehmann pump.. What's your opinion? Every other (serious) airgunner says i should buy a scubatank but they shoot all the time...

Brilliant mate just orders one from Amazon for my paintball gun today, I have the same tank as you also

Gettin them gains man!

Is it the top hold for output, the side hole for air input?

I take it you are a air rifle hobbyist. And your point of view comes from that. I myself come the paintball view. And have seen this done before by other paintballers.But this is first time I seen some one fill a tank to 300psi. And that it took only 3 and a half hours with 375 pumps. Is amazing.

Just a though. Do you think a crank pump would be a lot more efficient? When I thought of a manual paintball tank pump I thought that having a crank pump with a fly wheel would be easier to use. Having a circular motion to the pump will allow higher pressure pumps with less force and the momentum from the flywheel will make the amount of force you have to apply lower and more spread out, unlike a normal pump where you have to push down and then pull up.

how does it work when you refill it by your self

Thank you. It was useful information.

Russell Platten hi Russell, is it possible to pump a 4500psi tank up with th pump? thx

Not bad, get a good amount of shots on HPA tank messing around outside so it's nice it's free, but the pump price though too much, just gotta wait to take it to gas supply store that has compressor to fill it instead.

the VEVOR 3-stage hand crank pump with high quality 301 stainless steel, crank pump 4500 psi (0-30 MPa), PCP Air Gun Rifle, PCP pump with pressure measurement range: 0-5800 psi (0-40 MPa) has it allready adapter for filling 13ci tank?

wowza! I figured it would take alot. Damn I bet thats a workout.

on recharge avec les bouteille ?

where do u get the connection for the tank

Merci, grâce à cette vidéo je sais qu’il vaut mieux acheter un compresseur ! 🙏

I'd been wondering about how long that would take .... Thanks

Great Russell Platten I'm a fan of your videos, I'm wanting to make an adjustment and put an engine that will pump for me, but I will do so 50 pumped and waiting 5 minutes, 50 pumped and waiting five minutes, I'm doing this to load a scuba or scuba tank, do you think that is possible

What kind of tape is that

@Russell Platten, could you provide a link to where I could get the pump? Thanks

Lol thanks for making this. Well if you want to get in shape for paintball buy a manual pump lol.

Agreed... Your a star!

Ive got exactly same setup, apart from the rug. The gague on my bottle is identicle and also reads more than the pump. Think im going to replace with new gague as dont trust it

would it be easier to fill it up if you chill the bottle in a ice bath while you fill it?

hello sir, can I fill ninja Co2 tank like this ??

I use a pump on my airgun, its not hard work, but planning to get a divers tank too, imagine try fill up one with a pump :D

Can you add a air filter on the pump ??

Thanks, I've been thinking of filling my own bottles if I get a gun. Looks like a grate workout but I'll probably go with an electric one.

How much preasure can schedule 80 pvc take i want to know cause i don't want it blowing up into my face

What fitting is that

If I ever were to have a reason why I would need high-pressure air like this, I would buy a large air tank and then I would do just a little bit of work at a time, even over a period of several days, rather than all in one shot. I actually like human-powered devices and procedures like this, so if I ever had an air rifle which is charged this way I would have just as much fun experimenting with the pump and the air pressure as with the gun. This video is very interesting because I actually like physical exercise which is used to power machinery which does useful work. I have always been interested in human-powered electricity as well.

Russell Platten i can fill any tank like this?

I enjoyed your video. Are you from newcastle by chance?

Chest day baby!!

What do you use to tank for does the tank fill a PCP airgun can you use an adapter to fill with that 48 cubic inch tank to fill a PCP airgun

My son filled his like this. He did it halfway roughly and was 350 pumps. However question is: Was it hard for anyone else to get the fitting off the tank. It was like vacuum sealed on it. We did finally break it free but it shot off. Scary. And only half full. It has the slide back sleeve to release it just like a standard air compressor. But sliding it back to release it was almost impossible from the pressure I guess. Is that normal?

Thank you

add a motor on that thing and you have a full air compressor.

Hi, I have a Webley ultra glide air rifle pump which works great until the preasure reach 500 psi after that is wery hard to pump and it feels like generate vacuume. I replaced all the o rings and is still the same someone can help me ? I tryed to google but I can't find anny answer or manual to see how is works. Cheers

I need to get me one of those pumps.

Can I just use a regular air compressor

thank you

Can i fill a co2 bottle with air same way ? I done my Air Arms gun wit a pump once . And wet got a dive tank Thank for your hard work tho 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

Where do I buy the connectors?

I’ve bought one of these, I have a 3500psi 300bar tank takes me well over three hours to fill

+ Russell Platten can you use a electric car tire pump to refill the bottle?

I want a cheap small bottle that I can pump up with a hand pump and put in my backpack and carry in the woods with me but I need a bottle that will fill a big bore air gun I have the gamo tc 35 can you tell me what bottle I need to get

is there any other ways to refill the tank?

Is there an pump attachment you used

I don’t mind the workout I just don’t wanna spend a butt load of money for a compressor. I need it for my pcp air rifle and the rifle is expensive so I’m trying to avoid spending more but I’ll definitely get the air pump.

it would fill or no a full tire ??

Does anyone know what connector I need to use for my tippmann hpa tank?

there are more efficient pumps but they are quiet abit more expensive

how did you filter out oil and other moister ?

How do you set up the pump

Hi Russell my question to you is I have a appliance ( a portable air tank) that that needs to be filled to about 690 to 825 kpa (100- 120 Psi ) would this be less strenous than using a bike pump for this application? thoughts please thank you so I a wondering the tank is a 5 gallon air tank it seems this would be easier to use? thoughts please thank you

30 quid for a pump off the bay, stopping for rests rather than heat. takes forever and your abs will let you know they are still under there. every fill re oil the pump with a few drops. I did 2000 psi on saturday then up to 3000 on sunday but its dropped back to 2000 monday which is odd.

Can a stirrup pump completely refill the hard in a paintball tank.

Will the pump mess up the tank at all?

How about precharging to 60 bar with a fridge compressor, manual finish? Scrapyards are full of them, most fridges fail on the doorseals, or are just old. Be aware of the freon filled fridges, keep yourself/ the surrounding environment clean when disassembling. As completely compressing with the stirrup pump causes a lot of heatstrain on the pump @ low pressure. Just a thought. I've got 2 compressors atm, one maxes at 60 Bar, the other @ ~30Bar, but much faster. They are awesome for homebuilt airguns.

Could I do a 77/4500? I think it would take a while but

I am writing this comment to nobody in particular, although I know that Russel Platten would agree with what I have to say here: I have been reading a lot of these comments asking about using hand pumps to charge scuba tanks and airgun tanks, and I am amazed at the ignorance which so many people have about what this whole thing is about. First thing: I have always been interested in human-powered work and have always liked to experiment with things. It would be possible to use a hand pump to charge up a scuba tank, but the only people who should try that are people who --- like me --- want just to experiment without no real intention to try this on a continual daily basis. Experiments like this are done not just with a quick flip, but instead are done by the long haul. Three and a half hours to fully charge a tank that accepts 775 strokes of air would be much more realistically done with maybe a half hour of work per day over a one-week period. So anyone who is serious about doing experiments like this can't expect to fill an entire tank in one day but instead must set for themselves much smaller increments of work done over long periods of time. Secondly, I am blown away by the ignorance people express when they say they think they can charge up one of these scuba tanks with a WAL-MART BICYCLE COMPRESSOR, OF ALL THINGS? When you fill a scuba tank, you are dealing with a pressure front that is much higher than a bicycle tire or a car tire. You are not dealing with 50-PSI air pressure; you're dealing with 3000-PSI air pressure which is 60 times greater than that. I have another thing to say about this scuba-tank-filling business using hand pumps, in that most people --- except knowledgeable people like Russel Patton --- have no idea as to just what kinds of air pumps are needed to generate 3000-PSI pressure. To generate 3000 PSI of air pressure using just a hand pump, you need a piston that is essentially a nail driven 18 inches down a narrow bore with each stroke. To an outside observer the hand pump looks like a normal bicycle pump, but the inner bore is very narrow and the rest of the diameter is taken up by the super-thick metal wall of the pump cylinder --- and like I said, the piston is essentially a nail, or a rod, driven down its center. The amount of force needed to compress air to 150 PSI with a one-inch pump bore is the same amount of force that would be needed to compress air to just 2400 PSI with a 1/4" pump bore --- let alone 600 PSI beyond 2400 PSI. A 1/5" pump bore would take you to 3,750 PSI. A 1/6" pump bore would take you to 5400 PSI. Likewise, the "piston" --- if it could be called that --- would need to be precisely guided in its path up and down the cylinder bore -- and guided much more precisely than the piston in a bicycle pump. In addition, the bottom of the cylinder would get very, very hot even from hand-pumping because of the high pressure involved. This would necessitate the bottom part of the pump in particular having to serve the function of a heat sink for the cylinder and piston assembly. So how do you all like that for the unseen complications involved in generating 3000 PSI with human hand pressure?

is this fake?? My dad sais it's not possible to do that, and that I need a special compressor to charge tanks at home. Any help??

How about a compressed air car ?

What connectors did you use?

How long would a 12 oz take to pump

Is it okay if a 13ci tank gets hot when i am pumping air?

How was he able to connect a bike pump to the air tank

yup sir ~^^im from malaysia so where can i buy this from ?????

What pump is that

Didn't know Sean Bean played paintball.

so how long did it take?

how possible to push till 3000 psi ? are you hulk ?

can That bottle be used to fill your pcp rifle??

hi, i just don't get it , if you see the diameter of the pumphousing: its several square cm. so just to pump 100 bar in the tank , you should press with several hondreds of kilo on the pump and noone can do this.

Do you use that bottle to fill up your rifle

Can you use an air compressor instead?

Ty CHAMPION!!!

Hi, what adapter you used to connect the pump to the tank ? Also do you bleed the valve at each 50 or so pumps? (to release the moisture). Thanks and please excuse poor english.

wait so a normal pump can fill a tank?

theres a $200 electric pump blue color on ebay to fill hpa tanks. worth every penny

What's the name of that pump mate?

Russell Platten will it work for co2 tank?

Thank u for this video I bought me a pump similar to urs

Will a tippmann tank fit

How long would that last for a hia airsoft fun?

Does ya paintballl gun still shoot the same

Definitely willing to invest into a compressor instead of pumping 30 minutes straight twice a day just to practice Pb at home