OVER PUMPING PCP

[adrian]

i went to refill my marauder a little while ago and over filled it or so i think thats what happened.the needle went a tiny bit past 3k psi and the first 20 shots were way under powered.i hope i didnt do any damage to my gun if this has happened to anyone or if you know what im talking about please let me know if everything will be ok with the gun

[Gene_SC]

Best fill is around 25 to 2800 psi with a stock M- Rod.. Never fill mine pas 2500 psi.

[HNT5]

You should be fine. Overfilling it causes extra resistance for the striker to open the air valve. That's why the first several shots were low(er) powered. After the pressure goes down the hammer spring will knock the valve open as usual and the velocity should climb back up to it's normal range. Extremely over filling it could cause valve lock, in which case the hammer spring would not have enough power to open the valve. That would require releasing some or all of the air pressure manually. I think you could do that on the M-Rod with the de-gassing tool, but I don't know for sure.

Nathan

[adrian]

thanks for the info this had me a little scared for a minute

[kiwi]

Hi..If the M-rod complys to industry standard for a pressure vessal.
it should have a 4 to 1 saftey facter...
service rateing 3000psi...failer rateing 12,000psi..
so a few hundred psi over an't no drama...

Pete