Bottle V’s Stirrup Pump

JaKnJo

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Hi guys, what’s the advantage of a bottle over a stirrup pump for a PCP, or vice versa if that’s the case.

I imagine it concerns moisture in the compressed air?
 
I have a hills stirrup pump and it has a filter on it to stop moisture getting into the gun a bottle should be filled with filtered air so there should not be any moisture getting into the gun
 
Ease and speed .... shouldn't be any problems with moisture using a stirrup pump if there is a moisture filter fitted and you allow the air tank to cool between sets of pumps
 
A decent pump with a moisture filter will provide dry air, e.g. hills, but will require quite a bit of manual effort to pump up a PCP with 200cc plus air cylinder.

I found going from 110 bar to 230 bar to fill my 200cc rifle got old very quickly if I wanted to fill it more that once a day. I eventually got myself a compressor.

A dive tank was not an option for me as there was nowhere close to me to get one filled.
 
It’s more about time and effort, you can fill from a bottle in seconds though it pays to take your time so as not to build up too much heat, a lot of us are getting on and a pump is just too much like hard work.
Not that long ago you could get a big 10-12 ltr bottle for about £150 and as long as you could get them filled locally it was great, now they cost as much as a cheap compressor and the price of filling for some has gotten ridiculous, now you can have a compressor and fill when you want and is the way a lot of shooters have gone.
 
Always have both , pumps aren't much and are handy to have if for some reason you can't get your bottle filled . I always have a pump in the boot just incase I get a bumper night on the rats so I can top up but haven't needed it for that as of yet .
 
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