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the Daily hi thread
Has anyone ever had a PCP cylinder failure?
- Thread starter ChrisHobbs
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No.
Hmangphilly
Super member
Just stop this hysterical nonsense .
Triggertime
Super member
No but i always guard my dangely bits when I fill em
Slayer fan
Member Extraordinaire
No
Most incidents are likely FAFO scenarios...
The Crafty Carper
Proactive member
I've had a party baloon pop on me, does that count 
maz1
Super member
There was a gent on this forum who had a daystate that did go bang.
I think his username was xcudlaty but I may have got that not quite correct.
I think his username was xcudlaty but I may have got that not quite correct.
I've had a party baloon pop on me, does that count
Can be really scary and dangerous if it is a Durex 'party balloon'...
zogg364
Member Extraordinaire
Apart from the obviously messed with gun in the other thread, I had an A&M customs cylinder crack.. not dramatic this time but that had never been dropped, overfilled or buggered about with in any way...
ChrisHobbs
Member Extraordinaire
Is an A&M customs cylinder an aftermarket cylinder or gun original?
zogg364
Member Extraordinaire
Aftermarket, never had or seen an issue with a standard unmessed with cylinder in good condition or even seen one... I personally would never buy a gun these days with any form of aftermarket cylinder
On_target
Super member
In a word....no
Target Popper
Proactive member
Would have thought driving down the road was more dangerous than popping off a few pellets with your PCP AG.
chouchin66
Top Tier member
...and , this one time, at band camp....
No but have read many reports of it happening .
The Daystate one could have been damage to the rifle by a previous owner . the Fitting sheared and it could have been dropped or stressed at some point .
The Owner of GNIB lost some fingers and seriously ill in hospital but I don't know the full story on that one .
A Sportsmatch rifle had one blow when being filled if I remember right . Pics of it are online . @rockdrill knows a bit about it if I remember right. wrong spec of materials I believe .
Unless you were there or know the history of the cylinder , You won't know what has gone on to cause it .
The Daystate one could have been damage to the rifle by a previous owner . the Fitting sheared and it could have been dropped or stressed at some point .
The Owner of GNIB lost some fingers and seriously ill in hospital but I don't know the full story on that one .
A Sportsmatch rifle had one blow when being filled if I remember right . Pics of it are online . @rockdrill knows a bit about it if I remember right. wrong spec of materials I believe .
Unless you were there or know the history of the cylinder , You won't know what has gone on to cause it .
Yes, I do know a bit about that incident, I wasn't there when it went, my knowledge of it comes from the late Tom Walton, who owned the rifle and was holding when the failure occurred during filling.
Tom gave me the picture below when I visited him to buy the stainless steel GC2 that Sportsmatch built for him.
He told me about the incident and the follow up investigation which identified that some non-seamless tubing had been supplied in error, hence Sportsmatch went back and performed ultrasound scans and pressure tests to check for any others in which the wrong material had been used.