Originally posted by dartamon
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Don't get me wrong, I like cool-looking parts too- a fair chunk of my rep, I like to think, is because my stuff looks good as well as works good. But DYE (among others) took it one step further and added 35% to the price knowing that that helps drive sales.
Apple does the same thing. $600 Android vs. $1,000 iPhone? It's a status thing- the more expensive one is 'seen' as better, regardless of features and capabilities.
I used to run a Violator which I got used, but still crazy to me that the vig is a more advanced reg.
I believe that there's a mod that can be done to the vigilante to increase flow?
I've run Vigilantes on 'shoebox' Shockers, which were both one of the lowest op pressure guns made, but also one of the biggest gas hogs. The situation was helped by the gun's slow ROF (the board was factory limited to 11.2 BPS, and I'm here to tell you it takes heroic efforts to push the gun itself to just 12-13 BPS) but the Vigilante, despite being an older design, is still a very capable reg.
The biggest trick to "flow" out of a regulator is to make sure you have as large as possible a pressure differential. That's usually easy, as most screw-in HPA tanks are set to around 850 psi, and if you're using the Vig on a 200-300 psi 'Cocker, for example, that's a pretty good spread. You wouldn't want to, for example, run a 450 psi tank and output 350 into the gun- the reg (all regs, really) work best when there's more of a pressure differential between the input and output.
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