Is the ans gen x2 reg worth using, I see they have them in all sorts of colors and rebuild kits are readily available
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Yup, had pretty good luck with them and they are rebuildable. As Jonny said not super fast on the recharge but for a basic mech or pump they work fine.Last edited by Grendel; 04-09-2025, 04:45 PM.
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Rebuilds are a problem - they use an overpressure piston very similar to the one used in Classic Automag valves, but there are no replacement parts available if the piston starts leaking (and it will eventually).
The reg seats/pins/orings are all still available or can be swapped for Automag parts. Just not the piston.
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I'd just plug the piston vent on these with a set screw. You'll be completely safe if you use this on a sweet spotted poppet. Worst case scenario if not is you'll have a reg that could potentially overpressurize with bad seals just like 90% of other regs. Also there's a burst disk on the output side too.
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Anyone have any experience with these
This listing is for one piston overpressure seal. Other parts shown are for display purposes only. Back in the days of CO2, paintball markers would occasionally get quite cold under rapid fire. This allowed the liquid-phase CO2 to accumulate in the marker, sometimes even beyond the high pressure regulator. Then, as the
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I'm sure these would work fine, but if you disassemble Automag reg pistons (which this essentially has) they will lose their vent set pressure. Basically it will start venting and if you shoot to relieve the pressure the venting will stop, despite the regulator still being set for the same (too high) pressure. It will vent again if you increase the reg pressure more but again shooting to relieve the pressure will stop the venting.
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I can punch the seal, remove the set screw and set it back to roughly the same blow off pressure if you need one rebuilt.BeardedWorks.com (Your Inception Designs and Shocktech Dealer)
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IV already watched a rebuild video, if you have to replace that seal set the screw flush with the top of the piston housing
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Your making no sense if its rebuilt why wouldn't it work at all just cause you moved a screw and it isn't set within a cunt hair of where it's supposed to be
Besides it would be on a cocker I doubt I'd need the vent isn't that just so you don't blow noids with full reg pressure
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When you put a 'rebuilt' piston back into the reg and turn the reg up to the pressure where it starts venting; shooting the gun will stop the venting, despite the fact the reg pressure hasn't been decreased. Which makes the vent useless. It doesn't matter how close you reset the screw on the piston, this will happen no matter what. I don't know why it does this but that's what happens. You might as well just plug the piston with a loctited set screw and be done with it. It will be the same for safety as using 80% of other regs on the market.
The vent is a holdover from CO2 days with Automags (this is a clone of an Automag reg) where they can shoot very hot if the valve becomes overpressurized. Never attempt to 'rebuild' or plug the piston vent on an Automag.
If you're using this on a sweet spotted poppet valve the velocity will decrease if the reg overpressurizes so it doesn't really matter.
Do what you will, it just doesn't make sense to 'rebuild' the piston when it will no longer function properly after and still has the potential to leak later on.
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They are Air America reg clones, which are automag clones. I have used the blue ANS reg seats for the main seal successfully in air America and automag valves - not the other over pressurization seal mentioned above.
some of these regs have a copper over pressurization seal. Check before you go ordering parts. These regs flow and recharge just fine for most mechs.
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