Maintenance Filling EVOL from 0 psi

[mr007s]

You have completely drained all air and tore into your EVOL for maintenance. All is well and has been assembled and is ready to be aired up. Is there a certain way to do this?
Should the hammer be cocked or just plug in the fill whip and quickly open the valve on your tank?

 

[CTAirgunner]

Quick blast to seat everything then slow it right back down quickly is how I do it, maybe this is wrong, but its worked well for me.

 

[PasadenaMike]

I always cock everything from 0

 

[Pnwairgunner]

You don’t have to cock the action on the Evol prior to filling because there’s a little bit of free flight built in and the hammer spring does not apply pressure to the poppet when it’s de-cocked.
Just hit it with a quick blast of pressure from a scuba tank and you should be in business.

 

[Danman]

What if all you have is a hand pump I've always wondered about that. I know the AA guns you are supposed to cock the lever back and start pumping if completely empty. Haven't had to yet but the day will come...

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

I tap the gun butt in the ground so the poppet will fall down on the seat. Then I fill in this orientation. It also helps seal.the poppet by putting your thumb over the barrel to prevent any escaping air.

 

[American Air Arms]

I tap the gun butt in the ground so the poppet will fall down on the seat. Then I fill in this orientation. It also helps seal.the poppet by putting your thumb over the barrel to prevent any escaping air.

This is the way ^^^^^^ Muzzle up and tap butt on a firm surface. The valve will drop into its seat and require very little air pressure to fully seat.

As other have said; cocking not necessary or recommended.

 

[PasadenaMike]

This is the way ^^^^^^ Muzzle up and tap butt on a firm surface. The valve will drop into its seat and require very little air pressure to fully seat.

As other have said; cocking not necessary or recommended.

Good to know as AAA is on my radar

 

[Woogie_man]

Blow as hard as you can and it should pop the valve closed. You will need a tank to do this, typically a hand pump won't work

 

[Bladebum]

Quick blast to seat everything then slow it right back down quickly is how I do it, maybe this is wrong, but its worked well for me.

This is how I do it too

 

[Pumacarl]

This can be big problem for hand pumpers and sometimes the tricks don't work. If you don't want to get a tank or mini compressor I would really recommend getting a 13ci bottle and one of the basic short whip, fill setups from Ali Express to use just for this purpose. I almost did this in the beginning of pcp'ing, but the Yong Heng worked out.

 

[mr007s]

I currently have 2 small tanks and a 6000 psi nitrogen that I fill those with.