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Hill MK5 hands down. Hose it came with sucks, and that blinking tiny green o-ring will eventually blow in the inner tube but oh-so well built and designed. Mine had water in it for a month or 2 now. I stripped it...ZERO RUST. Stainless, brass, plastic all in the right places. Relubed it and it pulls real nice again. And I just started a thread on it, with a great mod for it. It is claimed to be one of the most efficient and easy to operate, I cant speak to that as it's the only one I have but i fully expect it to last a bunch more years. I have probably (scary to think!!!) pulled/pushed that handle tens of thousands of times in the 1.5 yrs of ownership. Parts are all available and fairly cheap, British made. Plain and simply forget hand pumps if you are filling past 250bar though imo.
 
Great topic. I only hand pumped when I had a Flashpup and PP700SA. I re-entered the AG world with the only thought being elimination of the squirrels that made a home in my boat and over-populated my neighborhood. I went in cheap with a Chinese Amazon pump. It was great for the PP700SA. At that time the only focus was on pests and I never thought about my love of shooting and how that would lead to thousands of more dollars being spent on AG’s and gear.

I wish at the beginning I bought a good hand pump. It would have served me well even today, since I love cylinder rifles.
 
Yeah thats something to add here as well maybe. 300cc @250Bar is a good comfortable maximum. Once your filling past that pressure or size it become real work with breaks needed in between for you and the hand pump. Powering through creates excess heat. Then hello moisture and goodbye high pressure o-rings! I will cook and fill, or watch a movie/check out Ham and fill, etc. My 480cc Ghost when below Reg needs 4 fill attempts with 3 breaks in between. Tube rifles and hand pumps are like coffee and cake. 😍
 
Danman said:
Yeah thats something to add here as well maybe. 300cc @250Bar is a good comfortable maximum. Once your filling past that pressure or size it become real work with breaks needed in between for you and the hand pump. Powering through creates excess heat. Then hello moisture and goodbye high pressure o-rings! I will cook and fill, or watch a movie/check out Ham and fill, etc. My 480cc Ghost when below Reg needs 4 fill attempts with 3 breaks in between. Tube rifles and hand pumps are like coffee and cake. 😍
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Dan, hand pumping that Ghost is a serious commitment. 👍👍

😁 have you thought about getting a Y adapter or T and adding a second hand pump in line? jk lol.
 
FL22 said:
Dan, hand pumping that Ghost is a serious commitment. 👍👍

😁 have you thought about getting a Y adapter or T and adding a second hand pump in line? jk lol.
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One of my first hand pump videos I watched if I recall was the Dollar Sportman, he and a buddy hand pumped a 480 bottle from empty on a new gauntlet! It was horrible🤯 They both took turns and I believe they counted the strokes. That would be truly crazy.
 
Dang keep getting interrupted

I read threads on just go 50$ Amazon to best get $$$ hill or whoever and 4 stage. Then read guys say there's no real difference between 3 or 4 stage so save you money ... Ect . In the end it seems just another you buy what you think you might like and hope for the best . Then you kinda gauge anything else off that experience.
 
Sorry..

I think that amazon 4 uncle gets recommended to me more then any . (/ 50$ Amazon types). But then why when I'm able to just cock load shoot all day with out needing any of it ? Lol
 
Hateful McNasty said:
Dang keep getting interrupted

I read threads on just go 50$ Amazon to best get $$$ hill or whoever and 4 stage. Then read guys say there's no real difference between 3 or 4 stage so save you money ... Ect . In the end it seems just another you buy what you think you might like and hope for the best . Then you kinda gauge anything else off that experience.
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If you ever get a PCP, I have a fully functioning hand pump I’ll give you for free. 😁
 
Danman said:
Personally I'm expecting a full professional review/comparison of the Hill vs the cheaper pump from @FL22 .....he's holding out on is bigtime 😁 Maybe a count of the strokes on the S510 from 150 to 200Bar, which one is easier to disassemble, cost difference, and which one he prefers.
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😂 I’m trying to work an angle here, you’re not helping. He needs a Notos, easy to hand pump and it shoots CPHP’s well.
 
FL22 said:
😂 I’m trying to work an angle here, you’re not helping. He needs a Notos, easy to hand pump and it shoots CPHP’s well.
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You know I got another buddie that tries to lure me in this way . I told him that I was scared to just get a pump to fix the hatsans up cause that having the pump in hand I'd think I'd need a PCP gun to make it worth having the pump . / Get more / good use out of it .. 😉
 

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