Jun 27, 2023
Here is a softgunner’s summer dilemma, we are in the summer, we are used to climates with temperatures of 30° and above and we want to buy a new gun because the one we have is broken, or – as often happens – we want something new or we want a secondary weapon to complement our “long” ASG. Well. The dilemma is now known and questions of this type have always come; “It’s summer, is it better to buy a green gas gun or a Co2 one?“
Let’s remember the Boyle effect. Now that the temperatures are high, if you buy a gas pistol you will have excellent performance and you will be satisfied with it. But what will happen when winter arrives and temperatures drop by 20-25°? It will happen that the performance that your newly bought gas gun now has will no longer be the same. In winter, on colder days, the power may be reduced to the point that under certain conditions the pistol will be unusable.
And if I buy a Co2 pistol?
If you decide to buy a pressurized carbon dioxide powered pistol, you will certainly have excellent performance in summer as well as in winter, perhaps you preferred the convenience and speed of reloading of a gas pistol (at least in summer) but sometimes you have to choose. But not always.
Dual-feed airsoft guns.
We said that sometimes you are forced to choose but not in this case. What do we mean? We mean you can have both. You can order a dual fuel airsoft gun, i.e. capable of running on both green gas and Co2. Any examples? You could opt for very good branded airsoft guns Vorsk or branded Ravenlet’s see some models as an example:
- Glock 18 G18C Gas Pistol – Black – Raven (RGP-01-01)
- Glock G18 Gas Pistol – Tan – Raven RGP-01-14
- Glock G17 Gas Pistol – Tan – Raven RGP-01-15
- Glock G17 Gas Pistol – Tan Black Slide – Raven RGP-01-05
- Glock G17 Gas Pistol – Black silver slide – Raven RGP-01-06
- Vorsk Gas Pistol CS Hi Capa Vengeance Compact Tan/Bonzo (VGP-02-CS-08-TDS)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol CS Hi Capa Vengeance Compact Black/Red (VGP-02-CS-19)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol CS Hi Capa Vengeance Compact Tan (VGP-02-CS-16)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol Hi Capa 3.8 pro Black/Red (VGP-02-48)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol HI CAPA 5.1 gray carriage (VGP-02-29)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol EU17 Black/Grey + Dot (VGP-01-13-BDS)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol Hi Capa 3.8 pro Gray (VGP-02-45)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol Hi Capa 4.3 Black / Tan (VGP-02-02)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol Hi Capa 3.8 pro Black (VGP-02-34)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol EU18 Black / Gray (VGP-01-15)
- Vorsk Gas Pistol EU17 Black (VGP-01-01)
These are just examples and you can find others on the online airsoft catalog (see link):
Vorsk guns
Raven guns
These are high quality pistols equipped with a conversion kits which allows to transform the ASG from green gas supply to Co2 supply. This way you don’t have to choose between the two types of guns but you can have both. Performance will naturally be high in summer with both configurations, in winter, simply convert the gun by replacing the valve and spring (everything is included in the package) and the gun will become extremely versatile. If you are interested in understanding more about the phenomena that link the temperature and the performance of green gas powered airsoft guns, you will find very interesting articles in the technical section of this blog. We still want to give you some useful ideas to have good performance even with gas guns in winter, so keep reading!
How to have good performance even in winter with green gas guns?
We invite you to read one of our most appreciated articles by softgunners, here it is:
however, we also want to give you some practical advice right away, so here is a list of some high-performance green gas refills that can largely compensate for the problem of reduced performance in winter; these are high-quality products with above-average pressures, capable of generating high shooting performance with green gas-powered pistols and rifles, here they are:
- Green gas for airsoft 150 PSI 560 ml Elite Force by Umarex
- Green gas for airsoft 130 PSI 600 ml Elite Force by Umarex
- Green gas for Super High Performance airsoft with lubricant 600 ml by FL-AIRSOFT
- Green gas for airsoft 130 PSI with silicone 760 ml C30 by SWISS ARMS
- Green gas for airsoft 150 PSI with silicone 760 ml C30 by SWISS ARMS
- Green gas for extreme performance airsoft 3.0 1000 ml by WE
- Ultra Extreme Performance Airsoft Green Gas 4.0 1000ml by Nuprol
- Green gas for extreme performance airsoft 3.0 1000 ml by Nuprol
- Green gas refill cylinder for high performance airsoft 750 ml by DIABLO
Also find these excellent articles on airsoft catalogHere is the specific link
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