Or is it? The last time I tried playing paintball when it was cold out, we all experienced problems with a sharp decrease in velocity. Now this would make sense, as CO2 expands (converts from liquid to gas) better in warmer temperatures. Playing when the temp gets chilly, such as the 40s, 50s or colder, would then, in theory, cause CO2 to expand far less rapidly.

Can an improvement be made to this? Well, I’m going to try some of the suggestions that I have seen on the Internet, depending on what I have time to get together. One of the things I plan to test is running my CO2 bottle under my jacket, but outside my shirt. I want to see if my body heat, by itself, will make an improvement.

I also plan to try wrapping my CO2 bottle in a sock with chemical hand warmers, as I have seen this discussed.

If I can come up with anything else that I can try, I will. I will post when I have tried it, what I tried, and how well it did, or didn’t work. Got suggestions? Post them in a comment. If it’s not too nuts, I may try it!

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