Leaving a Co2 canister on charge and loaded?

[His lordship.]

Has anyone stored (left for a few months) a pellet gun with the Co2 canister engaged and charged and still had the gun work well?  I have owned them in the past and always would shoot a batch of pellets with each cartridge, then unload the whole gun and put it away.  I thought this was a shame as it would have been nice to shoot some vermin with it anytime of the day/week.

Would this affect the seal?

Thanks.

[S.S.]

Yes, I do. I leave the co2 cylinders in my QB78 until they are used up.
They have stayed in for about a week so far at a stretch with no ill effects.
 

[bobtodrick]

I wondered the same thing with my Crosman Nightstalker.  I called their service dept and their answer was that it was okay with one provision.  According to them keeping the seal and valve under constant pressure without relief can eventually damage it.  They told me that it was okay to leave the CO2 cartridge in for extended periods, but that every couple of day I should fire at least a couple of shots to relieve the pressure on the seal and valve.  I've followed the advice for over a years now and the gun seems fine.

[jamaldog87]

I was told NEVER, NEVER do that. It will blow a seal, water can get in the gun from the co2 and the c02 will be used up anyways when you try to used it. I have a daisy 1200 and i lot of people left the change c02 in there and mess up the seal. On that gun you can see and fix the seal but i would not do that on most airgun.   


If you want to have some thing ready at all times you can get a RepeatAir 1077 leave the 12shot mag in the gun and leave a c02 in there not lock in just droped in and when you need it you just turn the thing to lock the co2 in and cock it.

also think of it like this would you leave a pump up or a spring gun or a real gun cock and locked for that long?