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My PP700SA also leaks. I have not found the source yet but I will. I hope.

Wow you definitely have experience with this pistol.

Seems that a dot may not be a bad idea for this gun then. Since there are a few dots kicking around my parts bins, it looks like one of them will have a new home soon.

Yes for 2 handed shooting, for sure.

Thanks for sharing!

Oh you do that revolver style shooting from the hip? That's cool!

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Tell me about it. It seems to be doing better now that it's been taken apart a few times and cleaned. It takes several days to leak out. Tried some plumber tape on the cylinder thread, despite it not being rated for more than 2000psi I believe.

- cleaned all the threads with a wire brush
- silicone oil doesn't seem to help, so cleaned it all out.
- looked for imperfections on the contact surfaces and did a bit of sanding
- tried screwing the cylinder 'tightly' .. but shouldn't be necessary.

It's getting better. Some people have reported that after a few good high-pressure fills (difficult with hand pump) can remedy the situation.

Funny part is I have a SCBA tank and refuse to use it with a leaky gun, so I pump the leaky thing manually for testing. Moisture? .. don't care with this gun.

This gun IMHO is supposed to be a plinking workhorse.

She'll get cleaner/dryer air when she starts behaving like a workhorse.

Please share any progress you make with it, or if you discover the origin of the leak. The gun being new, it can't be the o-rings can it?

It's a bit frustrating. Please let me know if anything changes.

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Mine, came with a Huma air regulator installed and was actually not leaking, when I got it. But I went through and upgraded the o-rings to harder (and supposedly more durable) 90 durometer o rings.
When I put the gun back together it seemed to be okay for a while.
But then I noticed that leaked in the winter time. I speculated this might also be because that's when the air is dryer than in summertime. Not sure if that's a possible reason.

I've gone through and checked all o rings for damage, carefully put it back together, with a proper silicone grease... still leaks. The next thing I haven't done is go back to the 70 durometer softer o-rings.

Not the greatest air pistol in my opinion. I don't mind the single shot part of it so much I just wish the damn thing would stop leaking. I also find the way the barrel is mounted to be questionable.

I have a Bushnell Red dot sight on mine but I may switch to magnified optics as my eyes have had some issues over the past half year and I i think magnification is needed. The only problem is good luck finding a magnified pistol scope in stock.

Dave

Now I'm learning O-ring lingo! durometer. Nice.

Well not losing hope on mine, so hopefully you don't lose hope on yours. You seemed to have it nailed down to the o-rings, so that's good!

If mine doesn't settle down after the Huma air regulator install and a few more fills, then the o-rings are on the hit list.

Good luck with the optics situation. Hopefully you find something cost effective.

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