Designation:F2773−13AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforTransfillingCompressedAirorNitrogenandSafeHandlingofSmallPaintballCylinders1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2773;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisstandardisintendedtoprovidebasicproceduresforthesafehandlingandtransfillingofsmall(notbulk)paintballcompressedaircylinderscommonlyusedwithapaintballmarkerforpropulsionofapaintball.Thispracticeiswrittenwithinthecurrentstate-of-the-artoftransfillingcompressedgastechnology.Theintentistorevisethisspecificationwheneversubstantiveinformationbecomesavailablewhichjustifiesrevisingexistingrequirementsoraddingnewrequirements.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeisintendedtosatisfythedemandforinformationonthebasicproceduresforthesafehandlingandtransfillingofsmall(notbulk)paintballcompressedaircylin-derscommonlyusedwithapaintballmarkerforpropulsionofapaintball.Thisstandarddoesnotaddressissuesdealingwiththetransfilling,storage,andhandlingofsupplycylindersthatmaybeusedintransfillingsmallercylinders.1.2Thecompressedairfillproceduresarewrittenforthepressurecylindertransfillingmethodmostcommonlyusedbypaintballfieldorstoreoperators,orboth.1.3Thisdocumentshouldnotbeconfusedwithfederal,state,provincial,ormunicipalspecificationsorregulations;insurancerequirements;ornationalsafetycodes.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitations,suchasandnotlimitedtoDOT,CGA,andOSHA,priortouse.2....
