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Smallest size pin?

ogre

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What is the smallest size pin you will use for oil's.I been using 27 g.Will a smaller gauge push very easy?Just wondered before I order some new one's
 
Lizard King

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Not sure why people (not meaning you, just in general) make such a big deal out of pin size. I mean 22 and under hurt, 18 sucks but is useable, is there really that much difference between a 27, 29 and slin?
I think the 27 is small enough where you only get a prick feeling and the oil flows at a decent pace, smaller than that and the inject just takes too long for me.
 
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I like backloading the vast majority of my shots. 29g, 1/2” slin pins in delts, lats, tris, and sometimes pecs, have been my weekly go-to for years now. And for what it’s worth, of all slin pin brands I’ve used, I’ve found Easy Touch to be the best — smoothest plunger, sharpest pin.
 
BobbySweeney

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Not sure why people (not meaning you, just in general) make such a big deal out of pin size. I mean 22 and under hurt, 18 sucks but is useable, is there really that much difference between a 27, 29 and slin?
I think the 27 is small enough where you only get a prick feeling and the oil flows at a decent pace, smaller than that and the inject just takes too long for me.

Yes there is a noticeable difference for me in a lot of ways.
29 is amazing, 30 is what I’m using but don’t recommend it.
 
BobbySweeney

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I like backloading the vast majority of my shots. 29g, 1/2” slin pins in delts, lats, tris, and sometimes pecs, have been my weekly go-to for years now. And for what it’s worth, of all slin pin brands I’ve used, I’ve found Easy Touch to be the best — smoothest plunger, sharpest pin.

I’ve been trying to find luer-lock 29 pins for a long time, no luck.
I don’t want fixed 29 gauge slin pins, I just want the needle (pin without barrel).
Then you don’t need to back load. 29 is the magic number.
 
SAD

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Barrel size in diameter will determine the pressure needed to squeeze it out. I knew the physics at one point but basically, a standard 3ml barrel makes it hard to push oil out a 29g pin. But a little 1ml slim barrel makes it much easier. Pounds-per-square-millimeter yaddy yada.

I use 22 to pull, and switch out for a 25g to pin. Even a 23g is smooth and virtually painless if it’s brand new and super sharp. Even one plunge through the rubber stopper ruins the perfect edge.
 
trentracks

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27 x 1/2 it’s what used on cavaaject because its the most painless
 
Mike_RN

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I’ve had sub-q 30g x 5/8” shots that hurt or bled just as often as my 23g x 1” IM shots that I’ve used for 10yrs. Neither ever hurt often. I don’t worry about injection pain as much as damage done by spending 2mins on emptying the barrel instead of the 20secs it takes through a 23g
 
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