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29g 1/2 inch insulin needles for delt IM injection?

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Could a 29g 1/2 inch insulin pin be used for IM injections in the delt? Or is 1/2 an inch too short
 

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Could a 29g 1/2 inch insulin pin be used for IM injections in the delt? Or is 1/2 an inch too short
1/2 inch is fine for delts but you may need to use 27g or heat the oil up before pinning depending on how thick of a carrier oil you are using. Something like gso, for example may be too thick to push through.
 

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1/2 inch is fine for delts but you may need to use 27g or heat the oil up before pinning depending on how thick of a carrier oil you are using. Something like gso, for example may be too thick to push through.
MCT oil. Should I heat it up still?
 

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MCT oil. Should I heat it up still?
I’ve personally never used anything higher than 27g for oils. It’s completely up to you if it pushes through. If won’t hurt if you do but if it doesn’t push through then yeah you’ll have to heat it up.
 

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Found 27g 1/2 inch online. I’ll get those. So 1/2 inch is long enough for delts? Last time I used an inch it was a terrible experience
I’ve personally never used anything higher than 27g for oils. It’s completely up to you if it pushes through. If won’t hurt if you do but if it doesn’t push through then yeah you’ll have to heat it up.
 

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Found 27g 1/2 inch online. I’ll get those. So 1/2 inch is long enough for delts? Last time I used an inch it was a terrible experience
Yes 1/2 inch 27g is what I use for delts. And I bet, an inch is long for delts lol
 

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Found 27g 1/2 inch online. I’ll get those. So 1/2 inch is long enough for delts? Last time I used an inch it was a terrible experience
27G x 1/2 is fine, but it will take forever to push a ml. Also, the insulin syringes are kind of delicate and the throw is quite long (thin barrel) so it’s difficult to keep such a short thin needle buried while you push thick oil through.
A better bet would be to buy a standard 2ml or 3 ml syringe with an 18G drawing needle attached and a separate box of 27 x 5/8 or 27 x 1/2 needles….. I like the 5/8 better as I can use them glutes delt or even lats.
 

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I use 29 gauge 1/2 in inch to pin. Works for GSO and MCT, I just warm the bottle up a little before I draw it up. Works fine just be patient and draw/push slowly.
I also pin daily so the volume is never much (around half cc during a blast and much less while cruising.)
 

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27G x 1/2 is fine, but it will take forever to push a ml. Also, the insulin syringes are kind of delicate and the throw is quite long (thin barrel) so it’s difficult to keep such a short thin needle buried while you push thick oil through.
A better bet would be to buy a standard 2ml or 3 ml syringe with an 18G drawing needle attached and a separate box of 27 x 5/8 or 27 x 1/2 needles….. I like the 5/8 better as I can use them glutes delt or even lats.
I use 18 gauge to draw. I’m just asking if 27 gauge 1/2 inch would be good for injecting delts
 

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I have done both 1 inch 25g and .5 inch 29g. .5 works way better. I use .5 29g and never have an issue with MCT Oil at all. Occasionally I'll get a sub-q leak which sucks depending on the compound.
1 inch is generally too long. I have what I consider decent shoulders. Probably my best muscle group. I find I am having to go 3/4 in on a 1 inch. So that is ideal for me. But if I had to pick one .5 29g all day long.

I use this for TRT 3x a week and most of my blasts (other compounds)
 

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Chris Cormier told me never anything less than an inch for oil. Used to use slins sometimes for 1ml or less but not since he told me that
 

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I don't have trouble with 30g with GSO into delts with around 0.5 mL
 

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I use 18 gauge to draw. I’m just asking if 27 gauge 1/2 inch would be good for injecting delts
27 x 1/2 is fine, you didn’t mention that in your 1st post. You asked about using a slin pin.
If you are using an 18G drawing needle and then swapping to a 27G needle, that’s perfect.
I just wouldn’t use an 18G then back fill a slin needle….
 

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Except for GH, I use 25g x 5/8” needles for all compounds. Delts? No issues. Can’t even feel it. Some people go 1” needles, which is insane to me.
Yeah… I tried 1 inch in the delt and never again man hahaha
 

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Just to add to the throng, I've only ever used 1/2 inch 29g slin pins, across ventroglutes, pecs, lats, and delts. Never had a single issue ever. I'm generally not pushing a ton of volume, and only ever MCT, but I don't really have any complaints.
 

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I use 29 gauge 1/2 in inch to pin. Works for GSO and MCT, I just warm the bottle up a little before I draw it up. Works fine just be patient and draw/push slowly.
I also pin daily so the volume is never much (around half cc during a blast and much less while cruising.)
If you pin daily what sites are you rotating? How much are you pinning? What do you use to heat up Oil?
 

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I just rotate from left to right and delt to quad.
I do pin daily so not much volume to push and I put the vial in front of a little electric space heater for a couple minutes. Right now I am only putting around 30 units in the pin that holds 50 (aka .3 cc's per shot)
 
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