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| #106 10-20-2004 15:55 GMT | |
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  10 posts Rank: User Location: West Berlin Occup.: Homemaker ______________________ |
" I don't know, but, I've been told"... The first up you would want to do on a stock Tippmann is to replace the barrle...? I've also read in the forums, a 12" ~ 14" inch barrle is the best...? Anyone (with a Tippy) have a suggestion as to manufactruer...? Thanks. --------------------- ...A..."SITTING DUCK"...for painTpain... |
| #116 10-21-2004 21:30 GMT | |
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  285 posts Rank: Enthusiast Location: Atlatnic County Occup.: Living the life ______________________ |
I have tippy and i have 14" barrel, and I like it . I think 16" is too long but 14" is perfect.. --------------------- ^(o!o)^ |
| #133 11-02-2004 09:30 GMT | |
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This is where another technically aspect comes into play. The length of a barrel has very little, if any, effect on the accuracy or range of a paintball marker. Actually, unless you use a flatline, all paintball markers will have the same range if fired at the same velocities. Barrels are designed for accuracy, not range. Onless, of course, you use a flatline, in which you trade accuracy for range. Most good two piece barrels have a step bore style design. Which means, the first 6 inches or so of the back peice is a very tight bore, such as .689 caliber <- a very common bore. This is where a big part of accuracy comes in. You want your barrel bore to be just slightly bigger than your paintballs. You should be able to set a paintball in the barrel, and it won't roll out. If it rolls out, then the paint is too small/the barrel is too big. Then, you should be able to put your mouth to it and blow the paintball out the end of the barrel. If it won't blow, then the paint is too big/barrel is too small. The remaining 6 or 8 inches should be straight barrel and porting. Porting reduces the sound emitted from a gun, and allows the paintball to stabilize by venting pockets of excess gas. After, 6-8" of porting, nothing else will happen. Therefore, 12" or 14" is the optimum length. 16" and 18" look intimidating, but they're really a hinderance, because they have an extra 2-4" for the paintball to break in the barrel. Also important to accuracy, is the consistancy of your marker, which can be leveled out by the use of nitro and a good inline reg on most guns. Both myself and my friend use a Smart Parts All-American. They're very cheap for aluminum 2 pieces. The material the barrel is made out of also plays a role, but this is probably too complicated as it is, so I'll leave that one for later. --------------------- |
| #785 07-27-2005 18:37 GMT | |
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 68 posts Rank: Poster Location: mays landing Occup.: p8ntballer ______________________ |
i have to say i do agree with the fact that the length be it 12 14 or 16 not much diff. but yes we all know that a longer barrel is better for accuracy but yes you do get better distance out of the longer barrel as compared to stock but like if you have a 12 or 14 then no you wont get any better with a 16 its not much of a jump but stock to 12 or 14 to 16 you will see better results but the main thing yes is the bore size and ball size not to mention the velocity,the weather,so many things make up the factor in performance of distance accuracy and efficiency. --------------------- P8NTBALLER |