Just curious if anyone had monkeyed around with this idea yet. I got to thinking about it after talking with Site Mfg. about the use of silcon lube in the Stiffi barrels. They said it might help prevent the buildup of gelatin as the balls ablade in the barrel, and might make cleanup easier, without any sacrifices. In no terms did they claim any performance enhancement or otherwise promote this practice. The only thing they said for sure was that it would make it shiny.
In my high powered rifle shooting, I use a moly coating process that coats the bore with a very thin but very slick layer of molybdenum disulfide.
This creates an extremely slick surface in a rifle barrel, or anything else it gets on. I spilled some on the floor in my garage and it made unfinished concrete slippery.
The benefit in the rifle is that you do not have a buildup of copper and other fouling in the bore, so velocity and accuracy remain constant over a longer period of time than you might see with direct steel to copper contact. Granted this is a much different situation - vastly higher pressures and velocity, different materials, et..
Thinking that perhaps a lower coefficient of friction in a paintball barrel might help prevent barrel breaks, improve efficiency, and help shoot the barrel clean when necessary.
Any thoughts?