Barrel Question: What bore do you use with what paint?

[DiRTyBuNNy]

I just thought I'd try to start a little helpful thread for everybody. I'm just asking people who have multibore kits to come out and say generally which barrel and bore you use for which paint...here we go...I don't really care about length but it's really up to you to include it or not.

Barrel: .689 CP Barrel
Paint: Zap Classic & Zap Chronic

[abaez]

.688 edge for zap tork, .690 for zap primer, .690 jt barrel pmi premium

[maglover52]

.689 cp for evil .690 for blaze(yeah blaze sucks but its the only stuff one of the local fields uses)

[RoadDawg]

I use a freak *soon to be a Kaner* I only use sizes 684 (HSP FOP) 689 (just about everything else) and last time 693 (chronic)

[shartley]

.690 with ALL paint. :D (Thanks Tuna)

[TheTramp]

I find that paint varies so much batch to batch that I really have to test each time I open a box.

[RRfireblade]

Originally posted by TheTramp
I find that paint varies so much batch to batch that I really have to test each time I open a box.

agreed.

[wobbles82]

Meh, while paint to barrel match, REALLY does help, I find its only at extremes nowadays. Paint has reached a pretty nice quality that with ok paint, Ill use my CP .689, for everything. If its exceptionally small like .684 or below, ill throw on the JT with a smaller back. But you can usually just get a nice Ultralite, or CP and stick with it. :D

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

.689 CP
Great America

[mcveighr]

I use .689 on all because I only have one barrel but people I know with freaks just use .691 or .695 on all, they shoot impys and apparently thats what youre supposed to do.

[OfficerGoat]

In the old days a .688 Dye stainless and Marbalizer were the match made in heaven. Nowadays I am still fidling around with it. But I am hoping to find a nice Cocker Threaded .688 BOA to shoot with... seems its still a great bore to go with. :) (At least till I get the cash for a cepter or somethin)

[tony3]

My .693 for everything, only way to go

[barberjohn]

.689 ule stock barrel with RPS bigball

[Steelrat]

.684 for blaze, inferno, and hellfire.

[dinger]

.688 for blaze and inferno. the inferno is too accurate.. :o

[MarkM]

Already been said but I use the barrel bore that suits the paint I have. To use a oversized bore barrel does have its merits but the consistency will go out of the window. Agreed that paint does "seem" to be more uniform now but what worked last week won't always be the same next, look at the two post above this they can't agree;). I used to use a 'mag and I had my "small" barrel and my "large" barrel but then I also used a J&J straight rifled brass barrel to great effect and I haven't a clue what the bore size was on that barrel.

[cris8762]

.688 ultralite for everything :D

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Yeah..I've got .688 UL and I just picked up a Stiffi at .687 and I think it's too similar to my UL but the Stiffi people told me that they have been seeing people asking for smaller bores...that's why I'm a little lost as to what I should do (they said they would let me exchange it for a different bore if I wanted to)..

[cris8762]

sell the stiffi and buy a new back for ur UL, and a new tip while ur at it :D :D

i know that i'm gonna get a 14" blue tip and a .690 back for my blue-black timmy:D

[greg]

where can i see pics and info on these kraner barrels or wateva and what do they cost??

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Originally posted by cris8762
sell the stiffi and buy a new back for ur UL, and a new tip while ur at it :D :D

i know that i'm gonna get a 14" blue tip and a .690 back for my blue-black timmy:D

Not quite..with the fact that the Stiffi is so much lighter than the UL it's worth it to use one..

[cockermatt]

Hey DB, are you on Traxxas OC?

[DiRTyBuNNy]

I was looking at getting a T-Maxx for a while but because of paintball that fell by the way side, so I am on the site..yeah...

[athomas]

I use my .691 for just about everything. I get excellent consistency. Most of the time I shoot Blaze, Chronic or Tork.

[Strider]

My primary barrels are a .690 Armson SSR, a .687 Armson SSR and a Freak with the .695.

I'd like a smaller SSR for the stupid-small paint that occationally shows up. Then again, I'd like a .695 SSR (Or any Armson) so I could get rid of the freak. ;)

If I could have an ideal world, I'd have a .685, a .690 and a .695. That'd cover everything well.

Paint is very varied around here. I regularily use about 4 brands, and about 2 subtypes in each of those. :rolleyes:

[DiRTyBuNNy]

My real question as it stands right now is that I've got a .688 Dye UL for my X-mag and I jsut picked up a .687 Stiffi barrel...I knew the stiffi would be a little small but I'm trying to decide if I should swap the Stiffi for a .689 which is the average barrel bore size or go for something larger like .691 so that I have an average and a large bore barrel...the only problem is that I'm afraid I'll like the stiffi more and want that in a .689 instead of the UL..