Personal Barrel Preference

[Asertation]

What barrel size do you recommend when you play woodsball and speedball?

12 or 14??

Also, would it be smart to get a 16 for the same price as a 14? Or does that just slow the ball down?

[professor_chaos]

12 or 14 seems to be the most common and it is just preference, I believe anything over 14 is just overkill.

[DarkRipper]

16" is great for poking through stick bunkers in the woods, and for moving around air bunkers.

That being said, I'm currently using 14"s as that's what I happened to get.

:)

[ilikePB]

I play with a 12 in everything but airball. In airball I play with a 14 in order to manipulate the bunker better. 16's are nice and long to manipulate the bunker with, but imo, give up that advantage by taking longer to get the barrel pointed where you want it. I'd say, for a single all around length, go with a 14.

[Asertation]

I like my 12 a lot, but i need to upgrade it because its the stock Spyder Xtra barrel :rolleyes:

I was thinking of getting a 14" Lapco Big Shot barrel. I heard it was very accurate, but a little loud.

[DarkRipper]

Check around the forums for used barrels, you can get nice barrels gently used for not a lot of cash. It's what I tend to do, being the cheap bastard I am.

[Blazestorm]

I like my 16" MatchStick a lot, it makes my gun almost silent (Seriously the only thing you hear is like the bolt moving.)

Any-gun I put it on, makes it VERY quiet, it's Very accurate and cleans through breaks in 3-4 shots. I love it :D

[scrumpy]

I have 12"s and a 16" and I prefer to shoot my 16. Sometimes I like to switch it up and play with my 12 but that feels wierd, like my setup is way to short.

[RRfireblade]

........cleans through breaks in 3-4 shots.

Breaks? What are these "breaks" you speak of. ;)

Anyhoo.......

It is a preference question. My preference is 12" at the most. Moving around air bunkers is a highly overrated attribute of a longer barrel IMO.

Less noise and deep bush 'snyper' (as in hiding in 3' of bushes) are the only reasonable arguements for a much longer barrel.

But shoot what ever feels good to you.

[BlackWeenie]

generally i think the rule is to take a small barrel (10-12") for hyperball, a big barrel (14-16") for airball and for woods probably a 14" would be ideal

[Thermus]

I like my 12 a lot, but i need to upgrade it because its the stock Spyder Xtra barrel :rolleyes:

I was thinking of getting a 14" Lapco Big Shot barrel. I heard it was very accurate, but a little loud.



No barrel on a spyder will make it quiet, so don't worry about the loudness. Lapco's are a good choice.

[ojhspyro89]

I use a 14, its pretty nice and right in between what u need.

[minimag03]

I like 12 and 10 inch barrels. I have used a 14 before, but it felt to long. I guess what I'm tring to say is to go with the size barrel that you are use to.

[Blazestorm]

Barrel breaks happen RR, No-matter the gun.

Every LVL-10 Mag I've shot (All properly tuned) I've made all of them chop. :rolleyes:

[FragTek]

Between the two choices you have given I'm going with the longest of the two, the 14".

For woods I usually run a 16" for longer range accuracy. On the speedball field I usually run a 10" to keep the barrel out of my way as much as possible.

[RRfireblade]

I usually run a 16" for longer range accuracy.

:eek: I know you didn't just say that........ :eek:

[ilikePB]

:eek: I know you didn't just say that........ :eek:

You read my mind...

[FragTek]

:eek: I know you didn't just say that........ :eek:

Yes, yes indeed I did just say that :) Shall i repeat myself one more time to be more clear? lol. :ninja:

[RRfireblade]

Yes, yes indeed I did just say that :) Shall i repeat myself one more time to be more clear? lol. :ninja:


K, I'll play along.

Yes, please clarify how a longer barrel gives you better accuracy.

Thanks in advance. :)

[FragTek]

Well it would make sense that to a degree the longer the ball travels in a set direction the longer it will stay on that path... I saw a test where everything past 16" only hindered the accuracy performance of the tested barrel (I believe it was a Boomy).

Edit: Maybe it was 14... I could have sworn it was 16 though. Either way, I use my 16" with great success in the woods.

[ilikePB]

From my personal experience there is absolutely no accuracy gain going from a 12" to a 16".

[MicroMiniMe]

I believe there is a test, by Tom of course, that after like 6 inches there is no more advantage. But longer barrels are easier to sight down I hear.

[magstevo]

12" Stiffi

[Blazestorm]

I use a 16" barrel to compensate for something unknown...












































The fact that I can't push in bunkers with my hands so I use the barrel :D LOL I fewled you.

[xXHavokXx]

Chops don't always happen. My DM has yet to chop, in fact I think it hasn't had a barrel break. My fly had 2 breaks on sunday so i checked the breach......all in the barrel yay. First time using cheap paint in a while so I was likem damn I should carry a squeegee.

12' is perfect.

[DarkRipper]

I believe there is a test, by Tom of course, that after like 6 inches there is no more advantage. But longer barrels are easier to sight down I hear.


Ah, here's the key to the argument. Longer barrels make it easier to sight in what you're aiming at.

I used to use the little minimag barrels with custom porting.... it was neat for a while but I realized I had no way of aiming past just shooting and watching the balls.

With a long barrel (14 or 16") I have a much easier time "pointing" and hitting.

[Python14]

LONGER IS BETTER.....for me atleast.

I'm currently looking for an 18" Boomy or Ultralight w/ cocker threads for my birthday...anyone?

[Fixion]

14" CP one piece (CP Matrix) is my favorite. I like 12 - 16 inch barrels, but 14-16 for speedball.

[xXHavokXx]

LONGER IS BETTER.....for me atleast.

I'm currently looking for an 18" Boomy or Ultralight w/ cocker threads for my birthday...anyone?

I have an old 18" inch TI barrel I rock when I play recball...it's just funny