Alright, if i'm not allowed to post here, could you maby move this post to the Tech forums instead of deleting?
Anyhow, on to my curiosities...
I was driving down the road with my coke in my hand and it sort of hit me ....
1- We all know about Tom Kay's barrel tests .. if it's too tight, it scrapes off all of the powder used to test.. if it's too loose, it leaves the 'zebra stripes' as it bounces back and forth down the barrel before ejection ..
2- The best match is when it leaves 2 - 1/8" stripes inside the barrel.
3- The idea of matching the paint to the barrel is a good idea, lets not make this mistake. Being able to have the perfect bore size would make the paint travel more acturatly due to either no compression, nor any bouncing done before leaving the barrel.
I'm sure at this point your thinking .. okay, where is he going with this :) .. well the 3 items i just described are very logical ... but I believe the manufacturer (in this case, Smart Parts) has not completed the logical steps one should take.
Okay, we have a 2 part barrel that is screwed together to make one. in the first half, we slip in a sleeve to perfectly match the paint to the inner bore of the barrel (for this theory, let's pretent it's an exact, perfect fit .. 2 - 1/8" strips as it leaves the sleeve) ... BUT, we then have the front half ... the section that IS NOT sleeved .. and therefore, is now not perfectly matched to the paint. The front half is the final stage before the ball leaves for it's intended target and is thus the most important. Any effects would directly effect (or affect .. damn i don't remember the difference) the balls accuracy as it leaves the marker and is then out of any more control by the player/marker. So anyhow, we now have the paintball entering the front half of the barrel. This section has no sleeve to match it to the paint. It does have a dimention, and I am ASSUMING that it is more towards a large bore size. I have not had the time to confirm what the bore size is manufactured to from Smart parts. BUT, it is very logical to say that there is a VERY GOOD chance that the bore size of this front section is now either too big (that's what i am assuming) or too small.
Okay .. now that we can agree that the paint is no longer matched perfectly to the bore size, let us reiterate the information at the top of this post. If the paint is too small, it will now bounce around a bit decreasing teh accuracy .. and if it's too large, it will now become compressed (leading to problems that i cannot remember from Tom Kaye's barrel testing).
So, in conclusion, I have to wonder if spending the money for a Freak system is worth it, when you end up shooting yoru paint through a barrel that is 'not really' matched to your paint.
I would ask that someone from the crowd (after this novel, i doubt too may ppl have actually made it this far!!) to actually take Tom Kaye's barrel test and, after matching the proper sleeve to the paint, find out what the paintball is doing in the front section of the barrel.
Also testing with more then one type of paint would be benificial ....
So ... dare I ask for any comments??
Anyhow, on to my curiosities...
I was driving down the road with my coke in my hand and it sort of hit me ....
1- We all know about Tom Kay's barrel tests .. if it's too tight, it scrapes off all of the powder used to test.. if it's too loose, it leaves the 'zebra stripes' as it bounces back and forth down the barrel before ejection ..
2- The best match is when it leaves 2 - 1/8" stripes inside the barrel.
3- The idea of matching the paint to the barrel is a good idea, lets not make this mistake. Being able to have the perfect bore size would make the paint travel more acturatly due to either no compression, nor any bouncing done before leaving the barrel.
I'm sure at this point your thinking .. okay, where is he going with this :) .. well the 3 items i just described are very logical ... but I believe the manufacturer (in this case, Smart Parts) has not completed the logical steps one should take.
Okay, we have a 2 part barrel that is screwed together to make one. in the first half, we slip in a sleeve to perfectly match the paint to the inner bore of the barrel (for this theory, let's pretent it's an exact, perfect fit .. 2 - 1/8" strips as it leaves the sleeve) ... BUT, we then have the front half ... the section that IS NOT sleeved .. and therefore, is now not perfectly matched to the paint. The front half is the final stage before the ball leaves for it's intended target and is thus the most important. Any effects would directly effect (or affect .. damn i don't remember the difference) the balls accuracy as it leaves the marker and is then out of any more control by the player/marker. So anyhow, we now have the paintball entering the front half of the barrel. This section has no sleeve to match it to the paint. It does have a dimention, and I am ASSUMING that it is more towards a large bore size. I have not had the time to confirm what the bore size is manufactured to from Smart parts. BUT, it is very logical to say that there is a VERY GOOD chance that the bore size of this front section is now either too big (that's what i am assuming) or too small.
Okay .. now that we can agree that the paint is no longer matched perfectly to the bore size, let us reiterate the information at the top of this post. If the paint is too small, it will now bounce around a bit decreasing teh accuracy .. and if it's too large, it will now become compressed (leading to problems that i cannot remember from Tom Kaye's barrel testing).
So, in conclusion, I have to wonder if spending the money for a Freak system is worth it, when you end up shooting yoru paint through a barrel that is 'not really' matched to your paint.
I would ask that someone from the crowd (after this novel, i doubt too may ppl have actually made it this far!!) to actually take Tom Kaye's barrel test and, after matching the proper sleeve to the paint, find out what the paintball is doing in the front section of the barrel.
Also testing with more then one type of paint would be benificial ....
So ... dare I ask for any comments??
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