Boomsticks for mags...

[Boltaction]

I just picked up a 16 inch boomer off of Ebay. I thinks it is a little long, and i really did'nt mean to win the auction, but oh well. Anyway, what are your thoughts on the boomsticks?

thanks,

Steve

[Tunaman]

Dye Boomsticks are one of the finest barrels ever manufactured. They are a little pricy, but if you knew what went into these barrels you would understand.

[magnj]

yea, i have the full color dye catalog and it has shots of the crazy machines that make them. They have the glued 2piece designe to keepr strait. I got a 14 and its fine. the barrel is actualy like 3 inches shorteer cuz its like 3 inches in the gun w/ the twist lok

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by Tunaman
Dye Boomsticks are one of the finest barrels ever manufactured. They are a little pricy, but if you knew what went into these barrels you would understand.

Finest? Blah... I never bought the whole 2pc barrel trend that's goin' on right now. Give me 12" 1 pc barrels with a bit of porting on the end (CP's and Lapco's!) in diff. bore sizes and I'm happy.

...not to say that boomsticks aren't good. I 'still have one, and have had several before.. It's just that they're not something stellar or super-dooper good.

See if you can sell it for more than you bought it for (Depending on how much you paid for it) and grab some 1pc barrels in diff. bores.

[Shirow]

So tell us, Tuna, what goes into them that makes them any better than a J&J 2 piece?

[halB]

Originally posted by Shirow
So tell us, Tuna, what goes into them that makes them any better than a J&J 2 piece?

elf magic!!!
well, it obviously has to be that if they cost so god damn much

[magnj]

a damn lotta elves, god how dare u question it!?

[joeyjoe367]

Originally posted by Shirow
So tell us, Tuna, what goes into them that makes them any better than a J&J 2 piece?

...or the stock automag barrels for that matter

[AutomagRT1483]

The boomstick is a very good barrel. Its both accurate and has some good range with it too. The only thing I don't like about it is that i tend to chop more balls with that barrel than the standard stock barrel that came with my RT Pro, but that will all change when i get my hands on a level 10.

[Mav D MagMan]

*cough* barrels don't affect range *cough* (for the most part)

A 12" boomie will not shoot farther than a 12" custom products (disclaimer: at the same bore with the same paint at the same velocity)

Mav

P.S. changes in chops are likely to be due to a different paint-barrel match than what you used to have.

[Shirow]

boomsticks give you more range? that must be a ton of elves..

[AutomagRT1483]

must be them elves. but no matter what kind of paint i use with my boomstick, i still chop. quite frequently for that matter. are the j&j's any better?

[Shirow]

you mean you get barrel breaks?

I normally get about 1 break a day in my j&j ceramic shooting blaze or pmi premium.. don't chop at all, but I have lvl 10

[AutomagRT1483]

now the j&j sounds better than what i have. maybe i'll look into one. yeah i meant barrel breaks, sorry.

[joeyjoe367]

If it's breaking in the barrel, and there's no foreign objects in there, it's not the barrel.

...it's gotta be the paint you're shooting.

Put one in there, and see if you can blow it out without TOO much effort. If you're having to press it out of the barrel, then you've got paint that's too big for your barrel.

...look for something larger-bore, or get differant paint.