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  • Aegis
    To old for this
    • Dec 2002
    • 596

    #1

    Barrel quandary

    After reading about 'mags, I did a few net deals to try them out and got hooked. Now I have several barrels, and have run into something. I'm a newbie, so bear with me:

    When we got into paintball, oh, say, 3 months ago, the convential wisdom seemed to be that if you could blow the ball through the barrel it was a good fit. Without busting a gut, of course.

    Now I have several mag barrels, my fav being a J&J 14" Ceramic that actually chronos faster than the shorter barrels. My local store sells Bigball for $29 a case, it doesn't break (600 shot) in the barrel and seems accurate. The thing is, I couldn't blow a ball through the barrel unless I busted a rib - it is TIGHT.

    The barrel config on a mag makes it kinda hard to blow a ball through anyway. Is there a better test, or is it just a matter of what works?
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  • digitard
    DigiWang .. Special Ed
    • Nov 2002
    • 1678

    #2
    you can take out the nubbin and do a blow test ...

    Sincerely,
    Dave K
    Its a wakeup call for the Nintendo generation
    GregHastingsPaintball 3 is coming

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    • Aegis
      To old for this
      • Dec 2002
      • 596

      #3
      Did that - can't blow the paint through, but it won't break either.
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      • darklord
        missing my matrix
        • May 2002
        • 2105

        #4
        Seal up the nubbin hole+hole where the balls fall in with your hands or tape it up, then try a blow test. Keep in mind paint varies in bore size from batch to batch...which is why you might want to think about a barrel system (that's what I'm doing anyway).

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