barrel recomendations

[mardye]

I looking at some barrels -custom products 12"-smartparts progressive 14" and dye stainless 10" what makes one barrel better than the other?

[Miscue]

There isn't any difference as far as performance goes. Pick the one that looks nice and is within budget.

[toymyster]

They are all good barrels!! I personally like the short ones batter since I like a compact setup!!

[eightball]

my dye stainless 10" sounds like a friggin cannon

[evo.end3R]

i play with a 14" evil driver, its really nice, but a little long, im starting to wish i had gotten a 12"

[TDonovan]

Lapco!!!

[darkghost]

id say the biggest factor is matching your paint to your barrel, but if you cant afford a system like the freak, or the pipe just get what u think looks good

[Sticknes]

agreed, research the bore sizes on those choices, get the middle of the road one, nottoo small, not to big.

[Yogster]

Sure making barrel to paint match is right , but next time you play take a handful of balls out have a look at them.Unless your field is using an expensive paint and turning the paint like there suppose to your gonna end up with a majority of paint that is off sized and not round.

So I would recommend using a barrel or barrel kit that your budget can afford.

[mardye]

I haven,t gone to afield just yet. I've been playing at a friends house-he has about 8 acres that we've built forts and structures out of old tractor tires.The paint I've been using is called bluestreak and zap.The bluestreak seems nicer than the zap.I ended up getting the custom parts barrel. I did notice that my other barrel has 4 raised grooves running through it not sure which barrel shoots better yetand both barrels are 12".

[mkmckinley]

Besides paint-barrels match I think barrels are one of the most overpriced accessories. If you haven't already you should read tom's tech tip on barrels. Basically about 8-10 inches effective length with maybe a couple inches of porting for noise reduction is optimal and anything past that is going to hurt efficiency and do nothing for accuracy. That said I think Lapco makes some pretty great barrels. My advice would be to peruse the used section of this forum and wait for a barrel you like to turn up for $20-30.