Rifled Barrels

[athomas]

Well, to end this debate, the reason I ask who has used one is because I saw it on ebay for 99 cents with $9 in shipping and no one has bid on it. I only wanted to know if they were ok for the price...lol.

A good barrel at that price is a great barrel in my books.

[Ninjeff]

i understand all the physics behind it all. but you cant deny that a flatline flies farther cause of the spin at the same fps as another barrel.

on this past sunday we sat next to a chrono with 4 diffirent guns(2 tac ones, invert mini, autococker), mounted the guns to take out human error. 5 types of paint(v1,vein,menace, xball bronze and silver) matched the bore sizes on the freak, pipe bomb and the hammerheads. chrono'd at 275-280 each time we tried something new, and it didnt matter what combo's we used the hammerheads outshot in distance and accuracy EVERY TIME even the 4 inch sharktooth was keeping up with the other kits no problem. just like the flatline when the ball passes you it makes a whizzing noise. its spinning and it seems to work damn good. i know all the theories, and iv heard both sides of the story. theres nothing really i can say to convince anybody except that i saw for myself that it works on my gun, in my hands.

then isnt the fact these things shot awesome for you good enough. Heck man, i dont give two flips about the physics behind it all, if i find something that shoots great. I use it. I dont care what it is.

[jade_monkey07]

Got proof/pics/vid?
Were you inside or out?
How did you mount the markers?
How long did it take you?

no pics or vids but ill be playing again soon and can make some for sure. we were outside it was about 45 rainy in the morning and it got sunny and 68 in the afternoon when we were testing them out, but they were playing consistent all day. the mount is something i cooked up a while ago its pretty simple its consists of a 2 bars as a base a strap to hold the tank in place and a clamp on the body of the gun just behind the barrel youll see it in the pics. since we had a couple guns, barrels and paint it took a while prob about 2 hours to go through all of it. i was convinced after the first 30 min. ill update in a week or 2 with pics and vids if i can get a good cam

[punkncat]

Rifling causes projectile to cut through the air more efficiently by creating a vortex around it. It prevents air from contacting the surface so the effects of friction are reduced. It doesn't provide lift, but slows the rate of negative acceleration so that the projectile goes farther forward in the same amount of time.

I am no physicist, but I understood that the rifling ( for a lead bullet) caused stability due to gyroscopic effect which kept it from tumbling in air.....
Basically like if you take a bike tire and spin it holding the axle and then try to tilt it.

[MANN]

no pics or vids but ill be playing again soon and can make some for sure. we were outside it was about 45 rainy in the morning and it got sunny and 68 in the afternoon when we were testing them out, but they were playing consistent all day. the mount is something i cooked up a while ago its pretty simple its consists of a 2 bars as a base a strap to hold the tank in place and a clamp on the body of the gun just behind the barrel youll see it in the pics. since we had a couple guns, barrels and paint it took a while prob about 2 hours to go through all of it. i was convinced after the first 30 min. ill update in a week or 2 with pics and vids if i can get a good cam

You were able to test out 4 markers, 5 types of paint, and 4 barrels in 2 hours? That is simply amazing. While I am glad to see other players comparing barrel instead of listening to marketing I dont agree with your results what so ever. After testing out over 150 bores of roughly 30-40 different barrels (Including hammerhead) with over 26000 rounds of paint I can safely say that rifeling will not produce the level of accuracy that a good barrel will produce.

I would also like to state that the barrels you are comparing your hammerhead to are not what I would consider a good barrel. So yes you could have noticed your hammerhead beating out a alum freak or pipe, but that would be like saying a minivan is faster than a kia. You are yet to test it against a viper.

[varq]

i have been trying different barrels (lapco snapshot, Stiffi Switch and Hammerheads)l and have not seen any difference in the Hammerheads... if anything the hammeheads are risky because if you get a ball break they are worthless.. very tough to clean (especially in a game). I have a tac one with the j&j stock barrel... i have come to the conclusion that the barrel is not as important as a bsll to barrel match which is questionable because all the balls appear to vary in size fromone another (even in the same bag) I decided to stick with the Lapco because of the different size backs which are 6" long.
hope this helps

[athomas]

I am no physicist, but I understood that the rifling ( for a lead bullet) caused stability due to gyroscopic effect which kept it from tumbling in air.....
Basically like if you take a bike tire and spin it holding the axle and then try to tilt it.

Yes, you are correct. I accidently left that part out. Thanks for correcting me.