Accuracy of the mag question.

[snoopay700]

The first few posts hurt to read, flatter trajectory, one marker more accurate than the other, ugh, horrid.

If you want to talk about accuracy, even my talon, the plastic pump gun, is accurate. I've gotten plenty of people out with that with only one shot. It doesn't matter what gun you have, it's whether the barrel is consistent (upon other factors) and if you have good paint. I stopped after my brain started to hurt, but i saw some respectable names and know they've already said this.

[punkncat]

The biggest factor that will influence accuracy is the paintball itself. The "best" marker made will shoot a crappy paintball, just like the worst....crappy.

The main influence that the marker itself has is consistancy. If the marker itself is shooting at the same velocity time after time then you will see an improvement in accuracy.

A player being comfotable with the marker will also have a serious effect. If you are happy with the ergonomics of the marker, and truly believe that it is better for you, then chances are good that it actually will be, for you.

IMO the quality of build of a marker has a whole lot more to do with lasting and trouble free operation down the road than truly having that much to do with how it shoots a paintball. Of course we could argue the finer points of this opinion in to the ground, but through all my years of playing my experience is that you can take a pirahna, put a good reg on it, shoot some good paint, and it does it suprizingly similar to any $1400 marker on the market. Maybe not as fast, and certainly not "with style", but that is not really the point.

[tech-chan]

Why does it even matter?

I always thought it was the person shooting the gun's fault.

If you can't aim, go ahead and blame it on the gun.

I don't aim, I play.

[russc]

My RT with 16" barrel is my least accurate gun by far. Of course, it gets even worse once the first chop comes along!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqfTn5WlmEA

[Hilltop Customs]

that had to be one of the ugliest chops ever

[ghost flanker]

It's not the gun, it's the paint.

Accuracy is determined by the paint you're shooting and the barrel it's coming out of. Have Mike tell his teammate that he doesn't know crap about anything.

I agree. With skill and familiarity of your gun aside, high quality paint is, by far, the best equipment upgrade to increase your accuracy. However, as long as you have a decent paint to barrel match, the barrel actually has less to do with accuracy than even a light trigger pull. I also believe older or lower end guns are widely percieved to be inaccurate largely because they're commonly filled with low end, egg-shaped paint that contains more air bubbles than a jacuzzi on high. Who puts Draxxus Gold in a 98 Custom... or Monster Balls in an '06 Ego? But, a Tippmann in a vice grip is just as accurate as any electro with identical paint and barrel in the same configuration.

Here's a link of a well done experiment that suggests the barrel (as well as the gun, itself), has suprisingly little effect on accuracy. It answers a lot of commonly asked questions that are the fuel for various pointlessly endless debates, such as one-piece vs. two-piece, rifling vs. smoothbore, and long vs. short. Check it out and learn something.

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=2218018

"There's my 2 cents. Go buy yourself sumthin nice."

[ghost flanker]

No, no, nooo! Bad!

The whole purpose to having a mag is to show how accuracy and reliability come from quality.
I had an emag and my friends also had Egos and a DM7. The ego was lighter, faster (better trigger, easier to walk) and more air efficient. However, the mag had excellent consistency and had a nice flat trajectory, and if the game is capped at 15 bps the speed factor becomes negligeable. In terms of accuracy well let me give you an example.

Me (Emag) with my friend (DM7) vs. Friend#2 (07 Ego) and Friend #3 (07 Ego).

Off the break my friend with the DM7 is eliminated. So it is now a 2 on 1. I sprinted and made it to the 50 tall can. Friend #2 is at the 30 to my left behing the car wash, Friend #3 is backman at the 10 tall can my mirror. They are both shooting at about 15bps with good accuracy to both sides of my bunker. I start shooting at friend #2 and keep him in the car wash then I switch and start snap shooting with Friend #3. I shot 5 times and Bam! hopper hit. Friend #3 eliminated. Then I turn and see friend #2 getting ready for a run thru and as soon as my mag spots his head,Bam! head shot. He then sticks hand out and bam! bonus ball to his finger.

If that isn't accurate to you then I don't know what is.

Unless your Emag had an Apex barrel screwed into it, I highly doubt it had a "flatter trajectory." Seriously, why would you say that?

[hitech]

My eMag is the MOST accurate paintball gun in the world, period. No one has ever proven it's not. And Tom has proven that my eMag (yes, my personal one, not eMags in general) is the MOST accurate.

And yes, I do have an apex barrel, but that actually makes it less accurate, but it's fun to play with in speedball.

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[snoopay700]

My eMag is the MOST accurate paintball gun in the world, period. No one has ever proven it's not. And Tom has proven that my eMag (yes, my personal one, not eMags in general) is the MOST accurate.

And yes, I do have an apex barrel, but that actually makes it less accurate, but it's fun to play with in speedball.

Yeah, well, well, Tom proved my RT is more accurate than your eMag.

[hitech]

Yeah, well, well, Tom proved my RT is more accurate than your eMag.

Even thou your RT is AS accurate as my eMag, that still make my eMag the most accurate in the world. Your's is just as good...

[Hilltop Customs]

lol, if every marker is equal, then they all are the most accurate.....never thought of it like that

cup is half full/empty sort of thing I guess

[snoopay700]

lol, if every marker is equal, then they all are the most accurate.....never thought of it like that

cup is half full/empty sort of thing I guess

Psh, whatever, i'll make my rt more accurate by making it lp with the smartbox.

[Hilltop Customs]

Psh, whatever, i'll make my rt more accurate by making it lp with the smartbox.

but the shocker can still out range you

[hitech]

cup is half full/empty sort of thing I guess

The glass is just twice as big as it should be.

[snoopay700]

but the shocker can still out range you

Crap! You're right! Hmm, i'll put the stock shocker barrel on my rt, and the smart box, and, and, i'll convert it to space age Seal Forward Technology.