Best Paint for BoomStick

**PAINTBALLA01** · 10-22-2001, 07:06 PM

try allstar its a really small bore

**MoserMan** · 10-22-2001, 07:08 PM

im not lookin for a really small bore paint anymore but thx anywyaz~!

**dawump** · 10-22-2001, 09:18 PM

Ok first of all all you need is 4 inches of barrel to make a ball go as straight as it possibly can so your first remark is retarded.

2nd the bigger the barrel, the more gas and velocity needed since it is in the barrel longer and requires greater acceleration....

My point was that if you have a 14" barrel, and the last 7 inches are ported then you have half a barrel during which the ball accelerates, and half during which it decelerates. If the paintball is tight, then this 50/50 ratio is very wasteful, and a looser barrel would be better. To say that a 4" barrel generates accuracy ignores the fluid dynamics of a paintball. Going from 0 to 300 fps in 4 inches WILL create distortions and having extra length to allow the paintball to come to some sort of stability while still being forced along a straight line is a good thing. IF the fit is too tight though, the advantage is somewhat lost.

This is the first time I have ever seen someone advocate a 4" barrel, but hey. Go for it.

Keith

**MoserMan** · 10-22-2001, 10:53 PM

Dude your making this more complicated then it really is

I dont want to debate with you and I may have been exagerating on the 4 inches, I think its 6 or 8....but thats besides the point.

The point is the first have of the Boomstick is all you need to make the paintball shoot straight. The 2nd piece with porting does not even touch the ball. It is used to guide and silence the ball. Tell any perfessional about long "sniping" barrels and they will call you a moron because they dont do snot. As for the rest of the stuff your saying...just do alittle paintball research and you'll realize that it makes no sense, at least for paintball

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**dawump** · 10-23-2001, 01:34 AM

Dude your making this more complicated then it really is

Yea, it's so simple that everyone agrees about it. The only thing that people agree about is that a perfect paint to barrel match will get the best out of a particular paint and a particular barrel.

It is my experience that when a perfect match isn't available I get better results with a looser fit than a tighter fit because the gas inneficiency has less of an impact on accuracy than a ball exiting the barrel with distortion.

And by the way, I don't advocate sniper barrels. The email footer is a joke - "16 FOOT barrels - can hardly be taken seriously" I hope YOU didn't take it seriously and then infer that I am a moron, because that would make me pretty angry.. although inferring that I am a moron made me pretty angry anyway.

Keith

**Sledgehammer** · 10-23-2001, 07:10 AM

Hey Dawump,
I do happen to have a 4" barrel, with no complaints about accuracy from my part.

Oooops, i forgot to mention it's on my HK P9S service pistol (which happens to fire 9mil rounds instead of paintballs)