DOes paint to barrel Match really matter?

[magman007]

Ok im serrious about this, I was told by some one respected in the chat that Paint to barrel match does not matter Unless you are using a closed bolt marker and your paint is rolling out of the barrel.


Now, i started thinking, and im thinking this person is right. Why do we need to match our paint? except to gain a little better efficiency?


Please discuss. I am olny offering this up for discussion, i am not making any claims etc. its all up to you guys.

[Kevmaster]

biggest thing if you ask me is velocity. even our "friend" bud orr knows it: "90% of all velocity fluctuations are because of the paint to barrel match."

direct quote.

if the balls anrt fitting properly in the barrel, the air will sometimes go around sometimes not, causing massive velo fluctuations

[magman007]

that is what i was thinking, and velocity fluctuations affect consistency, which affects accuracy...... There fore i would think that paint to barrel matching would still be much more important.



Now some will argue, that the pro's use bigger bore barrels to avoid barrel breaks, well what i do, is take my blow through test, then (when i had my freak) i would step up an insert

[sniper1rfa]

meh. i dont think its a huge deal so long as the paint is good and round and the match is decent. you WILL get bad accuracy with plain bad fitting paint, though.

[fire1811]

if you would like to test this
take any brand of paintball
shoot 25 balls at a target with each of these bores
.679 very small
.695 very big
and then properly match the bore size to paint

i promise you the properly matched barrel will be
WAY more accurate, efficent, and velocity near the same.

IMO barrel match is very important

[magman007]

Hey, i will say this, i feel paint to barrel match does matter, im just trying to find out the truth! When a very well respected member of these boards tells me that it really doesnt matter, then i have to ask.

[Riot[Z-Grip]]

In my personal experience, by no means scienific: When I properly match my paint to a freak insert, I get noticeably better consistency over the chrono, and slightly better accuracy on the field (determined by how often I hit what I'm shooting at). I rarely pay attention to efficiency (all day fills are my best investment =) ), so I have no input there.

-Riot

[-=Squid=-]

I would think it would matter because if the air is gooing AROUND the ball, couldnt it cause it to knock it arounda bit while it is still in the barrel?

[xmetal2001]

Its the main factor is accuracy. Inconsistant velocity = NO accuracy

[FeelTheRT]

from my expirience, it dosn't make a whole lot of a difference. What plays the biggest role is the paint you use. If the paint is 3 month old crap, your going to shoot crap. If you buy fresh out of the shop paint, it's going to shoot nice. At distnace, consistancy plays a roll as well.

[WARPED1]

Paint to barrel match is pretty much the only thing that matter in accuracy.(there's more of course, but I'm trying to emphasize!)

[FlagCarrier]

IMO, paint/barrel match is a key factor in accuracy. if your paint is too big for your barrel, you will chop paint, whereas, if your paint is too small, turbulence and other inconsistancies inside the barrel will occur, hurting accuracy.

[elpimpo]

think about it if the ball is to small u get uneven air flow around the ball. so if the right side has more air on it it will hook left. but if you have a tight fit your less likely to have air unevenly distributed

[hitech]

It probably gives you the best compromise between efficiency (tight bore) and consistency (loose bore). It has NO effect on accuracy. A loose bore will give very consistent velocity readings (at least that is my experience). As far as accuracy at the same velocity, read the Deep Blue thread about paintball spin physics.

[AcemanPB]

Well I used my freak for the first time today and I noticed a considerable increase in accuracy since I could match my barrel to my paint.

I'm fairly positive that paint to barrel match is important. Thats why most stock barrels are inaccurate, they are incredibly big bore so they can shoot all kinds of paint, but in doing so the paint to barrel match isn't there.


I remeber when before I had my freak if the paint was too small for my barrel then my consistency and accuracy went down.