the st!ffi barrel...is it what its cracked up to be?

[tsc]

Even if it is a good barrel a still think their advertising was a bit boastful, basically saying that their barrel was the best. I woulda had no doubts had they put up some scientific proof but all they said was, quietest, most accurate, stiffest barrel on market. But any way who am I kidding I dont have $129 to speand on a barrel anyways, im happy with my new 12" CP 1 piece barrel.

DWill- So you're bashing the barrel because they ADVERTISED? It's not false advertising or some such. Saying "this barrel will cure cancer, mend broken bones, and increase your cup size by 200%!" Would be.(unless of course, it did). Any company is going to say "ours in the best, please buy it!"

The barrel is in fact amazing. When all you can hear in a cocker is the backblock smaking the shooter's mask..it's good.

Deal with it.

[Miscue]

Re: dude comeon

Originally posted by ezrunner
Hey, admit you were wrong.

The barrel has a lot to do with accuracy, I've shown you quotes and charts from Tom Kaye to prove it since you cited that source to start with.

Either do the testing and prove me wrong or drop the argument.

BTW - My favorite barrel for the money is the Lapco Autospirit.

I kept saying size match. You need a good match and a good internal finish. Now if someone wants to spend 85 bux more on the tube that is their call.

-rob

??? The charts and quotes don't say anything about comparative accuracy testing.

Note what Manike (PB Engineer) has to say:

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73671&highlight=barrel

NOTHING that you do can take the randomness out of a PB's flight path. They are inherently inaccurate... a barrel doesn't change that.

[cledford]

Re: Re: dude comeon

Originally posted by Miscue

NOTHING that you do can take the randomness out of a PB's flight path. They are inherently inaccurate... a barrel doesn't change that.

This was my point - unless your barrel is X meters/feet long and the paintball never leaves contact with it. That might prove cumbersome but would take all of the randomness out of the situation

The thread just goes to show how entrenched some beliefs in paintball are...

-Calvin

[ezrunner]

contained randomness

I'm not saying that a shot group is not randomly distributed.

We all shoot into a circle. You want a smaller circle.

That is the crux of the situation. The smallest circle. This comes from getting a barrel to paint match with a consistent air sorce and valve response.

The distribution in that circle is not at issue. The size of the circle.


-rob

[RobAGD]

Well I got sent a dealer sample to test for the shop and so far everyone I have loaned it has really liked it a lot. I was looking to put it on my Sluggo Mag for the weigh in when I get all my lite parts on it

Barrels are barrels, it just depends on how many hampsters you sacrifice to the gods teh day you play on how they shoot

-Robert