What is the best barrel in your opinion

[PFAutomag33]

j&j ceramic

The best barrel for the money is the ceramic. Best barrel I have used.

[GallagherAtWar]

BOA SnakeBite!!

[FatMan]

Barrels and front versus back

The bit about front players not needing accuracy like back players is bogus! In fact, if anything they need MORE accuracy. A front player is typically going to be snap shooting 2 or 3 ball strings. You want all of those shots to be as accurate as possible. A back player will lay down long strings - he can adjust and cover inaccurate shots with volume.

A front player usually wants a shorter and lighter barrel for easier movement. He also wants good efficiency because he can't carry as much air. Back players will go for heavier, longer barrels for more stability in shooting long strings. Both want good paint to bore match - so they either have multiple barrels or something like the Freak.

You're right, most of the pros use the boomies. What you don't see is that most of them have three or four of them with different bores. THAT is expensive. The Freak is a cheaper alternative. However, if you REALLY want low cost, a Lapco Bigshot AND a Lapco Autospirit will give you a good start.

Me, I shoot a Freak - I think its the way to go.

FatMan

[PowerFedMag]

tawga

yea that front stuff is bogus. I use the stock RT, and a 14in Boomy. Personally I love the boomy...it looks sweet, and the length is great.
When yer on sup'air you can use the barrel to manipulate the bunkers, so personally i think the length actually makes things easier...plus its easier to just look down the barrel and point and shoot, when yer bunkering...then again its all opinion, and you might like and perform better with a smaller barrel cuz thats you.
RT Stock is cool...the NO porting makes things easy.
Boomy...yea, whats up
peeeeeace
oh yea, and just cuz the pros use long barrels here, and boomys there doesnt really matter....cuz they're pro's and We're(I'm) not (yet!)

[PAINTBALLA01]

AHH! if you add up the percents on the poll it equals 100.01 i think

[MiCRoFooL]

Originally posted by PAINTBALLA01
AHH! if you add up the percents on the poll it equals 100.01 i think

It's a matter of rounding... no big deal. If you figure out all the percentages out to like four decimals you'll probably come out to a number a little closer to 100.

Ex.
The computer uses many decimals to figure out fractional percentages.
1.12345 + 1.12345 = 2.2469 (It will show 2.25 in the results)

now round them to two decimals like when you add them from what you see displayed in the results grid...
1.12 + 1.12 = 2.24

Is it 2.24 or 2.25?

[FutureMagOwner]

i like the freak why isnt that there!

[veritas]

Yep...freaky

See...I don't own a freak setup and i think it's prolly the best way to go on cost effeciency in the long run...But, since i'm an idiot and love the way the Dye barrels look and shoot i have a 12 inch Dye ultralight which shoots everything great and a 14 inch SP Tear drop which is killer with proball...
...I pretty much get away with every kind of paint with these two barrels...


Veritas