your opinion on barrel kits

[bokraham]

soon I will get a ule body so i feel like I should get a barrel kit. which one should I get and why?

[lord1234]

heh, you didnt list the best one

Sanchez Machine makes a lot of those kits for the other companies....I carry sanchez machine barrels. very nice

www.sm1paintballbarrel.com is their website(yes i know its not the best, but they are working on it)

talk to me for info/pricing!

[swanster]

the evil pipe is a VERY nice barrel kit. i would recomend it

but

the empie barrel kits are also VERY nice. i would also recomend it

the choice is yours though

[bokraham]

the sm1 kit looks very very appealing. The only deterent is that the bore sizes are very small.

What I am really looking for is a kit that is really good shooting through breaks.

[bokraham]

actually they only list the small bore choice on the products page, there is also a big bore set. For my taste the big bore set is too big. Do you think that it would be possible to get a medium bore set?
Also how well does it shoot through breaks?



If a moderator is reading this please put sm1 on the poll, since only mods can do that

[swanster]

evil pipe shoots great through breaks. I think the empire barrel will too but i havn't shot one yet

[acropilot19]

Pipe= Bad News

Kaner= Very Excellent

Had a pipe kit- it developed crackS running parallel through all four rows of vent holes at the tip. The metal is VERY thin there due to the angled vent holes.

When I sent it in to be replaced, had to wait almost 3 MONTHS to get it back. I would call about once a week for status & talk to the same guy but he never had a clue & even after talking to him 4 times he still didnt know who tha hell I was. Customer service REALLY BLEW.

Owned 2 Kaner Kits- they shoot as straight as the pipe & are built to last!

[Lord_Whoopass]

I vote Sanchez Machine's Barrel kit... Havent had any other kit compare to it... And I have owned pretty much all other barrel kits out there... Only Barrel that rivals it is the Stiffi but you got to get a paint match with the barrel...

[phantomhitman]

i voted scepter. i jsut got mine in last week. got to test it out twice, great kit!! I love the looks of it, it is extremely light, and the price is fair.

[Lohman446]

I think paint to barrel match is overrated unless yuor going to size your paint ball for ball as each batch will be different even from ball to ball

I used to have a ACI Phat Pro system, nice kit, worked as well as I expected it to, would do ok with breaks but not great...

I finally sold it, seems how I was using my zero gravity barrel all the time anyways, its .690 or .691 bore, and shoots clean wonderfully, I am not unhappy with its accuracy, though I am thinking of building a kit (.686, .689, .693) out of CP one pieces

[WARPED1]

People might be anti-SP, but the freak is a damn fine barrel. Thier business practices suck, but the barrels/guns rule.

[puckmaster]

longbow-just one barrel- Somewhat nice barrel, pretty heavy.

freak- My Vote for the best. Its very light, looks good, and i'm a fan of the indivisual sleeves.

kaner- I never owned one, but i did shoot one once, it was good, but nothing noticably better about it.

empire 7 piece- A close second in my opinion. Very classy, decently priced, functions great, and has a cool case.

pipe- They seem cheaply made. but They perfomed mediocer(sp)

phat pro-Never used it
scepter-Same as freak, except full length bore sleeves.

edge-Good quality at a great price. Its the cheapest priced,(www.paintball-discounters.com had it for 129, but i dont know if they still do.) But it works as good as other barrel kits, if not better.

On a seperate note, I wish all you people would stop bashing Smart Parts. If the courts enforce the patent then its legit, stop complaining, i'm tired of it. Altho its was dick to do it, it was a good buisness move. I'm not talking at any one specific.

[FallNAngel]

Originally posted by puckmaster
freak- My Vote for the best. Its very light, looks good, and i'm a fan of the indivisual sleeves.

pipe- They seem cheaply made. but They perfomed mediocer(sp)

scepter-Same as freak, except full length bore sleeves.

I've seen horrible mishapen sleeves for the Freak... like, one end of the sleeve is .686 and the other is .682. I've also heard good and bad things about the pipe... some people have problems, some don't.

Personally I went with the Scepter. The inserts are the size they're labeled and lock in place (instead of using o-rings to prevent movement).

Originally posted by puckmaster
If the courts enforce the patent then its legit, stop complaining, i'm tired of it.

Not really, so far everything that's happened has been settling out of court.

[Top Secret]

Dye UL with .684, .688, and .692 backs. That's all you'll need. Looks awesome and the alignment from back to front is some of the best I've seen.

[WARPED1]

Originally posted by FallNAngel


I've seen horrible mishapen sleeves for the Freak... like, one end of the sleeve is .686 and the other is .682. I've also heard good and bad things about the pipe... some people have problems, some don't.

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Get the new stainless steel sleeves.