Hammerhead barrels, and their lies!

[WARPED1]

You're the SP fanboi, duh. AO hates SP right?

That must be it! :) Just because I don't think the mag is STILL the best gun. It was in 1990.

["the FitZ"]

Hey Mike smith says the balls have noticable scratches on them. Someone else mentioned they had been shooting people all weekend while he was catching bounces. Maybe there is a connection. pre-scored paintballs break easier at further distances. sounds good to me.

Whoever did the test comparson to CP and ultralight says 0 breaks in the barrel. good. and he also came to the conclusion that they averaged more hits on the pole or w/e. sounds like good accuracy.

I think you should leave the spin and crap alone. all it is promoting is *****yness and jackassery. So just go clean out your barrels w/ brake clean and play some ball! This may end up being a good barrel after all.

[shartley]

I think you should leave the spin and crap alone. all it is promoting is *****yness and jackassery. So just go clean out your barrels w/ brake clean and play some ball! This may end up being a good barrel after all.

[SlartyBartFast]

Wow. I'm surprised to see that no one took note the the most power the ball recieves is between 1" and 6" of the barrel.

True. But irrelevant.

Cars also accelerate faster in the first portion of 0-100. But without the last longer push they'd never reach 100. Check the graph here: http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/ed..._technobabble/

The rest of it is just control over the guidance of theflight path,

and possibly noise reduction,

No.
Well, maybe...
At least not only noise reduction. Lower noise may or may not be a result of better efficiency. The air is at a lower pressure behind the ball when the ball leaves the barrel. In current two piece barrels, lower noise may not be due to efficiency as more air can make it past the ball in the larger diameter part of the barrel.

and a bit of accuracy.

No. :rolleyes Longer barrels are not more accurate or more precise.

The reason for porting is so that the air will vent, disallowing it to create too much turbulance on the ball.

For the most part, 7" - 20" barrels will get about the same distance due to velocity and the fact that all paintballs weigh relatively the same (Flatline not included).

Tell him to shove that in his Hammer Head and smoke it (I would've said Pipe, but Evil makes that).

That I can at least agree with you on.

[osustevie]

I cant believe I read the whole thread!

I bought a hammerhead kit at paintball expo Ohio earlier this month. I talked to Robert Judson for a few minutes. I felt he believed in what he was saying. I bought a 5 fin kit for my chipley S5 for $150.00. I really like it. I felt it helped improve my accuracy. I have recommended it to friends. In my opinion it is a good barrel kit. I tried it, I liked it. Thats all I have to say.

[Lohman446]

I cant believe I read the whole thread!

I bought a hammerhead kit at paintball expo Ohio earlier this month. I talked to Robert Judson for a few minutes. I felt he believed in what he was saying. I bought a 5 fin kit for my chipley S5 for $150.00. I really like it. I felt it helped improve my accuracy. I have recommended it to friends. In my opinion it is a good barrel kit. I tried it, I liked it. Thats all I have to say.

This may be true, it may be a great barrel kit and I don't doubt for a minute you like it, and the sales staff may very well beleive what they are saying. However, the point is that the hammerhead does not have any design feature that would indicate it could impart consistant axial spin to the ball, the secondary argument is that axial spin has little to no effect anyways.

[Muzikman]

hmm, OSUSteve, I didn't know you were on AO too. I see you only got 16 posts...so I'll use this thread to say welcome!.

[osustevie]

hmm, OSUSteve, I didn't know you were on AO too. I see you only got 16 posts...so I'll use this thread to say welcome!.

Hi Muzikman, Yeah I get around. See you at IAO, go team POG!

[Mike Smith]

{yea, this will take a while, folks...}

Well this won't take long. Repeat comments like that and you will be unable to answer for a while, there are better ways to put your point of view across...your now deleted post was not one of them....MarkM

[SLICEnDICE]

Time for a field test

Why doesn't someone do an indepth feild test. Put the gun in a shooting vice so it does not move from shot to shot, hook up a scuba tank to the air cylinder so you do not have to keep refilling it over the test period, it also would keep the pressure more constant throughout the test, and test many different barrel types at the same velocity. None of this bs of twenty shots and it shot good crap. If I had a couple of barel kits I woud do it my self, but I don't. I have the chrony, the scuba tanks and a field I can use whenever I want.

[Mike Smith]

Awwww... Mark...

That was a carefully chosen word to accurately describe the poster I was responding to. There was no malicious intent, nor was there any animosity. It was a simple, thoughtful description of that person, based on his intentional misrepresentation of what I had posted.

Is there a list of words that are frowned upon? I didn't see them in the FAQ.

[Muzikman]

Calling someone mentally challenged would be flaming and flaming is frowned upon.

[Arson51]

Don, my name is Robert Judson. I am President of Hammerhead and was talking with Justin with Hammerhead. I just returned from Europe and Justin inidicated you two had a conversion while at D-day that may have been misunderstood or perhaps properly miscommunicated. We apologize for that.I can make myself available if you would like to discuss any questions or issues you might have.The Hammerhead barrel is unique. I will be glad to explain exactly how it works with you if you truly want to know. Rotation is key, not spinning, counterboring is essensial as is the reverse porting and the length of the sizers. All of the elements are required to make the barrel perform.If you are interested in talking with me, my cell is ***-***-****. I am not trying to sell you a barrel. I do care to communicate with you in a positive and helpful way if you would like. Thanks so muchRobert Judson P.E.PS: I am a Design Build contractor and travel all over the US and the World designing and building food plants. I travel a lot, so if I do not get back with you immediately, please understand that it is not my preference.

Edit: Removed phone # - Miscue

[m20power]

I dont feel like reading 11 pages of mindless drivel.
All I wanted to say was in response to something I saw on the first page where someone said a bullet can kill you due to inertia, and therefore a paintball coming out with more inertia will travel farther.

I did fail physics last semester so call me a moron if I am wrong, but I thought that two paintballs that were shaped the exact same, weighted the same, and exited a barrel at the same speed, would have the same inertia.

People use a stock spyder barrel and upgrade to an armson and think that rifling is what gives them accuracy when they really havent used a high end barrel before.

[Miscue]

I dont feel like reading 11 pages of mindless drivel.
All I wanted to say was in response to something I saw on the first page where someone said a bullet can kill you due to inertia, and therefore a paintball coming out with more inertia will travel farther.

I did fail physics last semester so call me a moron if I am wrong, but I thought that two paintballs that were shaped the exact same, weighted the same, and exited a barrel at the same speed, would have the same inertia.

People use a stock spyder barrel and upgrade to an armson and think that rifling is what gives them accuracy when they really havent used a high end barrel before.

Inertia is related to an object's mass... not size, shape, velocity, or otherwise.

Saying that a bullet can kill you due to its inertia is kind of a stupid thing to say...