Has any tried the Apex barrel?

[hitech]

I still don't like it.

I understand how you feel. And I agree. But I might just have to get one...

[Thordic]

For those saying you don't have time to dial it in while playing, whats to stop you from marking the barrel for distance and curve and whatnot during practice? You could just mark what setting worked for the snake and whatnot right on the barrel, and twist it to that spot. It would only take a second to adjust your barrel after the guy dove into the snake, and then you could start dropping balls onto his head.

[Lohman446]

See above: I don't like it

It works - I watched it. I played around with it. Adjustments are pretty quickly made, in the hands of an observant backplayer or a patient front player these could be deadly. One person making sure you don't come out while the other dials it in - and I dialed it in on a can I could not see in half a dozen shots or so - adjustments are pretty easy.

[Jaan]

I wonder how hard it would be to make this thing adjustable electronically? A couple of small motors and some sort of dials mounted in a fore grip. You could even have preset adjustments stored electronically which you could call up for specific tasks. You know what I'm getting at next ... Heads Up Display! Well, something like that. You could make a pretty cheap version with just an optical sight, and a "floating" reticle which moves with the Apex adjustment. You would sight it in normally and that "zero point" and those crosshairs would be where the shots go without any spin on the ball, but there would be an addition reticle, say a small red circle, and that would move as you adjusted.

Hummmmmm ...

[TheShark]

Fun concept but I don't want anything to do with it in actual gameplay. I play this game to simulate real combat. I'm not a hardcore army type or anything, but the whole point of a paintball is to simulate a bullet. I don't want curving bullets, it changes the very nature of the game. If anything new barrel designs should try and give the paint a straighter trajectory.

[WingMan13]

Fun concept but I don't want anything to do with it in actual gameplay. I play this game to simulate real combat. I'm not a hardcore army type or anything, but the whole point of a paintball is to simulate a bullet. I don't want curving bullets, it changes the very nature of the game. If anything new barrel designs should try and give the paint a straighter trajectory.

I think we are not far away from "smart" bullets that will do the same in real combat Then again our enemies would not have it in a ready supply


Anyone know how long this Apex barrel is? 14", 12"?

[MadPSIence]

I think it's neat but should be entirely banned. it's just another thing making the sport more lazy than ever.

frankly this is more unfair than ramping.

[SlartyBartFast]

I wonder how hard it would be to make this thing adjustable electronically?

Now, along with ramping that could be the ULTIMATE weapon.

Press a button and have it strafe a given angle (laft/right/down). No need to aim.

[MadPSIence]

Now, along with ramping that could be the ULTIMATE weapon.

Press a button and have it strafe a given angle (laft/right/down). No need to aim.

yeah, and paintball becomes a video game.. just strap the gun to your arm.. plug a gamepad into it and go hard..

frankly anyone that thinks this is remotely good for the sport should just go buy greg hastings and leave real paintball be.

[germanman]

Woohoo....thas hot...and I mean HAWT! But I also love my St!ffi.

[Spartan X]

DC is becoming a Dealer...so I'm getting one from them along with all the stuff I need done to my viking/excal. Else I would have bought one at IAO for $120.

It really is neat and I want one to fool around with playing rec ball with my epic.

But I do thin k it shouyld be tourney Banned. Once they see what it can do and that it really does it's job, I'm sure NPPL will be right on top of it. As they should be...bunkers do sewrve a purpose after all...with this playing tight would not matter much.

[Jaan]

yeah, and paintball becomes a video game.. just strap the gun to your arm.. plug a gamepad into it and go hard..

frankly anyone that thinks this is remotely good for the sport should just go buy greg hastings and leave real paintball be.

You know, I agree with you 100%. The tinkerer in me would love to make a "guided" paintball marker but I already can't stand the newer ramping electro markers. I think it's about time to start separating markers into classes ... I dearly wish my local fields would do mech only woodsball games for instance.

Personally I think playing paintball video games are lame too. If you're going to play a video game blow stuff up and kill a few dozen people (c:

[11 Bravo]

Has any tried the Apex barrel?

Has anyone used it with there Automag? Is anyone going to get one?

[MadPSIence]

I for one will never buy one. I consider it a cheating tool that doesn't belong in the game whether it's rec or tournament.

[magman007]

I for one will never buy one. I consider it a cheating tool that doesn't belong in the game whether it's rec or tournament.

WTF? how is it a cheating tool? It hasnt been deemed illegal, and it has alot of great uses. It is great! How can you call it a cheating tool? Because you can make the shot go exactly where you want it?

I have some news for you, you can already do the same thing with your current barrel and an air bunker. its called englishing the ball. It isnt hard to do with a little practice, and you can drop paint on who ever you want.

TO the thread creator,

I have tried it, and it is damn cool, i just dont see my self spending the time to find out each adjustment and how to use it correctly. I find the englishing method to work just fine, but you may find you like it. It was fun to mess with, that i will say