new ultraslick barrel idea?

[MagMaster2]

Someone has probably already thought of this before but here goes. you have a normal aluminum barrel but the inside is bored out to a larger size and a sleve of some ultraslick material be it delrin or whatever. is inserted. Then the extra slickness of the delrin would help reduce the operating pressure of the gun by creating less friction. Also this would probably reduce ball breaks greatly due to reduced friction. Also if you ever get a nasty scratch on the inside of the barrel you could just remoove the sleave and insert a new one. Wheras with a normal barrel you would have to get it honed and reanodized
The only drawback I can think of is the delrin not being strong enough??? please post your thoughts and poke holes in it all you want. I think it could work but tell me if I'm wrong.

[Minimag4me]

I dont think delrin would work. I dont like the idea of plastic barrels at all. Anodized alluminum is pretty slick itself. I would like to see replacible sleves like you said for the scratch thing but the freak already pretty much did that.

[MagMaster2]

The barrel would not be made out of delrin only the inner sleve which would be maby 0.7 mm thick the barrel would still be aluminum. Just like how an engine block is aluminum but the cylinder has a steel sleve in it. Also the freak only lets you change the back 5" of the barrel this would allow you to swap the whole thing.

[J]

I heard derlin swells with high friction and heat so on a hot day or just firing fast, the bore might get tighter. I could be wrong tho

[Miscue]

Teflon... it's been done. Brass barrels are good too.

[MagMaster2]

I don't think that you are right about delrin swelling. I mean they use it to make bolts so it has to be able to withstand high friction.

By the way miscue. which barrel did they use teflon in?

[PBpunk]

i think that its the 32* carbon fiber that has the teflon coating or something

[Rynoboy06]

Maybe it's on that one too, but I'm pretty sure it's just the J&J ceramic that has teflon in it.

[thei3ug]

Delrin barrels have been tried.

Delrin is sensitive to temperature and moisture. At the very best you will not get a consistant bore size through and through at any given time. In normal conditions... it's a blender.

[trevy38]

I always spray Tri-flo (dry oil made of teflon) in my barrel and give it one quick swab. It shoots very well that way and minimizes ball breakage.

[paint king]

types.......

The J and J barrels have a wierd inner coating but whatever it is it shoots nice.

[MagMaster2]

Where can you get this tri flow stuff?!!?

It sounds very useful.

[animal]

The j&j ceramics are teflon coated inside. It also helps, I've been told, to apply rain-x to your barrel. Supposedly you can fire the paint right out. Never tried this personally though.

[thei3ug]

Rain-X = teflon.

coating the barrel with teflon won't help it shoot BETTER or FARTHER or reduce friction lowering operating pressure or anything of the sort. It will, however, allow you to shoot through breaks easier, as the paint beads up and can't, for lack of a simpler term, stick to the sides. When that's an issue, teflon is a godsend. What teflon isn't is a magical barrel enchanter, here to whisk your paintballs on a flight with destiny.

I didn't touch on this, but I just read the ENTIRE thread. Also, the carbon fiber barrel may have teflon on it, but it doesn't matter because the ball never touches the carbon fiber.

[thei3ug]

Same with that J&J 2-piece barrel.

The end might have "teflon impregnated ceramic," but the ball never touches it. Whoopidedoo.

those X-people who are making the plastic barrel tips have the best idea. Why let the end of the 2 piece take up so much weight if you're not really using it? let's make it out of plastic!