Barrel length and distance?

[Darkling]

Ok...First off, I realize that a paintball fired from a gun at 300fps will not travel any further than a paintball fired at 300fps from another gun.

Now that thats said, does the barrel length have any effect on the distance a paintball travels? You wouldn't think so, based on the laws of physics, but if you take a 3 inch custom made barrel and shoot it next to a 12 inch, the range will fall very short next to the 12 inch. Any reasons/explanations?

Sorry if this isn't deep blue material. Maybe I'm really confused. Who knows...Thanks alot.

Darkling

[Gotenks]

here you go

[ChucktheMAGician]

Hate to just give you a link but it should help, http://www.automags.org/resource/tec...rrel_eff.shtml
Basically I think 3" wouldn't give the ball enough time to accelerate.

[Coaster]

gotenks, take it to another extreme... say with a 1inch barrel. The accuracy will be different, and since the ball will be so innaccurate it will curve and such that it may hit the ground earlier, or vear to the right, etc.

[petefol]

i dont think the accuracy of a 12" to a 14" barrel is noticable tho.

[confedman75]

the air going through a 1" barrel will not be going straight so when the ball leaves the barrel rather than the air keep pushing it the air goes in differant directions.

[SlartyBartFast]

This is DEEP BLUE so how about some tests?

Take a mag and bolt it to a stand. Have different length barrels and hone them all to the same ID. (Even use an old barrel and cut an inch or two of the end after each test.)

Shoot 100 or so balls out of each after chrono'ing to 300fps and see how far they go.

Besides affecting air consumption I don't think you'd notice much difference in range or accuracy.

[Person]

I think its because the ball doesnt have any acceleration like chuck said......but i dont know why its inaccurate, perhaps because the ball is hit with the air so violently

[SlartyBartFast]

All the accuracy talk around barrels is pure hear-say. Saw a test involving freak inserts compared to each other (which talked only of consuistency I beleive), but I've never seen any data to prove that barrel length has any effect on accuracy or distance.

8 to 10 inches long for maximum air efficiency, a little longer with porting to make it quiet.

[Person]

Have you ever tried a gun with a 2 inch barrel? it is NOT accurate at al.

[BourneKiller]

Now I would looooove to get an 8 or 10" boomie. But thing I'm thinking about w/ these ridiculously short barrels (1,2,3") is why? It would be VERY loud, VERY difficult to sight down, and the cons would easily outweight the pros, i would think. Right...?

[confedman75]

simple shoot your gun without the barrel, see how far it goes? mine got 20 feet!!!

[Coaster]

but there isn't a paint to bore match there..

[synreal]

all in favor of confedman75 removing his 300k sig in favor of one 1/20th the size or smaller, say "aye"

"aye"

[wyn1370]

eh
I mean "aye"