how do u knwo what paint matches each barrel do u have to test each barrel ? or each paintball in a barrel?
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Whats teh deal with ceramic barrels i never seen one do they break easily i dunno the ceramic name fools me ?
Whats teh deal with ceramic barrels i never seen one do they break easily i dunno the ceramic name fools me ?
Theres one or two tests around. One is to put a paintball in your barrel over any porting with your hands and you should be able to blow it out with out much effort. If it rolls out its too small, if you find it hard to blow it out its too big.
Another is to line your barrel with talcum powder, or other fine powder, fire a paintball through it and look at the marks made in the powder. If the ball is too small will have a load of small marks down the barrel where its bounced down, its its too big a lot of the powder will have been wiped off. A good fit will have two lines down either side where the seam off the paintball has wiped off paint.
And im afraid you'll have to do this with every barrel to find out what is the best fit. Though there are some sites that have charts telling your the bores of barrels and what paints work in them best.
Another is to line your barrel with talcum powder, or other fine powder, fire a paintball through it and look at the marks made in the powder. If the ball is too small will have a load of small marks down the barrel where its bounced down, its its too big a lot of the powder will have been wiped off. A good fit will have two lines down either side where the seam off the paintball has wiped off paint.
And im afraid you'll have to do this with every barrel to find out what is the best fit. Though there are some sites that have charts telling your the bores of barrels and what paints work in them best.
Another thing to do would be to simply observe at your field as to which barrels work with which paints being shot there, and if it's a barrel commonly ordered in specific bore sizes (not just all medium bore), ask those who use them which bore size it is. Paint size is, however, an average and occasionally you will find days where everyone is ticked off because their paint of choice that is usually a specific size comes in smaller or larger than usual and throws them all off. However, you can feel safe to trust local info for a fair majority of the time because they have already paid the money a few times over to get an effective barrel for what they have available, so you can enjoy the benefit of their research.
(Restated for those short on time: Do as the locals do.)
(Restated for those short on time: Do as the locals do.)
Ceramic Barrels
. . . aren't actually completely ceramic, otherwise you'd probably need several per game, depending on how you throw yourself around. They're usually aluminium with ceramic "stuff" (highly technical here, I know) impregnated in the metal - so you get a very light alloy which is pretty durable.
I have one for an automag but haven't had the chance to test it out on anything except the range, but accuracy and noise seemed Ok to me.
. . . aren't actually completely ceramic, otherwise you'd probably need several per game, depending on how you throw yourself around. They're usually aluminium with ceramic "stuff" (highly technical here, I know) impregnated in the metal - so you get a very light alloy which is pretty durable.
I have one for an automag but haven't had the chance to test it out on anything except the range, but accuracy and noise seemed Ok to me.