How should you choose barrel length? Does extra length make any difference to accuracy (noticeable) and if it does, why doesnt everyone play with 18" long barrels?
Barrel length
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A front player could always pole vault and and then mug your ass
It is supposed to ensure a longer more accurate trajectory but people will always argue against it. A would presume that a lot depends on the marker, air and position used?
What the hell do I know???
Thin it was Dave Youngblood (Dye owner) who said a few months back in PGI that barrel length made no differece to range/accuracy... and I would tend to take his word for it.
Front players tend to use shorter barrels, making them a smaller target. Longer barrels are handy for being able to push inflatable barricades etc to one side....
Dave
Front players tend to use shorter barrels, making them a smaller target. Longer barrels are handy for being able to push inflatable barricades etc to one side....
Dave
Why? Surely you can just turn up you marker so that it shoots them faster?Originally posted by le-pig
above 16" starts to slow them down
i have to disagree, i bought a longer barrel (8 inch stock to 14 inch smart parts) and i notice a huge difference in accuracy and distance/range. of course we are talking about a stock barrel so we all know that stock barrels suck.
i also disagree,when i had my jt 5.0, the stock barrel werent all that accurate, i got smart parts progressive and it made a huuuge difference to the accuracy
Hah!
Buy the shinest barrel you can lay your hands on!
Only joking, youve got to get a barrel that fits the paint!
Or is that the other way round
Anyhow, buy something like a freak set (or similar) as they are extremly versitile especially as you can have any sized front you want!
Hope that this helps
Buy the shinest barrel you can lay your hands on!
Only joking, youve got to get a barrel that fits the paint!
Or is that the other way round
Anyhow, buy something like a freak set (or similar) as they are extremly versitile especially as you can have any sized front you want!
Hope that this helps
Have read the article again, and what he actually says is anything over 12" does not make any difference....
And ANS, you are not talking about a like for like barrel, so there is no real comparison there is there
Dave
And ANS, you are not talking about a like for like barrel, so there is no real comparison there is there
Dave