silenced barrels

[crom-dubh]

Get your self a lapco big shot barrel. Comes in stainless or aluminium. It has a fairly large bore so should be able to handle ****e site paint. It has porting just at the end of the barrel so you get good gas efficiency and dispersion. And it is an extremely well made barrle which is still quite cheap ( $50ish for the aluminium, $75ish for the stainless) Stainless is 11.5" long and the alu comes in 11.5" or 13.5"

 

[Joff]

Sweet - just a quick Q, does the barrel length really make much difference?

 

[crom-dubh]

There is a lot of debate about that. But looking at it scientifically
you need at least 7" of unported barrel for the paintball to achieve optimum velocity. Then add an inch for a muzzle break (or Porting) so 8" is the minimum. Any thing longer than 8" is supposed to make the paintball travel straighter but since the ball is not a very tight fit in the barrel all it does is cause friction meaning you need more gas to propel the ball. I personally use a 10-12" barrel. Also a long barrel makes your marker unwieldy as you cannot get tight into cover.

 

[Joff]

Hmm, cover would be handy...

I think I'll go for something around the 12" mark - hey, I've not even got a gun yet and I'm already choosing barrels!!



Now, £5 Viewloader or £80 Halo...

 

[crom-dubh]

Second hand ricochet for about £40

 

[The New Paddy]

What is the point for them

 

[crom-dubh]

For ricochets?

Well for one they are very well built, feed quite fast, have a game timer and ball counter built in and can be picked up cheap coz everyone is getting haloes

 

[Billy No Mates]

ball counter - which means after 170 shots it beeps at you to tell you that you are running out of paint.

Forgetting to mention the biggest selling feature, the deflection technology. Ive seen it work. Paintballs can and do bounce off the Shell of the hopper, without breaking. especially good against long distance shots.

i assume you already have a decent set of goggles.

Then theres a battle pack to carry paint in. plus the pots to go in it.

Then youll need something to carry it in, so a kit bag is next on the wish list.

 

[Joff]

i assume you already have a decent set of goggles.

Yup, Flex 7 with a gradient tint lens

Then theres a battle pack to carry paint in. plus the pots to go in it.

Rase stuff will do.

Then youll need something to carry it in, so a kit bag is next on the wish list.

Umm... carrier bag?