Apex barrel for the 98 PS

Hey all

Edited by JohnnyBee - 03 June 2010 at 1:32pm

Thanks for the advice. 

I bought the apex tip, then got a CP tactical barrel which has a threaded tip. On the LAPCO website they sell a threaded apex tip adaptor and wala! put the 3 together and it is awesome. When I don't want to have the apex I just unscrew it and put the other tip on it! It looks cool with or with out it too! The CP barrel is very accurate as well with or with out the apex.

To answer your question about Hammerheads, yes, they can be used if you add the adapter over the end threads and then add the Apex. The same as  Lapco barrels ,CP etc.  J&J makes an adapter for their barrels as well that is not threaded but uses set screws. You can also use the tape mod over the end of an existing barrel that many ballers find completely satisfactory. Also, the spin from a Hammerhed is not so dramatic that is affects the use of the Apex. I look to try a combination of the Hammerhead Widowmaker and the Apex myself just to see what happens. I have my Apex on a Smart Parts All American tip that screws into the freak back. It does a fine job.

JohnnyBee asked the question about the Apex in relation to HHead and Straightline barrels. I own the HHead and answered his question. The spiralling in the HHead barrel is not so dramatic that it creates a gyroscopic effect on the ball. It is not the same as the dramatic affect on a metal bullet that actually acquires its own rifling while travelling down a rifled barrel. Indeed, the HHead is a high quality highly polished barrel with multple backs for proper boring. This is what sets up the ball, stabilizes it as best possible for a paintball and then directs it thru the Apex.  You use a 275 to 285 fps speed which is preferred by the HHead and the Apex and you use quality smaller paint. This is the formula for really good HHead/Apex shots. The Apex gives the additional distance and the HHead gives increased accuracy.  And plus if you turn the Apex off, you still have a really good HHead barrel to do some good accurate work for you.

hey guys,

I previously had the LAPCO apex ready barrel and now I have the CP tactical with the apex added on like I mentioned earlier and I prefer the CP by far!!

Barrels are one of the most important upgrades to your marker you can make but the first thing to consider is the type of paint you use and the type of paint your field uses.some of the fields i go to don't use paint that is not consistently round and using Hammer Head barrel kit with fin backs becomes tricky to size for paint to bore match because when to football shape ball blows up in the barrel it will need to be squeegeed the riffling holds paint that will attach to the next ball  and cause a hook so there goes accuracy.now a smooth bore barrel like a j@j ceramic will self clean after a few shoots enough that in a fire fight can make difference between getting shot shooting or cleaning your barrel.
As far as a Apex tip i can attach one to just a bout any barrel with two 10 cent orings. I have shot with the tip on HH battle stix ,16 inch J@J ceramic and stock phenom barrel and planet eclipse Ego 07 barrel i am all around happy with the performance ,I also have done comparison with the flat line barrel and I feel the apex holds a pattern tighter at long distance shoots.
Once you decide on a barrel system and apex .take the time to play with all the settings on the apex to learn how it controls the ball at different setting and distance.

Goodwrench


Tippmann x7 Phenom
Hammer Head Battle stix
16 inch J@J ceramic
Flatline Barrel
Apex Barrel
TPX Pistol
Hammer Head barrel
Planet Eclipse Ego

Sorry for the late response everyone. Was out of town. As always thanks to everyone for the very helpful information. I have bit of research ahead of me now. I really like the CP tactical but I think Im definitely gonna want to go with a apex ready barrel kit. The Hammerhead is looking promising and I'll look into the FLASC as well. It seems awesome. Also Im not positive, but I think I saw somewhere that I can attach bore fins to the CP tactical as well? Thanks again everyone. Feel free to leave more suggestion. Its much appreciated.

 For barrel length 8 to 14 inch is more then sufficient,general rule of thumb he longer the barrel the higher your velocity will need to be turned up .because what a one of the jobs a barrel does is stabilize the ball after the trigger is pulled it needs abut 5-8 inchs do to this,after that the ball is being slowed down by the friction of the barrel so to maintain 275 fps you would need to turn up the velocity screw in turn using more air .the apex allows you to use a short barrel and give you a longer distance shot .what it comes down to is how much barrel you want on the end of your marker.

Goodwrench