i need answers!!!!

I know the answer to this one for sure. The more length that a barrel has the more range and accuracy it will have as opposed to a short barrel in which the ball won't be as accurate or have as much range.

so more length would be vital to getting the ball further. God luck with your science fair project

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im sorry but he is partially wrong, the longer the barrel doesn not mean the more accurate or distance whatsoever, all those 18", 20", and so on barrels are pointless, about the longest barrel you want is a 14" because the paintball gets pushed a good 5-10 inches down the barrel, and you only need a little bit to guide the paintball somewhat accurate,the lowest i would go would probably be a 8" or 10" but some ppl like to be funny and get some kind of stubby 5 inch barrel. Basically if you have too long of a barrel the paintball actually slows down because of too much friction therefore doesnt travel as far and is less accurate, too short of a barrel the paintball doesnt get the about of air push it needs because gas it released too soon and doesnt go as far as it should.

The accuracy is more effected by your paint-barrel match, if you dont have a right match for your barrel then your accuracy could be horrible, and you may break tons of paintballs. You can test this by taking a paintball and putting it in your barrel disconnected from your marker, if the ball is too small for your barrel it will easily roll right through, if it is too big you will need something too push it out with, you should be able to blow the ball out like a spitball.

if you get too long of a barrel you might as well just play barrel tag instead of paintball, well hope this is helpful for ya, if you got anymore question go ahead a pm me id be glad to help.

Its Pudding Time Children

Get a 12 or 14 or a flatline ..anything more than that is not good.

yea, the longer the length has nothig to do with makeing the ball shoot farther

the flatline is 8 in. and shoots 200 feet, (come on people)

12 in. and 14 in. are good sizes, that is, of course if only you dont want a flatline

questions about barrels never cease to frustrate me... everybody asks the SAME things over and over.

über Schuss!

ReGuLaToR99 wrote:

^ Correct, very good! Was going
to say the same thing

yessss

A5 dude15 wrote:

flatliner6742 wrote:

hey, so i guess i should get a flatline on my 98 custom instead of an 18" dye boomstick barrel??! please tell me!

thanks

definitly

definetly x 2

can u own me?

I would take the 12 or 14 Boomstick over the Flatline tho

evil_fingers wrote:

A-5 Command wrote:

yea, the longer the length has nothig to do with makeing the ball shoot farther

the flatline is 8 in. and shoots 200 feet, (come on people)

12 in. and 14 in. are good sizes, that is, of course if only you dont want a flatline

hey have you tried the BT15 barrel for the A5 or seen it.

The Flatline isnt 8" its actual length is 14", try using a measuring tape it helps.

evil_fingers wrote:

The Flatline isnt 8" its actual length is 14", try using a measuring tape it
helps.

I think that would depend on WHICH Flatline your measuring. Since the
Flatline for the A-5 is 8 inches. The Flatline for the 98 is much longer,
14" sounds about right for that one.

Oh and to get back on topic.... Shagster, you need to go do some
searching on the internet, these tests have been done already to measure
the effectiveness of differing barrel lengths. Your not gonna get a whole
lot of scientific data here on the forum, and I don't think your teacher is
gonna like that your source for information is a chat forum either!!

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