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Poll Question: What is a good all around barrel legnth if I also want accuracy?
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    Posted: 10 February 2005 at 6:43pm
I want to buy a barrel that would allow me to get throuhgh brush without getting my barrel in the way. And at the same time have good acuracy. So if u have an opinion, please take the short time to "vote."

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14" LAPCO Bigshot.
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yea like Bolt3 said the lapco bigshot is a great barrel.  Dont get anything bigger then 14in cuase after that you are wasteing air.
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Get a 12 inch. It is smaller than a 14 inch but still has the same performance.
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Originally posted by SuzukiRider987 SuzukiRider987 wrote:

Get a 12 inch. It is smaller than a 14 inch but still has the same performance.

yes indeed

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in my opinion the length does not really affect the accuarecy.  my friend has a spider with a 16 inch but it looks 14 inches becasue the barrel is more into the gun.  tippmanns are already long guns so i do  not recomend anything more than 14 inches
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flatlines for A-5s are a beut because they are 8 inches (correct me if im wrong, but the one lying next to me is 8)-and theyre good for brush, the backspin helps them kinda worm through thin branches

 

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14 inchers have better accuracy than 12 inches and arent to much longer
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12 and 14 inch barrels seem more common than other lengths, especially 18. I know a company called Blitz recently came out with a 3 piece, 21 inch behemoth.



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Originally posted by sasquatch. sasquatch. wrote:

14 inchers have better accuracy than 12 inches and arent to much longer
Thats not true. After about 6 inches of barrel length they will all be the same accuacy wise. Any longer than that and your wasting gas.

Originally posted by DrexelSkaPB DrexelSkaPB wrote:

12 and 14 inch barrels seem more common than other lengths, especially 18. I know a company called Blitz recently came out with a 3 piece, 21 inch behemoth.

21 inches is worthless. Like I said before all it is is wasting your gas.

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Originally posted by turismomtrx turismomtrx wrote:

Originally posted by SuzukiRider987 SuzukiRider987 wrote:

Get a 12 inch. It is smaller than a 14 inch but still has the same performance.

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Yeah, 21" is really worthless. Nobody likes walking around with the Alaskan pipeline on their gun. I guess I should have included that in my other post. I have a 16" Armson for my Angel + speedball = not fun. My advice to everybody: Stay around 12", don't go higher than 14".
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14" is my personal preference. 12in and 14in will both give you the same performance. Anything over 14 is stupid.
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yeah i was thinking about a 14 inch j&j
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my 12" PMI works great.$20 bucks doesnt always mean a bad barrel
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote A5 dude15 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 February 2005 at 3:32pm
Originally posted by You Wont See Me You Wont See Me wrote:

Originally posted by sasquatch. sasquatch. wrote:

14 inchers have better accuracy than 12 inches and arent to much longer
Thats not true. After about 6 inches of barrel length they will all be the same accuacy wise. Any longer than that and your wasting gas.

Originally posted by DrexelSkaPB DrexelSkaPB wrote:

12 and 14 inch barrels seem more common than other lengths, especially 18. I know a company called Blitz recently came out with a 3 piece, 21 inch behemoth.

21 inches is worthless. Like I said before all it is is wasting your gas.


finally someone who actually knows what there talking about.  you will  see no difference in distance betwwen any of those lenghts and the accuracy will be barely noticably different. the only reason that people think 8 inch barrels are less accurate is because most stock barrels on guns are innaccurate and they're 8 inches.  the reason they are not accurate is because they are a stock barrel.  if the stock barrel was accurate then the company would be losing money because nonone would buy other barrels because the stock ones are already accurate.
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Originally posted by You Wont See Me You Wont See Me wrote:

Originally posted by sasquatch. sasquatch. wrote:

14 inchers have better accuracy than 12 inches and arent to much longer
Thats not true. After about 6 inches of barrel length they will all be the same accuacy wise. Any longer than that and your wasting gas.

Originally posted by DrexelSkaPB DrexelSkaPB wrote:

12 and 14 inch barrels seem more common than other lengths, especially 18. I know a company called Blitz recently came out with a 3 piece, 21 inch behemoth.

21 inches is worthless. Like I said before all it is is wasting your gas.
i'd have to agree.  i took my "stock" pro/carbine barrel which is 10.5 inches and i polished the inside to a perfected mirror finish and it out performs most so-called high quality barrels.
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 Well I guess you play woodsball right? Thent he 14" is your barrel. It isn't too long and won't get in your way.
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14" is the best size barrel for woodsball.

(but the 8" flatline for the a-5 is awesome and more acc. then anything i have ever seen.)

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Battleaxe3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 February 2005 at 2:08am

Those 3 peice 21 inchers suck, my idiot friend bought one off ebay, ended up just using the little back part thats like 3 inches.... better then the whole 21 inches lemme tell ya.

But anyway 12!



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