Best Long Range Barrel

I'm back from Oklahoma D-Day!! It was ok.. The Germans won with some serious advantages, but I still had fun.

I've decided I'm going to sell my model 98, 98 custom, my pt extreme pistol, my flatline, and my old mask. It is time to upgrade....

I'm thinking about the new '06 custom pro e. the WAS board is most appealing to me. I'm not use to being able to spray my enemies, but lately I've had times when having this ability with be really helpful... Or a good paint grenade .

I've been looking at what kind of barrel I plan on buying.

My flatline has been somewhat faithful to me, but it started bailing on me. I'm either buying a new barrel including a new flatline as an awesome backup, a barrel kit, or two sets of barrels.

I'm always looking for anything that can equal the distance of a flatine, and stay accurate, but I can't decide right now. Here's what I'm looking at:

1.Apex M-16 or Apex Ak-47- Yea..... I'm starting to give in to the apex a little... One of my partners at D-Day that was a sniper recommended it.

2. The Hammerhead Series- I've heard some nice things about these. I wonder how far and accurate they are.

3. J and J edge kit- My friend says he does really well with this and N2.

4. Stiffi- Another friend recommended this.

5. Freak Kit- Same as above...

I'm open to any barrels that you can think of. What do you think?

Well, the only barrels to give you added range are the Flatline and Apex.

I'd reccomend a kit over anything. You have so many more options. Accuracy is more important than distance in my book. Hammerheads are awesome and if I had a gun that could use them, I'd definately own one. Freaks are great too, the inserts wok wonders. You cant go wrong with them.

If you want a nice 1 piece barrel, I'd reccomend a LAPCO Bigshot or a CP classic.

In the end, it's personal preference as to what you want.

If you're looking for range, (which I assume you are, considering the title of the thread), the Flatline or Apex should serve you nicely.

all the barrels will give you a range of 125-150 foot range, apex and flatline will give you those "long" ranges. Other wise, basically every barrel is the same...

Snake6 wrote: Oh god you said Sniper... /me runs for the flamethrower...

Send your Flatline into Tippmann and they can refurbish it for ya. Other than the Apex I think it's the only other barrel that gives you more range according to the manuf.

you only get range from a barrel that puts a back spin on the
ball and a normal barrel only gives like 5 feet extra because its
tighter around the ball causeing the air system to work better,
no billion dollaer barrel will help range only consistancy. go
with the apex of flatline for range

http://opsmedia.net/demos/interceptorbarrel.WMV  

 

OPSGear seems to have a good barrel, looking at the video. I am searching through the web, myself, for a good one. So far, i've heard that anything above 14 inches uses more air, but, in the sense of the weapon, you wouldn't be firing out like crazy. Unless you get flanked or something... but, I dunno. Just thought this would help.

http://www.opsgear.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2515/.f?sc=22&catego ry=799

Nope, over 14 inches doesn't use more air, but the ball is just in the barrel longer which causes more friction (more ball bouncing in the barrel), less acrate and because of the friction the ball doesn't go as far.  Even though some people think hey if I get a 21 inch barrel it will shoot so far and accurate.  But some think that because they are probably newbies.  Anyway I have the flatline and I love it.  I don't like the Apex cause of the cheating functions that are possible with it but it shoots far and pretty strait.  So I'd say flatline or apex for distance.

Edited by phil_stl - 15 June 2006 at 12:31am

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That hurt my head... I can feel... IQ... slipping..... gah..    

 

Justice wrote: phil_stl wrote: Nope, over 14 inches doesn't use more air, but the ball is just in the barrel longer which causes more friction (more ball bouncing in the barrel), less acrate and because of the friction the ball doesn't go as far.    More friction = more air needed. Hello, Mcfly! The end of that makes no scence to me, can you explain your "theory" a lil more for the less edjumecated.

Well, Tippmann's release the same amount of air on every shot (not sure about the pro-E since I know nothing about it. The VAS on a Tippmann blocks the flow of air which is ALREADY released. An RVA will allow you to hit the valve lighter, which opens it for a shorter period of time, which uses less air, and also less velocity.

Any questions?