lapco bigshot vs. J&J ceramic

I say j&j because I had one for my a-5 and it self cleans. You cant go wrong. I have heard very good things about lapco bigshot barrels too. But IMO I would go with a J&J 14in just because 14 is a good length and the self cleaning. 

I use both on an A5, I like them.

The Bigshot I had as my 1st upgrade, it is a very forgiving barrel, it has a med-med/lg bore size -> from Otter's bore size chart it is listed with a .689

The J&J is listed as a slightly more varying size on Otter's with a .688-.691, so bore wise, they are very similar.

I could try a couple of groupings with each and let you know how it turns out.

I picked up the J&J because they r less expensive, around $20 less vs. the Bigshot, when I bought mine.  I was also shooting walmart shelf paint , I recently picked up a case of nel splat from my local field, still watching how they fly vs. the several thousand balls of varying mfr off the shelf I had shot.

 

Does either one really just straight up beat the other when it comes to accuracy or distance?

reifidom wrote: The J&J and Bigshot are both very nice barrels and you can't really go wrong with either. Get the one you like.

QFT

honda117 wrote: Does either one really just straight up beat the other when it comes to accuracy or distance?

No.  If forced to pick, I would give a slight edge to the J&J; but I wouldn't consider it significant enough to influence a buying decision.

Edited Note:  There is no such thing as an accurate barrel/marker.  Accuracy is a property of the user, not the marker/barrel.  Markers/barrels do have varying degrees of consistency however.  Consider consistency to be defined as if the marker is aimed at a certain point it will hit that point, or close, on a regular basis.  Once someone practices to become accurate with their setup, the consistency determines the size of the cone of fire as it intercepts the area of the target.  A smaller cone of fire is better at it increases the likelihood of a hit or hits.


Edited by Mack - 08 September 2007 at 1:08pm

I've personally owned two different JnJ ceramics in the 14" and several friends have had others throughout several different versions of the barrel. Every single LAPCO barrel I've seen and owned has still impressed me. The JnJ is quieter, but on a gun like a tippmann that's going to be lound no matter what, I opt to make it sound like a cannon. The JnJ may regain accuracy slightly faster, but unless you dump a lot of paint down the pipe, you'll still need to clean either barrel. Last I knew LAPCO makes a great barrel.