Is it just my Alpha Black?

"Which Gun is Best"

If this is your first marker; the effective range of a properly chronographed paintball marker is less than you'd expect.

DeTrevni wrote: Hate to seem like an arse, but it's honestly not that difficult to read a title of a subforum, and accurately deduce what kind of post should go there...

Well, I'll let you off the hook.  You give people too much credit.  Now who seems like an arse? 

Headshot789 wrote: I have heard all the other people saying how accurate there alpha is. I have tested my alpha and it tended to only hit what i was aiming for half the time at most. I haven't done much research but im pretty sure has to do with either the barrel or that I use a CO2 tank and not an air tank. Are there any barrels that are specifically made for the gun yet that would help it or is it the tank making me inaccurate.

To take a crack at the questions:

1. The stock barrel of the AB isn't that great. No, there aren't any barrels made for it specifically yet, although any barrel with 98 threads will work. Be careful though, some of them won't fit correctly in the hand guard (A J&J ceramic is a good barrel, narrow for the guard though, I fixed that with some electrical tape, you can't even tell.

2. Co2 will have different consistency than compressed air due to all kinds of things such as the temperature. A compressed air tank will find you if not more accurate, at the very least, more consistent.

Properly chronographed, you should be shooting around 270-280 fps. You won't be driving any nails at 100 yards with the thing, but a proper barrel upgrade and more consistent air source will help you out for effective range accuracy.

I haven't had any problems with accuracy on my AB yet...but I use Nitro instead of Co2. If your goal is to shoot bettter id reccomend an N2o Tank, the NEW quick attach flatline, and practice, practice, practice. You may also want a remote coil or an low pressure kit.

DeTrevni wrote: StormyKnight wrote: DeTrevni wrote: "Which Gun is Best" Translation:  You've just posted in the wrong forum.  Please try again and thank you for your cooperation. It's my theory that if I just repost the title of the subforum, they'll read it and wonder to themselves, "Wait, why did I post this here?" and subsequent posts will be properly placed. Hate to seem like an arse, but it's honestly not that difficult to read a title of a subforum, and accurately deduce what kind of post should go there...

Apparently about as difficult as it is to read through the old thread and/or use the search button to find the 20+ other threads on this exact same topic.