Speedball Barrel
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Topic: Speedball Barrel
Posted By: A5 King
Subject: Speedball Barrel
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 6:00pm
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Thanks for your help. FYI: I shoot DraXxus Blaze. And I don't have enough money to buy a $100+ barrel or a barrel kit. ------------- Speedball Tippmann A5 Flatline J&J Ceramic 14" X-Core Expansion Chamber R5 Ricochet Loader |
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 6:35pm
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Lapco Bigdhot buy far.... Bigshot and Blaze is probably the Best Bore Size match there is. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bomber Brigade
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 6:48pm
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I would have to say the lapco bigshot. Lapco has been making barrels for about 30 years and they know what they are doing. Do it right get a lapco bigshot. And for the price its crazy. My lapco bigshot is more accurate then my friends freak and mine is more then 1/2 less its the way to go. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bunker_Attack
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 6:53pm
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You got my vote for Lapco Bigshot.. Best there by far. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catfish Wave
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 6:55pm
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dude checkout the hammerhead it has rifling and it has distance and accuracy http://www.hammerheadpaintball.com - www.hammerheadpaintball.com ------------- Look to my comming at the first light of the 5th day, at dawn, look to the East -Gandalf |
Posted By: Bomber Brigade
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 7:00pm
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Catfish Wave wrote:Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 7:38pm
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30 years? Paintball isn't even that old. Colin Thompson (Lapco) started making aftermarket barrels about 10-12 years ago in the early 90's.
And actually, the Hammerhead is a fantastic barrel. Expensive, but probably one of the best precision barrels out there. And when they say rifling they don't mean firearm rifling, they mean rifled porting. Which is fine as long as the porting isn't within the first 6-8in of the barrel. And it isn't on the Hammerhead. But no, you wouldn't want the Hammerhead, A5 King. Both the Lapco and J&J ceramic are great precision barrels. I've personally had better luck with the J&J line than the Lapcos but what you should do is try both and see which you like better. Perhaps your local pro shop will let you test drive both or maybe some people at your local field would be willing to let you try their barrels out? I would go that route before listening to some of the people on here. Because remember, the barrel that's right for you may not always be what's right for other people. Just like all paintball products and upgrades. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 10:11pm
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st!ffi barrel. although i voted for J&J, which is a great barrel for the price. but st!ffi is amazing.
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Posted By: snicket
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 10:49pm
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a smartparts teardrop is awsome with a great bore size and cheap price..veary good barrel.........otherwise lapco bigshot
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Posted By: Silent Slayer
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 11:04pm
bigshot definately ------------- a5 polished internals flatline custom aluminum foregrip drop e grip w/custom blade trigger palmer stabalizer 71ci 4500psi dye throttle dye invisions vision impy tapeworm crossfire 88/45 EVO |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 07 August 2004 at 11:34pm
| the top two up there r definitly the bigshot and the ceramic. get the bigshot though. the bigshot is more accurate than the ceramic, but the ceramic is a little more quieter than the bigshot. its speedball, no one cares about how quiet yur gun is, so get the bigshot. for the price that it is, its an amazing buy. |
Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 08 August 2004 at 7:23pm
Newb Rifling adds spin to the ball, but that will cause the ball to go off to one side, like a bad FL instalation. Rifling in a paintball barrel is like sugar in a gas tank (forget the mythbusters, just an expression) The only good spin is back spin because it makes the ball go farther. Look for the stickie on FLs. ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp"> 
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Posted By: TankDude
Date Posted: 08 August 2004 at 7:39pm
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yeah get a cp classic barrel, its better than a lapco big shot
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Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 11:15am
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Yea CP 1-Peices, Lapco Bigshots, J&J Ceramics are all good low cost barrels.
The Stiffi is $100+, I don't think he's looking for that. And stop with the rifling bs. The hammerhead is probably one of the best barrels on the market. Lemme clue you in on something. There are a lot of barrels out there with rifled porting. The teardrop for example. A fine low cost barrel. I wouldn't reccomend it however since it's made by SP, the biggest bain of the paintball industry's existence. Also, backspin isn't that great. The reason the flatline is so unnacurate at long ranges is because of the backspin put on the ball. It makes the ball extremely susceptible to factors like wind and drag. The liquid inside of a paintball is also a problem with backspin. The shell might be spinning one way, but the liquid inside is spinning freely another way. But rifling and spin aren't always bad. Several good quality barrels on the market are rifled including the Hammerhead. Don't be so quick to label others as newbs when you yourself might be one... ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: Ilovepaintball1
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 11:54am
| J&j is an all around best barrel! |
Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 3:38pm
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Ditto ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 3:53pm
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Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 3:57pm
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 3:57pm
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st!ffi is carbon fiber, lighter than bigshot. it has the "cleans
itself" techonology (weather or not you believe it). it has
tighet shot groups for the bigshot. but it twice the price of the
bigshot.
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 August 2004 at 4:00pm
okay okay, you cant seem to read. the PORTING is rifled. NOT the INSIDE OF THE BARREL. this barrel IS NOT ported like FIREARMS which fire lead munitions. since the munition is harder, adding spin to it increases accuracey and range. WITH A PAINTBALL if you added spin to the inside it would throw it off target. BUT THIS BARREL IS NOT RIFLED INSIDE. ------------- |