12" Or 14" Barrel
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Topic: 12" Or 14" Barrel
Posted By: Airhead67
Subject: 12" Or 14" Barrel
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 8:51pm
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What is a good 14" or 12" barrel for woodsball, ive got a M98 ------------- I get top, only if i get bottom |
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 8:53pm
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A "woodsball" barrel? I prefer 12 inchers because they offer very similar performance to the 14 inch bretheren but are more manueverable. |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:00pm
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Its personal preference. 2in’s on the same barrel doesn’t really make that big of a deferens. ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: Silent Slayer
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:18pm
get a lapco bigshot or if u have more money to spend get a freak kit ------------- 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: 1IVIPU153
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:20pm
| get a 14 inch --14 to 18 =good... 6-10 =bad, a 12 will be kinda same as 14, just dont go below 12--then ull have accuracey problems-and the gun will differ on sound--shorter=louder-longer=quieter---but 21 inch is useless-just like having a bat for a barrel...go to pb review, chek out there ratings on what they got for 12 and 14 inch--i personal would go for a 14. check out the JNJ CERAMIC 12 or 14 this barrel rocks. http://www.pbreview.com - www.pbreview.com |
Posted By: Robert C
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:26pm
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Barrel length means NOTHING. Get a quality barrel like the Lapco Bigshot in whatever length you think will get in the way the least. |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:38pm
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do not listen to this guy^^^He has no clue what he is talking about. Any barrel beyond 14in is not good. If you get a barrel longer than 14in then you’re using more air to move the ball out of the barrel causing a loss of distance. Now if you get a barrel under 8in then that’s to short. Porting is what makes a barrel loud or it can make it quite. The more porting a barrel has the quieter it is, but it’s less accurate. The less porting a barrel has the louder it is, but it’s more accurate.
------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
1IVIPU153 wrote:Posted By: 2k4kev
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 9:52pm
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Posted By: A-5kid
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 10:38pm
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get a 14 inch dye ultralight (if you got no money get a j&j) ------------- A-5 Flatline phyco B drop 32* Expansion chamber JCS duel trigger homemade sling Trigger mod E-grip violence is not the answer, its a hobby |
Posted By: 98sniper
Date Posted: 22 August 2004 at 11:09pm
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n e barrel between like 12inch and 16 inch is what you would want. there won't be a big difference between all of these except that the 16 will use a lil more air than a 12 do to it has to push the ball a lil long when its in the barrel. but not even enough to make a difference. some people really like 12's but my fav is the 14, it is prefect ot my type of play. its not to long where you can't move around, *cough 21in cough*. but a 16 is good to some people but i wouldn't go anything over that. but n e of those sizes will work very well and it is more your choice on what you want. i use a 14" teardrop on my 98 and i don't think there is anything better for a 98 imo. ------------- 98c x chamber revi 12vlt w/x bko halo tsa backman shocktech drop soon to get e orracle 
crossfire tank boomstic kaner kit egg 2 w/z board |
Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 2:44am
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The bigshot is a great cheap barrel, but is really loud. If you want
something a little quieter for woods, go with a J&J Ceramic.
------------- "Yes there are two path you can go back, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on" 
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Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 10:14am
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Anything between 10 and 16in will perform practically the same. An 8in barrel will even perform similarly. What kind of player are you though? Here are the kinds of players who would use different lengths:
10-12" - Compact; Good for moving around quickly; Good for the player who is always moving and getting into tight spaces. 14-16" - Long; Good for resting against bunkers and poking through brush; Good for the player who moves a little slower and stays in one place longer; Good for defending. Which position do you play? If you're a quick and speedy frontman, get the 12". If you're a backplayer who moces a little slower and likes to take aimed shots instead of snapshooting, get the 14". Here are some barrels you may want to look at: Lapco Bigshot/Microshot/Autospirit = $40-60 A little loud but very accurate. Bigshot is Large-Medium bore, Autospirit is Small-Medium bore, Microshot is Small bore. J&J Ceramic = $35-45 Quiet and cleans itself after a ball break. Good accuracy. Medium bore. Custom Products 1-Peice/Classic = $30-50 Accurate and solid. Medium bore. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: 98c - baller
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 11:31am
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i now have a bigshot and it isnt that much louder than mt CP one piece, yet the bigshot is alot more accruate ------------- |
Posted By: paintballrox
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 6:14pm
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get a J&J 14 inch barrel
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Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 7:24pm
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Why are you telling him to get a 14" barrel? We still don't know what position he plays. What if he likes to move around a lot? Oops, then he should go with the 12". Until he posts back on what style of play he likes, don't make any suggestions since they aren't going to help him. That is what this forum is for, helping people. The post above is utterly useless and helps no one. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: A5 all the way
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 7:30pm
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[QUOTE=1IVIPU153]get a 14 inch --14 to 18 =good... 6-10 =bad, a 12 will be kinda same as 14, just dont go below 12--then ull have accuracey problems-and the gun will differ on sound--shorter=louder-longer=quieter---but 21 inch is useless-just like having a bat for a barrel...go to pb review, chek out there ratings on what they got for 12 and 14 inch--i personal would go for a 14. check out the JNJ CERAMIC 12 or 14 this barrel rocks. http://www.pbreview.com/QUOTE - www.pbreview.com[/QUOTE ] hey i have an a5 and im doing just fine with the stock barral its great but for a m98 i'd get a big shot because they are good but i havent ever had a barral as acurate as the stock on the a5 so the longer it is doesnt mean its more acurate all the time ------------- A5 w/ e girp indian creek b2k w/ pds 32 degrees drop forward halo tsa hopper super fly bolt |
Posted By: ZoSo_45
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 8:01pm
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Dude, seriously who believes all that bull about the gun wasting more air depending on barrel length?? Don't listen to em. Your gun would have to have like some eye atatched to where u screw ur barrel in and that would tell them how long the barrel is.... does it sound like tippman guns do that (or any gun)...so don't listen...but 12-14 is good for what u wanna do. Its really a personal preference. The only reason the others don't like the longer barrel is cuz its cumbersome, it sticks out like no other, and there's just extra room to have a ball break. Any way go with what u want. All i can do is offer the fax. ------------- Always Remember to Bust the Led out Setup: 98 custom black flatline barrel lapco bigshot barrel Rikochet Rhino Hopper Pmi remote coil Pmi 4+1 deluxe pack Lapco raised sight |
Posted By: M.A.S. 98c
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 8:04pm
| get a 14 inch... |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 8:08pm
Once again another forum idiot posts something that says more air is used if there is a longer barrel. YOU ARE COMPLETLEY WONT MY FRIEND! The length of the barrel has no relation as to how much air is put out. A 16 inch barrel will not put out more gas than an 8 inch barrel. Unless you have some sort of gun that you have to program what lenth barrel barrel you have into the gun, THE LENGHT OF THE BARREL HAS NO EFFECT OF THE AMMOUNT OF AIR PUT OUT ON EACH SHOT. I REAPEAT THE AIR AMMOUNT WON'T CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF YOUR BARREL!!  ------------- YONK~!~ |
Posted By: Arbites
Date Posted: 23 August 2004 at 8:57pm
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Well the above is more a fax (ie fascimilie of the truth) than the actual facts, though he is a little right the valve doesn't mystically change how much air it releases because of the length of the barrel. Instead it has trained its owner to do it for it. As mentioned, there is no magical gizmo that makes it waste gas because the barrel is (just for exagerated example) 21" long. What happens is that you put the new barrel on and notice that while it does shoot straighter, it isn't going as far and is chronoing lower so you open up the VAS a little to let more air in and increase the velocity. However, on most Tippmanns, the valve releases the same volume of air with every shot. If you are running any system with a regulator you are controlling the volume of air and release just enough to get the desired velocity and reset the rear bolt (and activate the cyclone in an A-5). A larger barrel WILL waste air in a system with a regulator because there will be more friction and you will have to increase the output pressure of the regulator (in that case the VAS should already be in the wide open position). But that said, Warbeak is right, more of it depends on your style of play. I use both 14" and 12" barrels on my markers. I prefer the 12" in most cases because I do a mix of close movement and long ball. On my "loaner" markers I keep 14" barrels on them since newbie friends I let use them don't normally move that aggressively. I even own a 5" barrel for when I know its a tight field, though I very rarely play with it due to my choice of fields. And yes, with that on my A-5 its like the Ingram M-11 of paintball markers (spray and pray), but if I had access to a 2" barrel I would use it just because (I'm already in spray & pray mode, what's a little less accuracy then ------------- A-5: 12" Ceramic, Egrip/WAS/Duel, HPA, MP5 sliding stock SMG-68: 12" Ceramic 68-Specials(8): 12"&14" Ceramic, 12V Revy *** 1 Tip-n-Strip, 1 Blue, 1 FA w/Qloader SL-68: 14" Ceramic SMG-60 Ext. Line |
Posted By: dye prs
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 2:46am
| woods ball. get a 16" or 14" |
Posted By: Airhead67
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 8:31am
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I run all over the place in games ------------- I get top, only if i get bottom |
Posted By: roadrunner0535
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 8:37am
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the longer the barrel the more stabilization which means the more accuracy the longer the barrel the more air used to get the ball out which means less shots per tank the longer the barrel the less manuverability(i killed that werd) get a 14inch...they rite in the middle i wold suggest lapco bigshot 14inch with bead blasted finish, i just got it 4 my 98c and it rocks ------------- 98c seclusion 14" dye ultralite rufus dawg 2x stick trigg remote full-auto mod http://roadrunnerpaintball.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp - My 98C 100% smart parts |
Posted By: ZoSo_45
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 9:50pm
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Do u not get it. Barrel does not affect air used! I don't know who started this ridiculous rumor, but im here to end it. Barrel length = personal preference! ------------- Always Remember to Bust the Led out Setup: 98 custom black flatline barrel lapco bigshot barrel Rikochet Rhino Hopper Pmi remote coil Pmi 4+1 deluxe pack Lapco raised sight |
Posted By: SlipKnoTpb
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 10:02pm
------------- über Schuss! |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 10:12pm
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^you don't have to raise your velocity....
------------- YONK~!~ |
Posted By: SlipKnoTpb
Date Posted: 24 August 2004 at 10:18pm
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Child, traveling through the barrel slows down the projectile. As a result you have lower fps (feet per second) in your shots. The longer the barrel, the more time the projectile is slowed down. Do you understand now?
*e: im wasting my time, arbites already explained it if you care to read. ------------- über Schuss! |