What is a beaded barrel?
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Topic: What is a beaded barrel?
Posted By: HeadshotJester
Subject: What is a beaded barrel?
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 8:42pm
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(It might be bead blasted but I'm not sure) Anyways. I was looking on Actionvillage and noticed they had 2 different lapco bigshot 12'' for the A-5 one said micro honed and all that jazz and the other one said the same thing but it said bead blasted or w/e. So what's bead blasted? I've never heard of it before. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 9:02pm
| its a different tecture of barrel looks nicer. |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 9:10pm
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bead blasting is when they strip the paint of the barrel making for a matte black look ------------- 
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Posted By: KoolKidsKlan
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 10:07pm
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does Bead blasting change the accuracy or performance of the barrel? ------------- 
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Posted By: custom pro
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 11:04pm
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KoolKidsKlan wrote:Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 11:09pm
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no it doesnt change anything except the appearance
of the barrel. Bead Blasted if I'm not mistaking is when the barrel isn't "shiny" most useful for woodsball players ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 11:17pm
| Bead Blasted refers to the exterior of the barrel being bombarded by glass beads. Like sand blasting, but with beads instead of sand. This just makes the barrel look different, but wont affect performance. |
Posted By: HeadshotJester
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 11:56am
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thx guys i thought they beadblasted the inside or sumthing. thx ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 12:08pm
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weird, i was always wondering that
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Posted By: RamboBlue
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 12:11pm
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bead blasting is really durable ------------- TIPPMANN KICKS ASS Champions know pain, endure pain, and never complain 98% of paintballers act gangsta', if you are of the 2% that are normal, put this this in your sig. |