HeLp! St!ffi barrel for A5 ?
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Topic: HeLp! St!ffi barrel for A5 ?
Posted By: WanksterFlanker
Subject: HeLp! St!ffi barrel for A5 ?
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 1:23am
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I'm thinking about getting the 14" carbon fiber St!iffi barrel for my A5. Good? Bad? What are your experiences/thoughts on this? any feedback is much appreciated. i'm thinking of buying a new barrel to replace my hideous stock barrel later today. ------------- A5 E-trigger x-chamber APP Monster Sight Feeder 14" Lapco Snapshot barrel |
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Posted By: VimyRidge
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 2:55am
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ive heard they generally a good barrel with a nice quiet shot. alot of guys here use the lapco bigshot and on my team as well. if your unsure, thats a safe bet. but stiffi is an alright brand as well. ------------- "The key in war isn't to die for your country, but to make the othe bastard die for his". |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 8:50am
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Stiffis are great barrels. Very light and accurate. I like them a lot. It's a good choice. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 4:59pm
| i would say get the st!ffi, only thing is dont use a fuzzy squeege in it. |
Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 18 March 2006 at 5:18pm
St!ffi's in my opinion the best barrel around... BUT. They don't have a barrel system.  My Advise, Get the St!ffi, go for a large bore such as .691 or .693, they will work great. ------------- 
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Posted By: WanksterFlanker
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 12:01am
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Ok. as i planned, i got it earlier today before my usual Sat game. I got a 14" .691 bore, very light too, nice. i screwed it onto my A5 and started bucking away some premium paint. Honestly; the shots didn't feel that much different (farthur/accurate) from the stock barrel. i barely notticed a difference, if any. wtf?
------------- A5 E-trigger x-chamber APP Monster Sight Feeder 14" Lapco Snapshot barrel |
Posted By: BrandonF
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 12:35am
| Hm..I got a 14" one once, and I noticed a huge difference (for the better). I'm not sure why it would be so different for you. Then I got rid of it and bought an Apex. I don't know of anyone else that's had a barrel like yours, everyone else on my team has a Flatline. |
Posted By: OOshanis
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 1:26am
it probably was because the bore was large, so the paintball would move around in the barrel instead of staying in one general direction.. but to not notice a difference from the stock barrel, thats pretty crazy...the stock barrel is huge bore, and the inside of the barrel is not machined very well, at least compared to other barrels ------------- 
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WanksterFlanker wrote:Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 1:30pm
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craptacular paint is the only explaination.
------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 2:26pm
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How old is your paint? Was there a broken ball in the bag? What's your weather like? |
Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 5:30pm
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drop a paintball down your barrel and if it goes right down too easily that you paint is too small but if it gets stuck in the middle then you paint is perfect for that barrel ------------- 
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Posted By: WanksterFlanker
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 8:07pm
the paint was purchased brand new(Draxxis Pro Caps) in perfect shape. I live in Orlando and it was perfect weather 80 degrees when i played. I take care of all my equipment, so i don't think that had anything to do with it. the St!ffi barrel didn't even add any distance. weird, i don't know man..
------------- A5 E-trigger x-chamber APP Monster Sight Feeder 14" Lapco Snapshot barrel |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 10:54pm
You shouldnt see distance, but you should see atleast slightly better accuracy. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 19 March 2006 at 11:00pm
------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: WanksterFlanker
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 8:16am
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yeah i do, slightly. but for the $95(after taxes) i shelled out for the barrel...i expecetd more than "slightly". its cool though, you live and you learn..
------------- A5 E-trigger x-chamber APP Monster Sight Feeder 14" Lapco Snapshot barrel |
Posted By: KALIS-PIMENTA
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 5:32pm
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I have the Stiffi kit for my A-5 and it shoots darts (with evil paint) the only problem i found is that the barrel is so lite that there is a lot of vibration because of my high recoil,if your paint is to small for your barrel+vibration you will probably have problems of getting the best out of this barrel. One of the advantage is how fast i can turn my tip.Disadvantage the bores could go higher and no barrel cleaning without field stripping the barrel. |
Posted By: WanksterFlanker
Date Posted: 20 March 2006 at 10:43pm
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maybe the Draxxis Pro Caps i'm using aren't suitable? when i first drop a ball through the begining of the barrel(where the rivets are) it fits snug at first, but if i drop a ball in from the end of the barrel, it rolls right through and out the other end fast.
------------- A5 E-trigger x-chamber APP Monster Sight Feeder 14" Lapco Snapshot barrel |