Tippmann barrel
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Topic: Tippmann barrel
Posted By: Wess
Subject: Tippmann barrel
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 12:06am
| Ok, so i just got my first paintball gun, a tippmann 98C, and i would like a longer barrel. I was looking around on the forum and didn't see anything on tippmann barrels, a lot about J&J barrels and Bigshot or something. I was just wondering if i should buy a tippmann sniper barrel, like a 14incher, it has the ported last 2 inches or whatever and it seems like a nice barrel. Advice please? |
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 12:29am
| Tippmann's Sniper barrel is unfortunately not a good barrel, especially when there are many other barrels in the same price range that will outdo it significantly. Do a search and you'll find the hundreds of options out there. |
Posted By: Wess
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 12:30am
| Ok, thanks |
Posted By: FyreFly
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 2:47am
The length of a barrel has little to nothing to do with the accuracy or distance of your shot. Anything over 8" will shoot just fine, however, a VERY long barrel(usually over 16") WILL reduce velocity and air efficiency. ------------- 
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Wess wrote:Posted By: Mc Wolf
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 12:39pm
here you are ever so slightly wrong the maximum effective length for a barrel is 14" after that it starts to require more air to push the paintball through the barrel at the same speed so get no longer than a 14" barrel probly the best one for you would be the Lapco Bigshot ------------- Mc Wolf Mess With The Best Get Shot Like The Rest!!! |
Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 2:27pm
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I agree with Mc Wolf who said: "effective length for a barrel is 14" after that it starts to require more air to push the paintball through the barrel at the same speed" Although the problem is your C02 tank or compressed air tank only let's out so much C02 or Compressed air per shot. So you you wont be losing more C02 or compressed air with a longer barrel but your ball wont go as far. Here's how it works: in the first 8 inches of the shot the ball flyes about 50 000 feet per second (which is incredibly fast) but after those 8 inches and especially once the ball leaves the barrel it drops to about 300 fps. So if the barrel is longer than about 14 inches than the ball will lose velocity because the ball will be touching the inside of the barrel - (friction makes things slow down of course). To some up the more time the ball has to bounce around inside the barrel the less accurate it will be and the slower it will be. It is a so have a longer barrel doesn't make more accurate or make it go farther which is what some people think. I think you should go with something like a Lapco Bigshot, or a J & J Ceramic but only 12 or 14 inches. Or even better go with a flatline barrel just make sure it's set up properly. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 2:40pm
Uh huh.... where'd you get that statistic? |
Posted By: Wess
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 4:05pm
| Alright, should i get a 12inch bigshot or a 14 inch? Using for woodsball |
Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 4:39pm
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Either one. It's personal preference. Although I prefer the 12" for woodsball, because the extra 2" is just more to get caught up in brush and such. And the shorter barrel helps you move around more easily. |
Posted By: Wess
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 4:52pm
| cool, thank you very much |