which barrel?
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Topic: which barrel?
Posted By: ZackM
Subject: which barrel?
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 8:44pm
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im also open for other suggestions. ------------- Give to them nothing, but take from them EVERYTHING! |
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Posted By: wilbo252
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 8:56pm
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id go with a 14 myself but between those two but i have heard good thihngs about j and j ceramics....and they are alot cheaper then the tippmanns |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:17pm
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JJ Ceramics are where its at if you're looking for a great barrel but dont want to dish out a lot of cash. Way better than the Tippmann line of barrels. ------------- 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: TIPPY98ACT
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:14am
| I first bought a Tippmann 12 inch werks (sniper) Barrel for my 98. In my opinion it's better than the one it came with. That is about it. I then bought a 12 inch Lapco Big-Shot for my A5. It looks cool on the gun and provides more accurate shots than the stock one. I will give it that much. Then I bought a J&J 12inch for my 98. let's just say my A5 also has a J&J on it now. For the money you can't go wrong with a J&J! As far as length goes that is up to you. I happen to think a 12 inch looks best. That is the only difference between 12 or 14 inch. Just the looks, length has nothing to do with accuracy ( It's a paintball gun not a rifle!). I would not recommend anything longer than a 14 inch. |
Posted By: Black_Shadow
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 3:19pm
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i would go 14" J&J... the tippmann werks barrels really aren't worth the money... ------------- 98CP ACT R/T J&J Ceramic 14" Egg II w Z-Board GTA Inline X-Chamber NCStar Red-Dot Pen Spring Mod Trigger Stops Polished Internals Dye Sticky Grip 20oz Co2 w On/Off Next Up: Spimmy |
Posted By: ZackM
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 1:59pm
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i read that the longer your barrel you just end up wasting co2 and you have to turn up your velocity more. is this true cause thats why i was just going to go with the 12" ------------- Give to them nothing, but take from them EVERYTHING! |
Posted By: Tull
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 2:35pm
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Once I got my A-5, I wanted a barrel so I bought the 16" Tippmann barrel. The accuracy with it is decent, but if a ball bust in it, it takes forever to get it clean and shooting straight again. I'm soon to buy a 14" J&J Ceramic. Anything better than a J&J thats extremely accurate that anybody would recommend? I wanna do my research instead of just going out and buying a barrel. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 7:03am
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Yes, that is true. But there is no appreciative difference between a 12" and a 14" barrel. But as a good rule of thumb, anything over 10" really isn't necessary unless you're going for looks... ------------- 
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ZackM wrote:Posted By: adblink
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 11:39am
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lapco bigshot for me
------------- Tippmann Custom Pro 14" Lapco Bigshot Barrel R/T Trigger Adjustable Stock Raised Adjustable Sight Rail Halo B Loader Pure Energy Remote Line Pure Energy 68/3000 JT Flex-8 Camo Mask |
Posted By: Black_Shadow
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 3:32pm
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as long as your barrel isn't more than 14 inches, (mabye 16 depending on the design of the porting) you won't waste air and you'll get the accuracy you want. ------------- 98CP ACT R/T J&J Ceramic 14" Egg II w Z-Board GTA Inline X-Chamber NCStar Red-Dot Pen Spring Mod Trigger Stops Polished Internals Dye Sticky Grip 20oz Co2 w On/Off Next Up: Spimmy |