Barrel Hacking
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
Forum Description: Trick it out!
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Topic: Barrel Hacking
Posted By: onemadfiddler
Subject: Barrel Hacking
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 1:24pm
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Hey guys, I used to be on here some years ago, stopped using my account so now it's inactive I guess. Anyway, I've been doing a lot of barrel customizing lately and I want a little input on stuff like how much does barrel length matter, how does the porting affect the shot. Would slanting the porting at a forwards or backwards angle affect it and how? Right now I've got a 5 inch barrel that used to be stock tippmann 98, a 7 inch that used to be stock 98, and a 10 inch that used to be a really poorly made Tiller and all work many many times better than they did originally. The 5 inch has slightly improved accuracy (don't ask me why) but drops funny at a distance. Aside from that the other two are some of the best I've ever fired. Also, if you guys could show me a way to get more barrels to work with, it would be much appreciated. ------------- Sisters are like slinkys. They're no fun till you watch them fall down the stairs. |
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 5:01pm
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Most of what you asked is covered in the "1st marker" sticky in the new
players forum. (Read the "barrel theory" section.) A search on topics
related to this should also turn up additional related posts. Regarding the directionality of porting: There are two schools of thought on this subject. The first is that directionality does make a difference and the end game silenced barrels are based on this theory. The other is that since sound is omni-directional porting direction would not affect report noise. I will say the end game barrels seem to work for quieting shots, but I don't think the porting has all that much to do with it. ------------- 
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