paint to A5 stock barrel match
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Topic: paint to A5 stock barrel match
Posted By: southernohiopb
Subject: paint to A5 stock barrel match
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 7:44pm
| I was just wondering what the bore size of the stock barrel on the A5 was and what some good paint to barrel matches there were for it. Also, what is a good type of paint you'd recommend to a newer paintball player like me? |
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Posted By: IMPULS3.
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 7:50pm
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All stock barrels run large (.693). So any paint you buy, will be smaller than the barrel. And paint is like anything else, you get what you pay for. What I will recommend, is STAY AWAY from paint from wal-mart, sports authority etc etc Buy your paint at a local paintball store. |
Posted By: southernohiopb
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 7:56pm
| Ok thanks. The local store only carries Diablo Heat as far as I know though and those those have a bore size of 0.693. This would be a good match for the stock barrel than right? Also I've heard great things about Impact paintballs and they're sold at Wal-Mart. |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 8:07pm
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yeah the impacts are good. if my memory is correct.. Visible Impact is made by Gameface who is owned by Draxxus. so its alright. ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97 
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Posted By: IMPULS3.
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 8:52pm
It's sure a lot better than monster balls. But paint from wal-mart tends to sit for a long time. You want the freshest paint you can get. |
southernohiopb wrote:Posted By: southernohiopb
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:18pm
| I've seen the shape of boxes of monster balls and trust me I'm not getting any of that. I've tried Strykers before(watery fill and too hard of a shell) and Diablos are much better in my opinion. The Impacts seem to be packaged okay so I might try them. Would anyone happen to know the bore size of Impacts? |
Posted By: IMPULS3.
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:29pm
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I couldn't find Impact. But a paint called scorch is .688-.689. Impact and Scorch and made by the same company (gameface) So I figure they would both be close. 32 Degrees Team Color .689 - .691 32 Degrees Team Color(Winter Fill) .689 - .691 Adrenalin .688 - .691 Brass Eagle Afterburner .692 and Brass Eagle Blue Streak .688 - .690 Brass Eagle Paintballs .689 - .691 Brass Eagle Top Brass .689 - .691 Cobra Snake Eggs .688 - .691 Core Action .689 - .691 Core Ice .688 - .691 Core Paintballs .689 - .691 Core Premium .688 - .691 DBX Practice Grade .689 - .691 Diablo Blaze .687 - .690 Diablo Crucifire .689 Diablo Dark Leigon Night .687 - .689 Diablo Dusk .687 - .691 Diablo Heat .693 Diablo HellFire .682 - .685 Diablo Inferno .688 - .691 Diablo Midnight .688 - .690 Diablo Nightmare .687 - .689 Diablo Recsport .687 - .690 Diablo Splash .687 - .690 Direct Hit .687 - .690 Drakula Attack .687 - .690 DraXxus Arctic Inferno .687 - .690 DraXxus Blaze .687 - .690 DraXxus Blitz .687 - .690 DraXxus Competitive Edge .687 - .690 DraXxus Dusk .688 DraXxus Hellfire .687 - .690 DraXxus Inferno .688 - .689 Draxxus Midnight: .683 DraXxus - Recsport .687 - .690 DraXxus Sunflare .687 - .690 DraXxus - XBall .687 - .690 Dynasty Dragon .689 Dynasty Dynamic .689 Eliminator .689 Empire Fuel .687 - .689 Fuego Premium .689 - .691 Game Face Scorch .688 - .689 Great American .688 - .690 Great American - Banana Ball .688 - .690 Great American - Sour Apple .688 - .690 I & I Sports Premium .689 - .691 JT Carnivore .689 - .691 JT Elite .689 - .690 JT Freedom .689 - .690 JT J-Ball .689 - .691 JT Maxim .689 - .691 JT Maxim 2 .688 - .690 JT Maxim 2 .689 - .691 JT Predator .689 - .691 Karnage Bite - .689 Karnage Tear - .691 Kick'n Paintballs .689 - .691 Kingman Java Classic .688 - .690 Kingman Java Supreme .689 - .691 Lazerball .690 - .691 Nelson Paintballs Affordaball .687 - .689 Nelson Anarchy .685 Nelson Challenger .685/.688 Nelson Dread: .688 Nelson Gold Medal .692 Nelson Hot Spot .691 Nelson Nel-Splat .691 Nelson Special Forces .685 Nitro Duck First Choice Field .688 - .690 Nitro Duck First Choice Slim fill .688 - .690 Nitro Duck First Choice Super Fill .688 - .690 Paintball Games Superball .692 and Paintball Inc. Devil .691 Paintball Inc. Powerball .691 Paintball Inc. Proball .691 Paintball Inc. Proball Platinum .691 Paintball Junkies Ace .692 Paintball Junkies Joker .692 Paintball Junkies Morpheus .691 Paintball Junkies Mystic .690-.691 Paintball Junkies Reaper .692 Paintball Mania First Choice .692 Paintball Number 1 Premium Tourny .688 - .690 Pharmagel Tomahawk .690 PMI Advantage .688 - .690 PMI Big Ball .687 - .691 PMI Black Maxx .689 - .691 PMI Evil .689 - .691 PMI Invader .689 - .691 PMI Marballizer .685-.688 PMI Mercury .688 - .691 PMI Premium .689 - .691 PMI Stinger .683 Proball Devil 0.686 - 0.688 Small Proball Lite 0.687 - 0.689 Medium Proball 0.689 - 0.691 Medium Proball Platinum 0.686 - 0.688 Small RPS All Star .686 - .689 RPS Attitude .689 - .691 RPS Big Ball .689 - .691 RPS El Tigre .686 - .689 RPS EuroFlite .686 - .689 RPS Evil .686 - .689 RPS Flash .686 - .689 RPS Invader .689 - .691 RPS Lightening .686 - .689 RPS Marballizer .686 - .689 RPS Polar Ice .689 - .691 RPS Premium Gold .686 - .689 RPS Slamball .686 - .689 RPS SuperSwirl .686 - .689 Rufus Dawg T-Balls .688 - .690 Screamin' Banshe .688 - .690 Severe Paintballs Competitor .688 - .690 Severe Cyclone .688 - .690 Severe Hurricane .688 - .690 Severe Storm .688 - .690 Severe Tempest .688 - .690 Sheridan Premium .688 - .690 Sheridan Visible Impact .689 - .691 Smart Parts Death Paint .689 - .691 Smart Parts Smart Paint .689 - .691 Stinger Paintballs .688 - .690 TC Venom Paintballs .688 - .691 Tippmann Werks .689 - .691 Toroball Competition .688 - .690 Viewloader .689 - .691 Viewloader I-Blaz .689 - .691 Vortex Armageddon Series .687 - .689 WDP Victory .688 - .691 Winchester .688 - .691 WORR Competition .687 WORR Domination .687 WORR Perfection .687 WPN Toxic .688 - .689 XBall Bronze .688 - .689 XBall Silver .688 - .689 XBall Gold .688 - .689 Xtreme Aftermath .689 - .690 Xtreme Kryptonite (Glow in the dark) .689 - .690 Xtreme Legends .689 - .690 Xtreme Pointblank .689 - .691 Xtreme Steel .689 - .690 Zap Advantage .688 - .690 Zap Amp .689 - .691 Zap Chronic .689 - .691 Zap Chronic Ultimate .688 - .690 Zap Classic .689 - .691 Zap Performance Plus .688 - .690 Zap Primer .689 - .691 Zap Pro Series .688 - .690 Zap Pro European .689 - .691 Zap Rainbow .688 - .690 Zap Rec Series .688 - .690 Zap Seconds .688 - .690 Zap Select .689 - .691 Zap Spank .689 - .691 Zap Sport .689 - .691 Zap Tork .689 - .691 Zap Vapor .689 - .691 Zap X-Out .689 - .691 Zap ZXS Performance .688 - .690 Zap ZXS Rec Series .688 - .690 Zap ZXS Sport Series .688 - .690 |
Posted By: southernohiopb
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:47pm
| Wow that list will really come in handy. Thanks for the help. |
Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 9:48pm
the stock barrel is crap (well not the greatest), monster balls' and jt recon? paintballs works well for the stock barrel.... none of the zap paintballs dont work vary well...too small.
when you get a chance, get a new barrel.
yep gameface, love the paint. ------------- 
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Posted By: southernohiopb
Date Posted: 02 March 2009 at 4:45pm
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So could I assume that the woodsball version of X-ball and Inferno X-ball would have close to the same bore size as the gold, silver, and bronze X-ball? |
Posted By: Parts Tech
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 10:37am
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I remember talking to someone who was making stock barrels for Tippmanns several years ago. He stated that they could make 10 stock barrels in the time it took to make one aftermarket barrel. This was due to the extra time honing and polishing a high quality aftermarket barrel. Stock barrels are usually a bit big. This allows them to fire most junk (out of round or big) paint you might have without breaking it in the barrel. One note on ball size. This information changes all the time. As paintball cutting circles wear out, machines get adjusted, formulas change from winter to summer, and as the weather changes......paintball diameters change. All paintballs try to be .689. This is the standard size. ------------- Tech at http://www.tippmannparts.com" rel="nofollow - TippmannParts.com We do everything Tippmann |