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A5 with straightline barrel

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Topic: A5 with straightline barrel

Posted By: richyrich
Subject: A5 with straightline barrel
Date Posted: 28 March 2014 at 4:31pm

When using this barrel with any of the three stock sizers it always spins the ball within 10 ft. What is causing this??

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Posted By: Miburde61
Date Posted: 28 March 2014 at 8:38pm

isnt the straightline rifled? if so that might be your problem

Posted By: richyrich
Date Posted: 28 March 2014 at 8:56pm

Yes, but they shouldn't be curving to the left or right. It has zero accuracy right now. I wonder if it's the type of paint I use

Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 28 March 2014 at 9:07pm

It sounds like you may have bad paint, your barrel is dirty, or are shooting hot. Check your paint, barrel, and velocity. Maybe a bad paint match. Try fitting the paint too.

Posted By: richyrich
Date Posted: 29 March 2014 at 1:24am

thanks for the advise. do you use the straightline?

Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 29 March 2014 at 8:01am

No those are just some of the typical things that you may want to check over.

Is the porting rifled or does the barrel have grooves?

Another thing to consider is a damaged or defective barrel. One time I was given a barrel kit to run some efficiency tests etc. And the barrel backs were out of round.