Thursday, March 3, 2011

What Should You Know About Paintball Barrels?

By Jerry Mcgregor


The paintball barrels are used for aiming purpose while playing the game. As we have different kinds of paintballs, the barrel of the paintball should also be available in all those forms so as to make sure that the ball exactly suits the barrels size. For this there are some specifications to be followed in order to make the barrel more effective in playing.

Apart from the bore diameter, the barrels are also available in different styles and different lengths, to make it fit for different marker. Usual paintball barrels just slid and screwed in the marker. So the threading should match exactly. Some type of threads are autococker, angel, shocker, spyder, A-5, etc.

The paintball barrels come in three types of models. The types of models are one piece model, two piece models and the three piece model. The difference in these types of models in that the positioning and the number of paintball kept in the barrel can be varied. The general configuration used all over is the two or three piece models.

Next factor is the length of the barrel to be used in the paintball game. The length of the paintball barrel can vary from 3 to 31 inches. Whereas if you want your shoot sound to be more silent, they the length should be more. For this case the length can go up to 48 inches.

Mostly players will choose their barrel length to be around 14 and 16 inches. The reason for this is to make accurate shootings and also to make it more portable. Inflatable bunkers can be pushed easily during the course of the game if you use a long barrel. This is an advantage of the paintball barrel.

The bore of the paintball barrel should exactly match with the paintball diameter. If it does not match, then there is chance of difference in velocity. It also results in the inaccuracy of the shooting. 2- 3 piece barrels will be more suitable for the paintball diameter, so that changing of barrel is not necessary.




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