The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion below.
Period of Product Use:
Less than a month
5 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
3 years
Similar Products Used:
Stock barrel.
Marker Setup:
Tippmann 98 custom
14" J&J ceramic barrel
double trigger
polished innys
pre trigger pull mod
trigger pen spring mod
Strengths:
Looks cool
quiet
Weaknesses:
doesnt self clean.
not accurate.
scratches "VERY" easily
Review:
Ok so I just got this barrel not to long ago, and I decided to take it to the local field and play with it for a day. lets just say this. I used it for one game and switched straight back to the stock barrel (which is better than this product) the only difference with the stock barrel and this barrel is the length and the noise they make. My first game was on a barrel field. i ran straight to my bunker when the game started. pulled up my gun and banged it right on the side of the barrel. 14" is not good for speed ball let me tell you that! I now have a huge scratch all the way down the side of the barrel. when I raised the gun back up to shoot for the second time I chopped the first ball. and lets just say that was it. I had perfect shots on people but the balls were hooking left, and right and they were flying everywhere. and i know most people will say that it was the paint to barrel match. but I was using "evils" which are "supposedly" really good in this barrel. I used the stock barrel the rest of the day and did fine. I even gogged one of my friends who is a pro and has a timmy.
Conclusion:
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PRODUCT. its not worth it. I've even decided to get a new gun because the tippmann 98 custom just isnt cutting it for speedball
dude, you must not have been playin very long cause tippmanns ARE NOT cut out for speedball. woodsball and scenario play is what the marker is pretty much made for. So why dont u go and buy a better gun or use a RENTAL for speedball.
wow u r not making any sense i saw the pros play and they use like 16 in besides the barrel doesent chop balls, the way you shoot does and hello? a Tippman, come on!
It looks like you just took very bad care of it. my friend has one and it is very good and accurate
I recently sold a tippy 98 with a 14" J&J on it and I had used that barrel on it ever since I first got it, J&Js are some of the cheapest and best barrels you can get, mine never scratched was very accurate and very quiet. Anyway 14" is fine for speedball, I have a 14" teardrop on my ION now and I play front and havent had any problems at all. I think the problem here is not poor equipment quality but poor player quality.
why on earth did u get a tippmann and a 14 inch barrel if u play speedball? and how did u manage to hit it on your own friggin bunker? did u not see it? pay attention to where ur swinging ur gun around! and how does a timmy protect your friends face? it doesnt matter what friggin gun he has, it doesnt protect his mask.
ok well a tippmann in speedball.... hmmm mine works pretty god but then again by the time i was done i could have bought a speedball gun but i splay scenario but my tippmans pretty good just like to point out they can be used if you put a few hundred dollars in it but seriously you bust a ball and complain b/c it don't shoot good?? hmm nice...
ok well a tippmann in speedball.... hmmm mine works pretty god but then again by the time i was done i could have bought a speedball gun but i splay scenario but my tippmans pretty good just like to point out they can be used if you put a few hundred dollars in it but seriously you bust a ball and complain b/c it don't shoot good?? hmm nice...
Well I'd agree that the barrel does scratch very easily but hell, it still shoots accurately. I've been using this barrel for almost a year now and it still works like the day I recieved it.oh and why would you want to use a Tippmann 98 for speedball? It was made for woods balling, rec balling and mil sim, but i suppose it can be configured for speedball if you upgraded to an e-trigger or a RT
Last edited on Friday, October 13th, 2006 at 11:49 am PST
i had that ball curving problem too. but all i had to do was turn my velocity down a bit and it worked perfect. actually ive never seen a better barrel. im not a poopoo head like you are, i ask people what could be wrong that would make this not work and then i fix it, i dont just make a judgement call on the first time i use something.
right, well echoing all the rest of the not so positive comments left prior to mine, the reason your balls are hooking is because your velocity is too high, or to low, it could also be because you dont have the barrel o-ring on. play with your velocity and that should solve the hooking problem......dont be an ape and scratch your barrel.
the best part is he admits hes not using good paint. the barrel doesnt have much to do with breaking balls, thats more the bolt and operation of the marker.
