heh attempting to make a homemade barrel

[itches and os]

Yup im gonna try and do it.Im gonna need a lil help though. So far i got bout an 18 inch long aluminum pipe wich i need to bore it out. I got the threadings actually right so it fits my a-5 perfect so far. I just wonderin wht style of ports i shoot put in it and wht color u guuys think it should be. Itll be awesome ill post a pic when its all done (later this week early next week)
:D

[xavier678]

well you seem to have taken care of all the really important things so whatever you want is what you should do.

[itches and os]

Yea i got it done im gonna fire it. I just got it board out. I learned stuff about tippy stock barrel. It actually veries from .686 to a solid .690 could this cause some inacuraccy hmm.. well ill go shoot it tomarrow and post wht it looks like and ill post the groups. O yea i left it like silver no ports so far.

[tripnotemple]

you have an 18" raw aluminum piece of pipe which you're going to cut, carve, and bore to tolerances of .001" ... you've threaded the pipe to match tippmanns A'5 threads... and you ask us for advice about what color you should paint it? :rolleyes:

[nzzzme]

hmm, sounds like you don't need a lot of help. Paint it green with spikes comming out of it and spiral porting; then put a giant sword blade goin' off a spike ...

[slikna99]

I ported mt barrel once... if that meens anything:| ..hahahha

[cocker kid 2k2]

What did you do with the interrior?

[slikna99]

Me? If so.. i polished it and first grinded off the one part where the burrs were

[Housemaster]

Originally posted by itches and os
Yea i got it done im gonna fire it. I just got it board out. I learned stuff about tippy stock barrel. It actually veries from .686 to a solid .690 could this cause some inacuraccy hmm.. well ill go shoot it tomarrow and post wht it looks like and ill post the groups. O yea i left it like silver no ports so far.

Pics...PIIIIIIICS!!!!!!

[itches and os]

how i post a pic i took a few

[Housemaster]

At the bottom where it says "Attach file" click Browse and locate the pic...then hit upload. Remember it's 1 pic 1 post, so it'll take a few posts.

[itches and os]

here it is.....

[Housemaster]

Looks pretty good, try taking a close up with it sitting on a towel or table or something. So how does it shoot?

[itches and os]

1 more...

[slikna99]

It might look better if u had it set down.. plus we wont have to stare at ur armpit!!!:D o... and it looks like my stock barrel for my model 83 only urs is longer

[xS73v3x]

d00d that is awesome

[Turambar]

Heh, that is pretty cool you made your own barrel. How's it shoot so far?

[reneirwolf878]

Explain what you did to make the inside smooth....

[itches and os]

I bored it out to a 687 them my dad works for general motors he smoothed it out ill ask him exactly what he did when he getd home i also plan on shooting it when i get home (school)

[reneirwolf878]

Cool, try and get it anoed, it looks bland.

[xS73v3x]

actualy the silver color looks unique...but u gotta keep it frum rusting

[SaVaC]

Originally posted by xS73v3x
actualy the silver color looks unique...but u gotta keep it frum rusting


your not serious are you? aluminum dosn't rust...



as for the porting i think if you did a porting that looked was like the porting on a Tear drop barrel that would totaly kill!
http://www.smartparts.com/spteardrop.htm

[itches and os]

i shot it today. The things a beast. I admit its not really the most accurae and all but it shoots through breaks like mad. I was using pmi premies u could get about a nice 5 er 6 inch pattern from 8 er 9 yards. 20 yds i just aimed at birch tress it would hit bout 7 out of 10 times. I dunno its bunch better then stock. i tried about a 50 yd shot i dunno y but this barrel always shoots high it went right over the stump at 50 yds all 3 times. Thats bout it i only had 50 rounds on me. Overall i say it was a success i still gotta port it paint it up and stuff.

[xavier678]

maby after you port it it will have a bit better accuracy. good job on the barrel man, thats very nice.

[itches and os]

thanks

[adamholz18]

props:cool:

[Triggerman440]

looks nice..you should put AA porting or freak, me and my friend took a stock spyder barrel and sanded about 3/4 of it then drilled some spiral porting in it..it used to be a cannon but now it's just as quiet as an AA

[PBguy11]

Originally posted by Triggerman440
looks nice..you should put AA porting or freak, me and my friend took a stock spyder barrel and sanded about 3/4 of it then drilled some spiral porting in it..it used to be a cannon but now it's just as quiet as an AA

By, "sanded about 3/4 of it" he means that we sanded off 3/4 of the paint of the barrel, so it' 3/4th silver and 1/4 black.

Just clearing that up if anyone thought we sanded 3/4 of the length off. ;)

[thebluenu]

Originally posted by SaVaC
your not serious are you? aluminum dosn't rust...

hrmf, are you sure?>

[Canadian-Chaos]

Aluminum (aluminium in Canada) does not rust. It oxidizes which means it will get a white "haze" on it. This haze can be sanded off quite easily. If you have ever seen old aluminum car rims, you know what this "haze" looks like.

Isn't rust a form of oxidization? I don't know. Ask a chemist.

[NoFXHead]

Your using wacky canadian aluminum it rusts dont try and confuse us candian..

[Lurker27]

Just a few suggestions. You may want to polish the inside of the barrel with the old steeel wool on a stick in a drill trick. Also, I've heard that a coating of the water-repellant RainX helps you to get a slick surface and shoot through breaks on barrels.

Also, I was thinking... perhaps you could make it a Flatline Barrel. I bleive the optimum curve for a flatline is 11 degrees. You want the barrel to aim up, then straighten out, causing a good deal of backspin as the PB rides on the ceiling of the barrel from centrifugal force. This backspin increases range considerably due to Magnus' Law, IIRC.

The relevant article is here. If you did this right, say with a strong vise, the everyone and their mother will want a flatline barrel. IIRC, you need to have a big barrel to paint ratio for a good effect.

[reneirwolf878]

yeah.. stay away from steel wool....

[itches and os]

Dang you guys now your stuff i just did it to really see if i could maybe a flatline in the future.......big maybe but hey why not. thanks everyone

[xXniTemAreXx]

DONT USE RAIN X, TRUST ME DONT, I ED MY BROTHERS AA WITH THAT .. LOL

[plushdragon]

one tip is be carfull on how you port the barrel.A good barrel has 4-8 inches that are unported to allow the paintball to hit max speed.To much porting and the barrel turns into a gas hog.Also i read the pattern of the porting also comes into play now.

[enduro4life]

that barrel is pimped out! wanna make me one for my A5?? lol i cant stand the stock and i am looking to buy a new barrel

good luck

[aznpsycho]

FYI: rust = Iron Oxide. which means that there's no aluminum in it!