Rifled barrels

[Lurker27]

Hammerhead, Aradus, Empire twister, Armson Stealth.

I'm looking for testimonials, or opinions on barrel rifling... seems to be gaining steam now.

[KaleidoscopeKid]

can u give me the hammerhead link?

[bobj2k]

I own a stealth ,I't a barrel of choice.It's very accruate.I won't go on and on.It's better than my CP.My friend just bought a hammerhead.We're going to try it out toworrow.I'll tell you how it compares to my stealth

bobj2k

[reneirwolf878]

Well, I've shot the Stealth on a Tippman and a spyder. They were very nice. It's actually probally one of the quietest barrels I've ever used. The balls shot pretty straight. Only problem was that if a ball broke it was a PAIN to clean.

[cocker kid 2k2]

I've shot rifled barrels, I've shot regular barrels. The rifling did absolutely nothing.

[draxxus4lif]

i will say it once again the riffling does nothing in a barrel because a paint ball is not a solid projectile and it is a sphere

[Shredder]

Better than your CP useing what paintballs Bob J2k? How well did they fit in each? Were they premium mid or low grade? They both have different bore sizes. . .the CP being smaller.

I've used both barrels on my Spyder. . .The Stealth with fresh Marbs and my CP with fresh Slam. Both paintballs are premium quality, and both fit in each barrel very similerly. . .I like them fairly loose to where they roll out with little pressure.

I can honestly say that on my Spyder, warm co2, and Force III bolt, my 10" CP was more consistant than the 13" Armson Stealth. From what I've seen, and considering the fact that each had the same paint/barrel match, I think this is an acurate conclusion.

Rifling does nothing for acuracy or consistancy. . .Airgun Designs has done testing on this, they say the same thing.

[draxxus4lif]

same thing i said

[jksolid]

I hope i am not straying to off topic but it seems that stuff that is normally done to real guns doesn't seem to affect paintball guns that much?:confused: :confused: :confused:

[cocker kid 2k2]

Maybe becasue paintball guns are nothing like real guns.

[p8ntball1016]

many barrels, including mine, have straight rifling.

[negative2]

i currently own the empire twister...
used it a few times so far.
works just fine, but i didnt notice a great difference between a rifled barrel, and a non.
people will say that it has absolutely no effect on the accuracy and whatever, but i have seen some rifled barrels with a deeper rifling than others, that are very accurate.

as for the empire:
accurate and very quiet.


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[Xris]

Im just Curious.
I know that rifeling would not affect the Liquid inside of a paintball.
but i belive that for a short to medium range shot the rifeling would improve accuracy.
until the shell stopped spinning the rotations would keep any impurities in the shell from causing the Ball to hook or curve.
the spin wouldn't last long because only the shell is spinning, and any affect on distance would be negligible.
but i belive it would improve accuracy for most medium-short range shots.

Please point out any flaws in my reasoning.

[Lurker27]

I think rifling is more to take out erroneous spin than impart its own.

Anyone who says paintballs dont spin is an idiot. You may not be able to spin a raw egg, but why dont you jsut take out a paintball and spni it on something??? Yea, that's right, it spins. The flatline works. End of that discussion.

Imparting a consistent spin intrigues me, because it sems as if it would take out another factor. Letting the ball slipp out of the barrel seems like you're leaving it up to chance.

[Shredder]

Of course paintballs spin. . .thats why they curve. If the rifling in the barrel is to make the direction of spin more consistant, or make it less random like you say, wouldn't the curve of the ball be more predictable, therfore making each shot more consistant? Well from what I've tested and seen with my own eyes, that is not the case.

Rifled barrels do not make the shot more consistant or predicatable. . .and as AGD has proven, the rifling doesn't make the ball spin any more than it would in a normal barrel, or any amount to give you a noticably more "acurate" or consistant shot.

I'd also like to note that I used a 32 degrees nyte stykk that same day with the same batch of paint I used in the Armson Stealth - again with my usual paint/barrel match. The Nyte Stykk was noticably more consistant.

Dont take my word for it. Shoot 200 fresh balls through two barrels of similer quality, one rifled, one normal, with the same paint match, and you will see for yourself.

[Lurker27]

Consistant over a chrono?

[Shredder]

I meant constantcy of "acuracy". . .How the ball flies, where the ball flies (to any given spot), and how often or consistantly the ball lands in that given spot. Rifling wont show you an improvment in any of this.

Testing barrels over the chrono has little to do with it's performance. That's mainly about velocity, and how consistant your regs and air source is.

[Lurker27]

I realize that. The term you wanted was "precision".

[reneirwolf878]

This isn't science class, just use the words interchangably lol.

[Lurker27]

If someone says consistant, I immediately think of fps readings...You?