bore on paintballs affecting accuracy?

[brootforce]

Different paintball brands are shooting out my barell some accuratly some arent. I dont know what the problem is and i figure its the bore on the paintballs is smaller than the bore on my barell. True?

[A-5best]

it oculd also be the quality, good brands such as procaps etc. have even seems and make good round paintballs. Whereas if you get some generic brand it wont fly as straight.

[alienshinubie]

Yes the bore size affects your accuracy. Try and find a paint that has the bore size that your barrel does. You can test whether or not you have the right size by unscrewing the barrel from your gun, and then putting a paintball in the barrel. If the ball rolls out then the paintball is too small for your barrel. If it doesn’t fall out then try to blow it out. If you cannot blow it out then the ball is too big. If you can blow the ball out relatively easily then the ball is a perfect fit. Also the type of paint you use has a major effect. You can trust major brands like zap, draxxus, wgp, rps, etc. I would NOT recommend using brass eagle paintballs. The other thing that affects accuracy is the moisture in your barrel. If your paintballs start curving in mid-air then you need to squeegee your barrel. Also if a ball breaks then don’t try to shoot to clear it out. Simply either use a battle swab or unscrew your barrel and squeegee it thoroughly.

[Paintball=life]

Ya i would afect the accuacy because if the paintball is a size 0.692 and the barrel size is 0.688 then the paintball is squeezed and won't fly as good. Or if the paintball is 0.680 and the barrel is 0.690 then the paintball has room to woble and won't fly straight.:laugh: DUH

[stevieray]

well I was using brass eagle afterburners.
My ceramics barrel was curving and it looked like 400 fps.
The stock barrel was more straight
though i stripped anno on my barrel.


also when you blow....you want to blow by sticking the ball at the end of the barrel. you dont want it to be in already
u want to do a little blow, it should go out easily.
if its already in there and u try blowing it. and it not going through. its probrably because air is going through the holes. u can check this by looking through it with light.