Sniper Barrels!!! [Archive] - Paintball Forums

MeGotzGriffin

02-20-2002, 11:01 AM

what do you think is the best sniper barrel out there in terms of accuracy and distance...im not that concerned about noise...just accuracy and distance and i can only spend below $50...

Sked Finger

02-20-2002, 02:31 PM

A dye x-cel or a lapco barrel.

Harry Painter

02-20-2002, 06:51 PM

if you want more distance, get a flatline or turn up your velocity. That's the only thing that can affect your range. For only 50 bucks I don't know. I was gonna say the All American because of the porting until you said sound wasn't an issue.

MCC

02-22-2002, 05:26 PM

i'd get a taso winforce.i use to have 1 of those on my old BE samurai it chopped a lot of balls (because of gun not barrel) but when they did come out of the barrel they were very accurate!

splatterpunx

02-22-2002, 06:00 PM

lapco or cp

MeGotzGriffin

02-23-2002, 06:47 AM

ok so far this is how it goes

Dye Excel
Lapco (Bigshot)
TASO Winforce
CP

im leaning more towards the Dye Excel/Lapco Bigshot barrel if anyone has these barrels could you drop some info on them im getting a pump and want to find a nice good barrel for it...

walmartshopper

02-24-2002, 11:05 AM

j&j

Moose

02-24-2002, 02:24 PM

smart parts progressive or tear drop

great barrels for a low price

MCC

02-24-2002, 02:35 PM

j&J ceramic is a nice barrel too

NcicHit

02-26-2002, 07:53 AM

If you shoot a paintball at 285fps the only barrel that give it more distance is the Tippmann Flatline. In paintball I would say there is really no such thing as a sniper barrel no matter what the company calls it. A good barrel and paint match would be the way to go for anybody.

I would look in the fourms here and buy a good used Smart Parts barrel. I do feel that some barrels are made better than others. A good ported barrel would beat a good stock barrel anyday at least I think so.

A friend bought a new Raptor. I think he was using Nelson paint and with the stock barrel the paint curved all over the place (clique). He then bought an All American and put it on the Raptor and the paint went straight. I stated this as an example of paint shooting straighter with an after-market barrel not shooting at a greater distance. If you want to shoot a longer distance go going from 250fps to 285fps will do the trick not getting a sniper barrel except the Flatline.