Its ludicrous!

[Brazen]

i was sitting in detention the other day and i was thinking about paintball. i came up to this theory: its ludicrous to charge $90.00 for an aluminum tube with holes in it. (a barrel if you have no idea what im talking about)

[antiramie]

90???? Some barrels cost up to $160! Talk about high-way-robbery!

[PB ninja]

It's all about phallic status symbols man, think about, 16 inch titanium boomstick, boomstick?!?! That just sounds like a euphemism for male genitalia. Long live the bigshot, 50$, 11.5 inches of funcionality.

[Richy_C]

or my mags new sp teardrop, 12 inches of silence!

[TLplus84]

on my spitter is my oh so expensive 50 buck J&J Ceramic. Oh so quiet, oh so accurate, oh so cheap :D

[A damn fool]

u guys are defintly right about the boomsticks price, but if u shoot it, ull know its worht every penny, i love this barrel, and ive shot many others, and there is no way i would buy any other barrel to take its place, it just kicks ***

[Predator2]

The titanium boomstick barrel may be kick *** but is it really worth the 180 bucks that you spend for it?

[A damn fool]

i wasnyt talking bout the titanim boomstick, i ws the regular one for a 100. And, the titnaum is only 140, but it aint worth the extra 40 bucks. If u cnat hold the weight of the original, and need the titanium, then u shluldnt be playing paintball, u know? All the titanium does is make it lighter, but the regular boomstick, is definetly worth it

[Brazen]

the titanium part of the barrel is cut differently, but i think it looks ***.

[Richy_C]

a tad off topic but i just took my gun to my copaintball pro shop and it is now semi tricked, i have a very nice on off on my sweet drop forward, i'll get a pic up *** soon as i can. my bolt had no "foamie" i heard this piece is important, can i play tomarrow w/o one?

[Crisis]

I think any barrels price can be justified, but i notice everyone, excluding one major detail about things...

ANY BARREL can be a P O S .. mainly by using the wrong paint.. Find a GOOD paintball.. then build a gun around it.. you'll like what happens.

So far I've shot Kick'n Premium, and Kick'n Premium plus. with a boomie, out of my spyder... damn good paint.. cheaper too

[TLplus84]

Crisis makes a good point. YOu can buy a 160 dollar Tye Dye, but if you get the wrong paint/bore match, you'll be shooting worse than that newbie that brought in his stock spyder.

[Crisis]

I posted that exactly for the reason.. If you have even a stock spyder barrel.. the correct paint will make a noticeable difference.. SO far. i'm noticing something excelently remarkable...

Kick'n Paintballs
http://www.springfieldpaintball.com/

those puppies work real well in almost ANY barrel, stock or not..

[Andrew]

Buying an $140 dollar titanium dye and is like buying a pair of $140 nike shoes!

Its just a plain ripoff...

[july_favre]

I had a dye boomstick and it wasnt anything special. My 8" shorty shot just as accurate. The only time Ive had a problem withh accuracy is with the wrong size or crappy paint of course. I sold my boomer and now I have the cp pro barrel which is just as good.

[MuckRaker]

Originally posted by Andrew
Buying an $140 dollar titanium dye and is like buying a pair of $140 nike shoes!

Its just a plain ripoff...

All Hail the Voice or Reason ... I just can't justify sinking that much money into a barrel when my 11 inch Piranah Stock Barrel shoots just as far and just as accurate. :p

If anything, it is a phallic symbol, but unfortunately, the bigger the barrel does not equal more accuracy. A 12 inch barrel is just as accurate as a 16 inch barrel, and those guys walking around with 18 and 20 inch barrels ... well, let's just say they may be lacking elsewhere. :eek:

No Offense anyone.

[TLplus84]

LOL they feel uhm...shorter? so tehy make up by getting the extensivly large barrel :D

[Crisis]

Don't know about all that noise... hmm maybe thats why i
ve ditched the longies, and started using 8" and 10" barrels.

[antiramie]

I just bought a 12" barrel to match the other one.

[SEAL-6]

Has anyone used a Lapco Bigshot Aluminum 12"? Will PMI Premium give a good Paint/bore match with this barrel?

[Paintball Monkey]

Wanna see expensive? Look at the Freak system... Not to mention the insert tubes a r3e super thin 4" aluminum tubes... good system but don't kill me with the $240 price tag.

[TrOy]

$180 for a barrel??????? A fool and his money....LOL
12-14" is the best size for a barrel then you have to match the paint to it! The gun I use now can only shoot RPS 68 cal. (The barrel is part of the gun) and with todays "big balls" it is rough to play sometimes! But give me the right paint....
Paintball is now beginning to be a lot like golf... ya gotta match the paint to the balls to the kind of "field" you are playing.. How I long for the old days!LOL Nelsot V.S. PGP! LOL

[MuckRaker]

I know everyone has their favorite barrel that they swear by, But I'm beginning to wonder if there is any noticeable difference in accuracy, range, velocity from one barrel to the next. I mean, is a $100 Broomstick any better than a $50 Custom Products?

I'm sure some of y'all are gonna gun me down on this one, but that's OK ... Cause I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, darn it, People Like Me. :eek:

[Richy_C]

Muck you've got to be one of the cooler guys i've ever talked to

[PB ninja]

I'm sorry muck (I hate to poke fun at a typo) but anyone who pays 100$ for a broomstick really is a fool:D. Well unless it's a really nice broom j/k;). In all seriousness though, I think that the only thing that seems to be universal is that any new barrel is better than stock. In the end you don't just pay for manufacturing you pay for the name (and that matters to some people). I predict that barrel prices will fall in the near future because the demand is definently there, and if the price doesn't drop Manufacturers will miss out on a big chunk of the market.

[MuckRaker]

Originally posted by PB ninja
I'm sorry muck (I hate to poke fun at a typo) but anyone who pays 100$ for a broomstick really is a fool:D. Well unless it's a really nice broom j/k;). In all seriousness though, I think that the only thing that seems to be universal is that any new barrel is better than stock. In the end you don't just pay for manufacturing you pay for the name (and that matters to some people). I predict that barrel prices will fall in the near future because the demand is definently there, and if the price doesn't drop Manufacturers will miss out on a big chunk of the market.

make fun all you want ... I got thick skin. Unfortunatly, as long as demand stays high, so will prices. Maybe if we all stop buying equipment, then the manufacturers will drop the prices to get us back. Something to thing about anyway.

[Richy_C]

is thick skin all? what about thick in the hea------ hmmm no

[MuckRaker]

yeah, there too ... and other places I don't feel comfortable talking about in public. :eek:

[Richy_C]

LOL!

[polarbear]

Originally posted by PB ninja

I think that the only thing that seems to be universal is that any new barrel is better than stock.



Shocker comes stock with an All American barrel. I'll take that over almost any of the after market barrels. Maybe its the exception that proves the rule. :)

[antiramie]

Anyone who spends over $75 for a barrel is getting ripped off. "I pity the foo." There is NO or MINIMAL difference between a $40-50 J&J or Bigshot and a Boomstick or All American Barrel. Argue all you want...but you're wrong! What is the point of spending $50-100 more for a barrel that is 2 micrometers more accurate than a cheaper barrel? Go figure, you guys must not know what "conservative spending" is. :-O

[PB ninja]

Yeah, and like that micrometer of accuracy matters if you are a high rof type player and you sling balls like mad. I wouldn't call people who pay the extra money for a boomstick or the freak system or whatever fools, they are just human. Or more precisely human males, guys seem to get nutty over the smallest increase in performance no matter if they're into cars or skydiving, or paintball;). I guess after winning a really intense battle it feels good to say "damn I sure am glad I got that boomstick or I'd be dead right now".

[Richy_C]

***** envy and whosiswhatsisisthebestset sounds like to me

[MuckRaker]

Originally posted by polarbear
Originally posted by PB ninja

I think that the only thing that seems to be universal is that any new barrel is better than stock.

And I don't get that. It seems like marker manufacturers would be able to include a decent barrel, even as an inexpensive upgrade item. Think of how POd all those recreational marksmen would feel if they laid out $$$$ for a new rifle or shotgun, and it came with a crappy barrel. The gun industry would be turned on its ear.

[blades of ice]

i was going to buy a lapco bigshot but my dealer gave me an offer i couldent refuse $45 for a 32 degrees carbon fiber 14 brand new oh yeah i would pay a lot more for the quality its amazing its light and (drool) its perfect