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Smart Parts Linear Barrels Reviews
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Number of Reviews: |
67 |
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Average Rating: |
9.3 / 10 |
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Manufacturer Website: |
Click here |
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Suggested Retail Price: |
$30 |
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| A straight ported barrel from Smart Parts. |
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| Product Availability | |
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| The Smart Parts Linear Barrels are newer, so they should be commonly available, both new and used. Check out the Places to Buy links below for places to purchase them new. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 54 of 55 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
4 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
PMI Razzor
Odyssey Barrel
SP Freak
SP All American |
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| Marker Setup: |
Gameface Vexor
Empire Reloader 2 (Revy Version)
Odyssey Twist Feedneck
Smart Parts 16" Linear Barrel
20oz Co2 |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Zap Rec Series - Work very good to be on the cheap side of paint.
Super Swirls - Work the best in my opinion. |
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| Strengths: |
Slick
Quiet
Accurate
Nice Bore Size |
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| Weaknesses: |
Doesn't clean barrel as effectively as others.... |
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| Review: |
I was looking around for a new barrel and came across this new Smart Parts barrel. Looks nice and has a nice price tag! $30!
As soon as the barrel came home, I gave it the tests I give to all my paintball equipment.
Smart Parts 16" Linear Barrel
-Super Swirls were used since they had perfect paint/barrel match.
Test #1 (75ft, No wind)
All balls pretty much landed ontop of each other with a spread of about 3-5 inches... not bad!
Test #2 (Barrel Break)
On this test I broke a paintball and smeared it all in the inside of the barrel to see how good it cleans on breaks... Well it's really not the best at that you have to shoot quite a bit to get your accuracy back.
It's not a real easy clean on barrel breaks, but it's nothing to really worry about if you just rec ball. But if you're a tourney player, you might want to look else where. |
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| Conclusion: |
Personally, I really recommend this barrel. It's a good all around barrel that has superb accuracy for he price tag. I give this product a 9. |
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Somm-1 |
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2006 |
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Period of
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| 3 months | 22 of 23 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
SP Progressive 16", Stock Barrels |
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| Marker Setup: |
-Spyder Sonix 06'
-SP Linear 14"
-CO2
-Egg |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Scorch, Big Ball |
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| Strengths: |
-Quiet
-Accurate
-Doesn't break balls very often
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| Weaknesses: |
-Doesn't shoot through breaks very well |
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| Review: |
I love this barrel, it's accurate (I shot a guy that was 100 feet away twice in the mask), quiet (with my sonix) and looks good besides. It takes about 7 shots to clean a break, although it only breaks 1 of like 2000. I have put over 5k through it and only 2 broke. This barrel looks good too, especially on my sonix. From fifty feet away the only sound you will hear is a little popping sound, you can't tell where it's coming from at all. |
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| Conclusion: |
This barrel is a good barrel for little $$$, the good far outways the bad, this barrel and the Ceramic are probably the only two this good for under $50. Try it out. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 at 9:21 am PST |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 20 of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Tippmann A-5 Stock Barrel
Tippmann A-5 Flatline Barrel |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann A-5 (bet you didnt see that one coming)
4-point adjustable stock
Smart Parts 14' Linear Barrel
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Flatline Barrel |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Any paint works. i have been using white box paint so far, looking forward to seeing what this thing can do with good paint. |
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| Strengths: |
Crazy Accurate
Really Cheap Considering Quality |
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| Weaknesses: |
So far, none. no chops, no anything bad. This barrel performs. |
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| Review: |
Alright, here i am with my flatline barrel 30 feet away from this guy who doesn't even know im there so i take my time line up a perfect shot and BANG then i watch as my perfect shot decides it likes a tree off to the left more than its intended target and flies over there....Damn.
the point is, i needed a new barrel so i started shopping around for one. i looked at the progressive for a while but then i noticed this jewel. its 39$ Canadian where i got it and honestly. i would buy this barrel for sixty without hesitation. it is ridiculously accurate and also it is quite quiet. also it looks really sleek on the end of a a-5 w/ stock. |
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| Conclusion: |
It is cheap, great quality, quiet, good looks and everything else you want from a barrel.
if you have 39$ you may just want to go out and get this barrel. |
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| Rating: |
| 10 out of 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 at 4:31 pm PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 12 of 15 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
stock C98 (dont touch it)
SP teardrop 14" |
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| Marker Setup: |
c98
bt rocket cock
double trigger
ricochet ak
trinity drop asa w on/off
co2
crossman red dot
lapco offset sight rail
custom steel t-stock
sp linear 16" |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
its not picky |
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| Strengths: |
Accurate
Quiet
Looks nice
cCheaper than any other barrels |
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| Weaknesses: |
This thing doesnt have any |
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| Review: |
Well this thing is sweet. i picked it up right before i went with my buds one day, and i was surprised at how consistent it was, even with co2. the balls kept landing on top of each other and it made a deadly combo with my c98 and red dot sight. my gun, party because of the rocket cock and partly becasue of the barrel, is now of the most quiet tippys ive seen. so its safe to say the barrel is quiet. also, i go and shoot stuff up at a park nearby with some friends and the barrel never fails to perform. i though my old teardop was really accurate, but the linear surprised me and it keeps impressing me every time i use it. it also looks really sweet. |
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| Conclusion: |
its got it all: accurate, quiet, good looks, and you won't have to dish out 100 bones for it. at a mere $40 (CDN) it's worth getting it for sure. hell, id even buy it for twice that. it shoots as well as any high end barrel and it will serve any type of player really well. go get one now. |
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twokren |
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Thursday, January 19th, 2006 |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 10 of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
98 Custom Pro Stock Barrell |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann 98 Custom Pro
Smart Parts Linear Barrell 16"
Adjustable Car Stock |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Doesn't really matter. Just dont use really crappy paint. |
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| Strengths: |
Shoots Straight
Quiet because it has a lot of holes. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Bad with breaks.
Doesn't clean itself well.
Hard to clean the holes. |
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| Review: |
This is a great barrell. I was out looking for a barrell and I was thinking of a J&J. So i went to my local paintball store and saw this smart parts and gave it a try. I loved it. It shoots straight and it was cheap. I'm talking $30-$35. Its great. |
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| Conclusion: |
If your an amatuer or a novice definitly get this since you need to save cash to buy paint and stuff. Its great it shoots well and straight but you need to be careful of breaking balls. Nothings perfect so i give it a 9 out of 10. |
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| Rating: |
| 9 out of 10 | Last edited on Thursday, January 19th, 2006 at 6:00 pm PST |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 9 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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Similar
Products Used: |
freak barrel |
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| Marker Setup: |
A-5 with rufus dawg wicked venturi bolt/response trigger/pro team carbine 6 position stock/16 inch Smart Parts Linear Barrel |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
EMPIRE RAMP(best paint ever) Proto darts work pretty well too. |
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| Strengths: |
It shoots far and is very accurate. |
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| Weaknesses: |
Chops make the accuracy basically dissapear. |
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| Review: |
This barrel IS FREAKING AWESOME. befor i bought this i had the stock 8.5 inch and then i put this baby on and it shot like three times longer then the stock barrel. I have 5 acres and i shot my gun and i t went accurately about 1.5 acres but went about 2 acres its pretty sweet. |
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| Conclusion: |
I can shoot powerlines with this it is AWESOME. |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Only tested | 8 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
A-5 flatline
A-5 stock
98 flatline
98 stock |
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A-5 with car stock
remote coil
response trigger
smart parts linear 16 inch barrel |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
It's not picky |
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| Strengths: |
light
accurate
shoots far
sleek
quiets a snarling beast like the A-5
cool overall |
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| Weaknesses: |
Broken paint gets trapped in the holes |
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| Review: |
I went down to my local proshop because I had my mind set on a new Apex barrel for my A-5 but when I got there the guy there said that the Apex could be a bother to fine tune. Besides, it was way too expensive for me. He recommended this smart parts 16 inch barrel. I had never heard of it but its cool design intrigued me. The best part was when the guy said this thing went for only 35 bucks! I was sold. I rushed home with my new barrel and went to work unattaching the flatline that was on my A-5 at the time and attaching the new barrel. I had no good paint around the house but managed to find some 3 year old white box lame paint from before I went to my first game. Some of the balls were sun-bleached and deformed but I popped them into my hopper anyway and went outside to test it. Tying a little buoy to a tree I made a makeshift target and stood about 80 feet away. It shot straight as a ruler. Even from a standing position with nothing to rest my gun on it shot dead on. I shot a couple out into the lake and they went so far out there wasn't even a splash. I shot it from the hip and bullseye. Out of the fifty or so old balls I shot only one broke. I was surprised, these balls should be breaking in the gun left and right. It was a little hard to clean the paint out of the barrel holes but it wasn't impossible. The bottomline is this marker is brilliant and for a dirt cheap price. I would have paid double the price for such a accurate barrel. Snipers will love it. I am and I do. Just try to bring a battle swab with you into a game or you may end up having to remove your barrel to clean it. |
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| Conclusion: |
Awesome. accurate, stealthy, really cheap, cool design, quiet, perfect. I can't wait to test it in a game. Even with 3 year old demented paint it will still give you one shot and one kill. |
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Period of
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| Less than a month | 6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock Spyder spiral ported Barrel |
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Spyder Pilot ACS
Richochet Ak
20 oz CO2 / spare 9 oz C02
Smart Parts Linear Barrel |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Any |
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| Strengths: |
Very Accurate
Doesn't Break Balls
Quiet
Cheap
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| Weaknesses: |
Logos Don't line up on my Spyder Pilot ACS |
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| Review: |
Well I went to a paintball park where i never had been before this weekend. Tired of my stock gun i bought a few ups. This barrel was one of them. I played speed ball with my friends i usually shot up 2000 balls in a day just so i could hit whatever i am shooting at. My stock barrel stinks. I used about 300 balls in 3 hours of on field play i would be able to hit the other team as they were setting up on the field while i was running to the bunker of choice. I love this barrel it will improve your game greatly for a minimum amount of doe. There is no doubt where it is going. Oh yeah i was using white box paint. Every ball had a dimple still shot great but a few were uncorrectable. I also had Mosterballs by BRASS EAGLE HA HA HA Cheap woods ball paint!! IT SHOT IT GREAT EVERY SHOT ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER. I usually shoot three shot burst just to make sure i get them but with this ONE SHOT KILL EVERY TIME. VERY CONSTANT. Thanks Smart Parts!! |
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| Conclusion: |
Great low price barrel buy it. Gave it a ten on performace |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| Less than a month | 6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 months |
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Similar
Products Used: |
SP All-American Barrel, Rating: 8.5/10
SP Tear Drop Barrel, Rating: 8/10
Stock Spyder Rodeo Barrel, 5/10 |
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| Marker Setup: |
Spyder Rodeo, Smart Parts 14" Linear Barrel, Shocktech SuperFly Long Bolt, 20oz Co2 tank, Extreme Rage Gravity Hopper. |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
Any paintballs. I use Draxxus Rec-Sports and Stinger paintballs |
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| Strengths: |
Design, and Price |
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| Weaknesses: |
I haven't found any so far. |
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| Review: |
We went paintballing today and the barrel did it's job better than the all-american did. My shots were more accurate suprisingly for spending only 30 some dollars on this barrel, when I spent 65 on the all-american. The barrel didn't get dirty at all during the first game we played. I unloaded one full hopper and a half during the first game, I checked my barrel and it was still clean. Third game comes around and I unloaded about half a hopper, the barrel was still doing it's job. The barrel had a decent amount of residue after 6 games. 2 of those games were scenario play in the woods. and the other 4 were speedball. |
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| Conclusion: |
It's cheap, and it gets the job done. If you're low on cash i'd recommend getting this barrel, don't settle for anything less. |
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| Rating: |
| 9 out of 10 | Last edited on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 9:38 pm PST |
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Period of
Product Use: |
| 3 months | 5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Similar
Products Used: |
Stock barrels |
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| Marker Setup: |
Tippmann Custom Pro Basic (drop forward, double trigger, 11" Werks barrel)
HPA 50 ci Worrgame Tank
Cyclone
RT trigger
16" linear |
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Recommended
Paintballs: |
paint that is matched to bore size would be best
I've been using Draxxus Midnight and have had no problems |
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| Strengths: |
silent
looks
accurate
Price
shoots through breaks |
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| Weaknesses: |
Heavy
paint finish |
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| Review: |
This review is for a 16" black Linear
PROS
Compared to stock barrels, the Linear makes a lot less noise. I play in the woods so this is greatly appreciated when I'm sneaking up on an enemy.
I personally love the look of the barrel. Plus It goes really well with the look of my Custom Pro.
I can routinely (9 times out of 10) hit my friends hopper from 50' away. To his cleaning pleasure of course!
For 30$, you can't go wrong.
Plus I've had a few barrel Breaks: 3-4 in 1000-1300 shots. But it managed to shoot very well through them: the first 3 balls out might swerve a bit but then it's back to normal.
CONS
This barrel is heavy. I know it's a 16", but it still is very heavy. I don't mind, because weight is not a factor for me. But if weight is a factor for you, this is something to consider.
I'm disappointed in the paint finish: it has a purple-ish tint to it that keeps it from meshing perfectly with my marker. Plus it is a bit shiny, could be a disadvantage in the woods. |
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Bottom line: for 30$, you can't go wrong. Is this the best barrel out there? Of course not. But for the price it has great performance. |
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