These awesome two-piece barrels combine the best of both worlds. A Teardrop front section and All American back make an extremely long ranging and accurate tournament barrel.
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The Smart Parts Big Daddy Barrel is older, so while it may be available used and in a few cases new, it is not commonly available anymore.
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An 02' Rebel Vtl
32degrees 6 stage expantion chamber with steel hose.
A 12 inch Big Daddy.
Recommended Paintballs:
Strengths:
This is a great product. I'll try to lay out the reasons.
1) (not all that important) the black one lookse GREAT on my black marker.
2) The accuracy of this barrel is just amazing! I have actually had balls land in the center of where my last balls splatter.
3)The distance is a better, but is lost in the greatness of the acuracy.
4) The price! If you look around, and dont get suckered into a bad deal, This barrel is very cheap for a barrel of its quality.
5) everything not noted above, this barrel is an amazing thing.
Weaknesses:
Nothing really. I broke a ball in it, and it was curving wildly, but thats to be expected. I just ran a squege through it, and it was good as new.
Conclusion:
BUY IT! Buy it now! This barrel is what god intended when he created paintball, and is something to see when used correctly on the field, in either woodsball or speedball.
BRASS EAGLE RAPTOR (oh god what was i thinking)tippmann 98 with 18" DYE boomstick, stock barrel, J&J 14" ceramic and lots of others while testing peoples guns
Marker Setup:
tippmann pro/carbine with 18' Smart Parts Big Daddy, double finger trigger & frame, expansion chamber, and DYE sticky grips
Recommended Paintballs:
Diablos work stupendously
Strengths:
*EXTREMELY good range, shoots farther than any gun ive ever played against (chronoed under 285)
*extremely accurate from close and far, but that also depends on the paint, I use Diablos.
*lookd great in my oppinion
Weaknesses:
its pretty big because i got the 18" one, so it might be a good idea to get a 12" barrel for close quarters battles.
$110 is expensive for a barrel.
pretty much nothin else
Conclusion:
this is the best barrel ive ever used, to me its worth the $110 that i payed for it.
Its really big, but the accuracy and silence makes up for that and then some. works good with diablos, but zaps dont work very good they curve alot.
Smart Parts All American (old school, one piece), Lapco Autospirit, Dye SS, and stock barrels of course.
Marker Setup:
This is for my wife's marker. Here's the setup...
Spyder Shutter - Blue
Smart Parts 12" Big Daddy (silver)
Kingman Sprint frame
Revy hopper
Recommended Paintballs:
RPS brands work well. Tho some will tend to have a lose fit in the barrel. I'd reccomend any RPS as well as most Diablo save for the smaller diamiter (i.e. Inferno)
Strengths:
Very accurate. And coming from me, a die hard Lapco fan, this is saying something. My marker is a mostly stock, low pressure '01 'cocker. All I shoot are Marbs or JT Maxums. With the same paint, my wife's Shutter and this barrel, running Co2 WITHOUT a regulator (c'mon, I don't count the stock Shutter reg as a real reg), has only slightly less range and slightly less accuracy (i.e. at my practice range, I can hit big coffie cans about 170' away, her marker is landing the balls all around the can within a half foot or so). That's VERY respectable!
Weaknesses:
My wife doesn't always play on my team and I have to face this barrel now and then!
Seriously tho, the only real problem I have with this product is the fact that...
1. No matter what color you get it in, half the barrel is black.
2. It's a bit expensive
3. like all other two part barrels with ports, you pay for a given length of barrel (say, 16") and in reality, only get half that length as the barrel, that gets the ball up to speed (8" in the example), and the other half is a big muzzle break (i.e. the ball stops touching the barrel after the black part and is now in free flight while it goes through the ports!!!)
This annoys me to no end and is what keeps the Lapco on my 'cocker and the All American in my bag as backup.
Conclusion:
VERY good barrel! Despite my not liking the two piece or heavy ported barrels of it's genre, I must say it is a winner! Use any medium bore paint, tho RPS works well enough in the example I have, it's close so, you might get too lose a fit with RPS. I would reccomend this barrel to anyone who could afford to buy it and for some reason doesn't like Lapco barrels *grin*
Everything about the barrel. It is very acurate shots alot farther than the stock and is really easy to clean.
Weaknesses:
Nothing yet
Conclusion:
This barrel is awesome go out and buy it. it's $64 it comes in a 12in. 14in. and a 16in. length the bore size is .689. It is really one of the best barrels you'll find on the market today. They also have cool colors on it. So if you have a tippman 98 custom or just a 98 and are looking for a good barrel then go out and buy the Big Daddy barrel from Smart Parts because it is really an awsome barrel that kicks butt. I got people out when they were 150 ft. away when my stock barrel would only reach 50 ft. with no arc.
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 1:51 am PST
Terminator (it really sucks, don't waste yer time with cheap crap, buy a big daddy.) stock (sux. duh.)
Marker Setup:
Tippmann 98 custom, 20 oz. co2, 16 in. big daddy
Recommended Paintballs:
Marbalizers or good rps.
Strengths:
This thing rocks!! I shot it across an open field and it flies perfectly straight until it drops. It really does have range, at least over the tippmann stock, and it is not that hard to clean. Looks tight on my silver tippmann!! doesn't break paint much either, I break about one in 600.
Weaknesses:
It doesn't quiet down my tippmann much, but tippmanns are really loud anyway- this is not really a factor. Don't order it from first call, they took four weeks to ship mine.
Conclusion:
I love it!! If ya don't got the money, save up and buy it anyway. This thing ROCKS!!
Model 98 Custom, AA Teardrop (Big daddy), expansion chamber, 20 oz co2
Recommended Paintballs:
Marbalizers. ANY PAINT THAT MATCHES THE BORE SIZE, that is made by a trusted, and good brand like RPS, etc..
Strengths:
It Adds Range, Just a little under the flatline, but way more accurate than anything ive shot yet. Better than all ammerican (AA), better than flatline (more accurate), Better than Terminator (that just doesnt compare) and Better than an Armson Stealth. Im telling you it is better than them, take my word. NOT HARD TO CLEAN, put some water on it and squeegie. very very very accurate, quiet to an extreme, and some real good range.
Weaknesses:
Scratches a bit, but that doesnt affect the performance, and not to noticable. IT barrely is scratched.
Conclusion:
Buy this Barrel over any other, it adds a lot of range, and is really quiet. You can hit people from 150 ft! BUY IT for $60 BUCKS! Telling you, you want the best barrel you want this. I say the only thing that would beat this is the barrel systems like the freak and multiple switch. If you wanna make the best upgrade on ur model 98 buy this first, then go into springs, triggers, loaders, expansion chambers, etc.
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 5:08 am PST
I have a green Spyder Xtra with Revy, 16in all american teardrop barrel from smartparts, 9inch drop forward which balances the gun nicely, and a trigger job.
Recommended Paintballs:
I have used alot of paintball with thios barrel. It realy doesn't make a diffreence as long as you don't use brass eagle. I recomend BIG BALL with this barrel because the bore matches well and big ball is a good paint.
Strengths:
Everything. It's quiet, accurate, durable, and deasantly easy to clean. You can shoot people from extremely long range with this barrel. I recomend it in 16in becasue it is much quieter and increases the range. I am a back to mid range player so I have it longer. This has almost the distance of the flat line barrel escept they make it for all guns. I would definanntly get it.
Weaknesses:
Well it's a little pricy around the $110-$100 range. But it you want great quality it's gonna cost you. Some say it's not worth it but I beleive it is. It's also a little dificult to lean but not realy that bad.
Conclusion:
Buy it . Right now! Go Hurry. Get in the car. Drive to the proshop. Buy it . Get on the computer. Order it. If you don't have a computer I don't know how ur reading this. Hussle up. Go get it. Faster. Your not moving. Go
It is great! It's made my gun much quieter and has improved accuracy greatly! Distance is also awesome. I let one of my friends borrow my gun to play another friend. One of my friends was behind a tree down on the side of a bank. He thought that my barrel couldn't reach him and he tried to make a move. My buddy with my gun politely put three rounds on his chest. That'll teach him to respect my spyder. Anything with this barrel on it should be respected. Also I've shot almost a full case through it and ONLY 1 break.
Weaknesses:
NOTHING AT ALL IT ISN"T HARD TO CLEAN
Conclusion:
Great barrel! 64 bucks WELL WORTH IT! Smart parts makes great stuff a TEARDROP is a good barrel too!
Rating:
10 out of 10
Last edited on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 at 5:14 am PST
Taso Powerballs-Shoot straight and break on target
good match for big daddy
Strengths:
Extremly accurate. When I switched from the stock barrel the difference was amazing!! My game improved exponentially!!
Not hard to clean
No ball breaks in it to date.
Quites the gun down a lot.
Looks intimidating to other players
Weaknesses:
Havent found any drawl backs yet.
Conclusion:
Great product!! I was worried about cleaning the porting, but it was not bad to clean. I cant compare it to other barrels, but i can say that this one is close to perfect for me so i cant imagine another barrel being any better! I hit opponents on my first shot instead of lobbing tens of rounds at them to score a hit. It really changed the way other players thought of me. I am actually geting feared at my field. Thank you Big Daddy!!
Accurate, quiet, and very cool looking... especially the longer variety
Weaknesses:
Expensive and getting harder to find
Conclusion:
Very accurate and extremely quiet. Best barrel I've ever used. I simply never break a ball in this barrel. Try to get 14" or 16". Anything longer slows down the ball, and anything shorter gets a little loud. A little expensive but worth it. But beware of cheap prices on the internet... its a crapshoot. My friend got the wrong color and size when buying from the online store mentioned in other reviews. If you can buy this barrel and know for sure what your getting, its nearly worth its full retail price.
