The Progressive barrels are available in lengths (12/14/16/20") and are available for most paintguns. They come in black, blue, red , silver & green.
Product Availability
The Smart Parts Progressive 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.
spyder victor 2 marker
smart parts barrel
cheap hopper
Recommended Paintballs:
any x-ball paintballs are great, spank, and dusk
Strengths:
Good price, Many different lengths and good accuracy.
Weaknesses:
None so far
Review:
this is a great barrel for any one with a junky stock barrel and does not want to spend much. it has pritty good accuracy and i only broke about 15 balls in it and they were junky balls any way. But I would definetly reccommend X-BALL paintballs with it because they dont break.
Conclusion:
I reccomend this barrel because it is not to expensive it looks great and works great.
JUNKY STOCK BARREL ON LOW PRICED GUNS AER NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!
Stock ion barrel- As good
Ultra light- OMG
Freak- OMG
Pepperstick- Pretty stick
Marker Setup:
Ion, FBM trigger, CP reg, Halo B.
Recommended Paintballs:
Large bore
Strengths:
Accurate
Cheap
Weaknesses:
Not as accurate as Freak and such
Review:
I think its a great barrel for spyders and tippmanns. Its a got great accuracy for a great price. Its only about 40$ canadian, and its makes a world of difference in your game.
For people with budgets and spyders, its imo the best barrel to get.
It wasn't too heavy or loud, its accuracy was great, but it wasn't shooting "ropes." When I tested the proggressive in my back yard at about 50 feet the spread was about 4-5 inches on a spyder pilot.
Conclusion:
I reccomend this for people with spyders and tippmann, purely because more expensive guns (ion, wrath, prmaster) barrels are almost as good as the proggressive. Thus it isn't worth the small upgrade. I'm giving it a nine because its does what its meant to do, be cheap but be good.
spyder pilot acs 05
Halo B
progressive barrel
Pure energy 3000 psi tank
dye stickies
Trinitt q lock feedneck
Recommended Paintballs:
premiums seem to treat it well
Strengths:
Accurate
Smooth
Scares noobs
Light
Looks sweet
Weaknesses:
Portings annoying to clean but thats okay
Review:
well i've been playing with the barrel for about 3-4 months now and alll I can say is it;s great. It has very nice accuracy now im not saying its an evil pipe or anything but it is very accurate. Ive had a few barrel breaks no biggie tho after 3-5 shoots it's clean. The barrel changed my guns noise from a boom boom to a blip blip. All in all if your looking for a barrel that can get you the shots u need choose progressive.
Conclusion:
Great barrel if you need to get those shots
Rating:
9 out of 10
Last edited on Sunday, November 26th, 2006 at 2:58 pm PST
Pmi razzor stock spyder and vexor barrels freak junior
Marker Setup:
xtra revy 16 in progressive barrel
Recommended Paintballs:
ANARCHY and rps
Strengths:
ACCURATE quiet light cheap ($35)
Weaknesses:
None
Review:
This barrel the best i have ever used its more accurate then my friends freak junior. when you are using the anarchy paint it is so accurrate its almost dead on every time and it realy reduces the noise. I have gotten so many more eliminations because of this barrel.
Spyder Sonix Pro
12oz. Spyder CO2 tank
14" Smart Parts Progressive barrel
12v Viewloader Revolution with X-board
Recommended Paintballs:
Find one that fits it.
Strengths:
Looks really.
Weaknesses:
Hard to clean, SP quality control, barrel is not .689 like it should be.
Review:
I picked this barrel up for $50. This is a review for the 14" Spyder barrel.
Ok I'm editing this review now. Well my friends got some Progressive barrels and I noticed "Hey their barrels are more accurate and they all shoot mech Spyder's and Tippmann's, relatively stock like my Spyder. I then find out that no paintballs would fit into it. I asked my friend to let me use his Progressive barrel. My Heat paintballs fit into it perfectly. I then picked up my barrel and put the same paintball in. Nope rolled right out.
Conclusion:
SP quality control sucks. Get something better like a J&J 14" Ceramic or CP 1-piece. I knew I shouldn't have been so impatient and bought the first barrel I saw.
Rating:
3 out of 10
Last edited on Sunday, December 24th, 2006 at 7:04 am PST
Spyder imagine 04
12v revy with x board
shocktech feedneck
customparts flame sypder drop
smartparts progressive barrel 14'
Pure Air Nitro
Recommended Paintballs:
RPS Premium
RPS Marbalizer
Game Face Scorch
Strengths:
Cheap
Accurate
Quiet
Cool looking
Weaknesses:
Nothing really
Review:
I got this barrel last year and went to PB ATL the next day. I noticed I could basically shoot out anybody that I saw on the field sticking out. I could also stay out of range from the 1000 Indian noobs their and own them all. It was definatly worth the $35 I paid for it.
All i ever had was a stock marauder barrel which was very inaccurate loud and heavy
Strengths:
Its very accurate, very light, makes very little noise and never gets scratched
Weaknesses:
Nothing that I can think of
Review:
Well this barrel is a great barrel to start off... it changed my loser little marauder to being a pretty accurate shooting machine, but of course the barrel isnt gonna make the gun shoot straight, cuz of course the gun sucks, but it has changed it so much. This barrel is great. It is very light, very accurate, and is really silent. Also one big thing, I have dropped,nicked it, or hit it on something at least 5 or 6 times and it still doesnt have a single scratch
Conclusion:
I think anyone is looking for a great, accurate barrel they should get this one, its the best thing that ever happened to my gun
-- Smart Parts 14" Progressive Barrel
-- BT Folding Stock
-- BT Adjustable Rail
-- BSA 30mm Red-Dot
-- Shocktech Medium Drop Forward
-- 3 20oz Pure Energy Co2 Tanks
Recommended Paintballs:
I use Cryptic, but whatever you want is fine with this barrel.
Strengths:
See review.
Weaknesses:
See review.
Review:
I purchased this barrel along with my 98 Custom and I haven't stopped using it.
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Rating System (Seen In Conclusion)
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Each " * " is one point added to the rating.
Each " ^ " is one point subtracted from the rating.
The ratings for certain aspects ARE NOT out of any specific number, it's just dictates how much quality is in that area. Adding the " * "'s up then subtract the amount of " ^ "'s from the total amount is how I come to the rating. Confused yet?
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Strengths
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+ Decent price (about $50.00 Canadian).
+ A good amount of porting.
+ Quiet... nice and quiet...
+ Low amount of condensation inside the barrel.
+ Accuracy is pretty good.
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Weaknesses
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- Paint on the barrel can chip if you run into a tree. (I've done it.. lol.) // (-0.0)
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Overall
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As you can see, the strengths obviously outweigh the negatives. The negatives that go along with this barrel aren't even a big deal, and aren't specific to this barrel anyways. Most paint will chip if you run into a tree... I just felt something had to be in the weaknesses section (it seriously isn't a weakness though, just don't run into tree's).
Okay this barrel is a very good barrel to buy
i have it on an a5
shooting off my porch at a telephone pole about 20ft it misses about 1/2 of the time even when i rest the gun on something but at about 100 ft it hits dead on every shot every time
also usually when i try more to concentrate my aim it shoots lower than intended
i have tried to put a site on my gun but can not do so with this barrel because of misses
i play woods ball and it hits where i want it to id say most of the time like 80%-85% of
Conclusion:
I probably wouldnt recommend this barrel because there are better outthere
like for the price i have found for them you can get freaks for just a little more
and for about 75 you can get the flatline so i would say go bigger and better
98 custom w/ response trigger, halo tsa backman loader, 14 in Smart Parts progressive barrel
Recommended Paintballs:
any
Strengths:
Looks good
Low price
Accurate
Weaknesses:
Not real quiet
Review:
I bought this barrel after using the flatline for a while. this was a vast improvement. From thirty feet my paint hit in a tight group, I am yet to break a ball, and it looks good. While it isn't the quietest barrel on the market it isnt any worse than my stock or the flatline.
Conclusion:
I am very pleased with this barrel and would recommend it.
