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View Poll Results: What barrel length is best?
8" 25 3.70%
10" 63 9.33%
12" 235 34.81%
14" 270 40.00%
16" 51 7.56%
18" 31 4.59%
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Old 08-22-2006, 11:24 PM
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Re: What length barrel is best?

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You and that Palmer's Brass, man.

Pretty soon, it's going to be a marker made of brass. At least... that's the plan anyways.

Seriously, First shot of the day, I gogged my friend through a 1" slat in a wooden bunker from around 60'. It was crazy. At first, he thought that it was just splatter, but he called himself out and after checking the bunker, there was no paint anywhere on it. That's how freaking amazing this think is!
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Re: What length barrel is best?

I just want to know where the option for me to pick a 6 inch barrel, or even the little 3 inch one I've seen for sale.
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Old 09-01-2006, 08:03 PM
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Re: What length barrel is best?

Best way to get a 3" barrel is to make your own. Take a saws-all or a hack saw of some kind and cut down your stock barrel to the desired length, then take a file and file the edges until they are nice and slick and your set. Real easy and cheap to do.

It will look something like this:

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Re: What length barrel is best?

If you play woodsball I'd go with a 8"-10" and if you play airball I'd go with a 12" for front or mid positions and 14" for back position
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Re: What length barrel is best?

I voted for 16", but that's because I am going to be buying a 16" once I get the bullpup mod for my A-5. That will leave only 6" of visable barrel. I want to add some sort of shroud to handle a grenade launcher, so I need the extra 6" For a regular setup, I would go with 12" or 14".
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Re: What length barrel is best?

Is there any reason not to go for a 16"? I just think the 16" ones look cooler but wouldn't buy one if it will hurt my performance. Im not too worried about air usage, just accuracy mainly.
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Re: What length barrel is best?

A 16" barrel makes your marker more bulky which isn't good in heavy woods. You can get snagged on things a lot easier. I'm not sure I buy into 16" giving you more range or accuracy, but I don't think it hurts any as far as performance goes.



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Re: What length barrel is best?

I agree with Ddraiglais, while a 16" won't help performance at all, you may like it to use to push the bunker to the side in speedball or to stick the end of the barrel through the brush.

Just remember, the longer the barrel, the easier it is going to be for you to move the tip off target.
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Re: What length barrel is best?

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I voted for 16", but that's because I am going to be buying a 16" once I get the bullpup mod for my A-5. That will leave only 6" of visable barrel. I want to add some sort of shroud to handle a grenade launcher, so I need the extra 6" For a regular setup, I would go with 12" or 14".


Which bullpup mod?
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Re: What length barrel is best?

well, whatever barrel length works well with you is what's best
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