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Barrels, huh...

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Posted by Pat "H-to-O" Clough on July 18, 2002 at 18:14:46:

In Reply to: Re: Not Necessarily (detailed). . . posted by EZ_Target on July 18, 2002 at 14:32:32:

: Even though I have only shot a phantom, and never actually used one in game, I believe that the reason why the Phantom is so accurate may just be the barrel design. It may actually allow for minimum friction with the paintball, and if you are using not-quite-round paint, you are definately going to want as little friction as possible, since it could upset the trajectory of a paintball. Which means that if the Phantom's barrel has almost no friction (Impossible to have ABSOLUTELEY NO friction, to do that you need a lack of matter period.) It would in fact be very accurate.

If it were just the barrel, wouldn't boomsticks or other high-quality barrels make things just as accurate, if not a little more so? I'm just trying to figure out where the Phantom got its "super accurate" reputation if that isn't really true. Has anyone measured the tightness of shot groupings at X number of yards or something like that?

Pat

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Not really possible...too many variables (long) Chad K. 12:26:45 07/19/02 (5)
- Wow. Thanks for all the info! Pat "H-to-O" Clough
  16:29:12 07/21/02 (0)
- Like I said 5 post before :) N/T Firewind 14:31:12 07/19/02 (2)
  - Sorry if I was preaching to the choir :) NT Chad K. 15:30:00 07/19/02 (1)
    - Actually, I liked the way you said it better :)N/T Firewind
      19:05:27 07/19/02 (0)
- Well said! (NT) EZ_Target
  12:44:00 07/19/02 (0)
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00:51:29 07/19/02 (0)

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: : Even though I have only shot a phantom, and never actually used one in game, I believe that the reason why the Phantom is so accurate may just be the barrel design. It may actually allow for minimum friction with the paintball, and if you are using not-quite-round paint, you are definately going to want as little friction as possible, since it could upset the trajectory of a paintball. Which means that if the Phantom's barrel has almost no friction (Impossible to have ABSOLUTELEY NO friction, to do that you need a lack of matter period.) It would in fact be very accurate. : If it were just the barrel, wouldn't boomsticks or other high-quality barrels make things just as accurate, if not a little more so? I'm just trying to figure out where the Phantom got its "super accurate" reputation if that isn't really true. Has anyone measured the tightness of shot groupings at X number of yards or something like that? : Pat

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