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Article #441: How To Match the Right Sized Paintballs To Your Paintball Barrel

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If you have one or two paintball barrels, To have better efficiency and accuracy,
and several options of paint it is a good you'll need to find a brand of paint that
idea to match the paint to your paintball fits well in your barrel. To find just
barrel to see which brand of paint will the right fit of paintball to your
fit better. paintball barrel take a paintball and set
Having the right size of paintballs to on the opening of your barrel (make sure
use with your barrel is important. For it's the end that screws into your gun).
one, you'll have better accuracy, and for If the paintball rolls all the way
two you're paintball gun will be more through, it's too small. If it sits on
efficient. top without going in at least halfway,
Paintballs are said to be .68 caliber, it's too big. The ideal fit is to have
but no one is perfect. Paintballs, the paintball sit halfway into the
depending on the brand, temperature, and barrel. While the paintball is in the
other factors, tend to vary slightly in barrel blow air into it like you would a
size. Some may be .689, some may be blow gun. The paintball should fly out
.681, and some may be anywhere in of the barrel like a dart. If you can't
between. This little difference in size blow it out, it's too big. It shouldn't
can have a large impact on your accuracy take too much air to blow it out.
and efficiency. Having too big of paint If no paintball fits, it's a good idea to
for your barrel may cause more breaks. have a few paintball barrels that each
Too small of paint for your barrel may have different bore sizes. Something
cause a drop in accuracy, and use up more like the Freak Kit or any other kit that
air to push the paintball out of the comes with different size barrel inserts
barrel. It takes more air to push the can be nice to have, as it helps you
paintball out because their will be air always to find the right fit for the
escaping around the paintball when the paintballs you are shooting.
gun is shot. The gap between a paintball With the right paintball and barrel match
that is smaller than the barrel it is you will have better accuracy, and better
inside of will let some air escape by it. efficiency. You'll be shooting
This means you would have to increase straighter as well as getting more shots
your velocity, and use more air. out of your paintball tank.






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