Mears: That was Ronin's barrel test, I talked with him frequently through newsgroups and email up untill he quit paintball 2 years ago. You made a mistake in your interpretation of the tests results, and of my post. I said <<No barrel will ever give you more range than another barrel. Rifling or Spiral Porting will not improve accuracy, and in some cases can completely ruin it.>>
Yes, different barrels will give you different accuracy, but it is not a result of porting or rifling. Up untill the Flatline barrel for the M98, no barrel shot a different distance than another either. Simple physics distance = velocity * time. The flaw in your test is that you did not re-chrono for each barrel. You accidently made a 2 variable test.
THELAIR: Those TS1's are amazing guns. They got renamed AT85's when tagline bought the design. They also got slightly re-enginered, so they are much more reliable now. I know a group of guys named the TSOOG (TS One Owners Group). They go to the michigan monster game every year and scare the crap out of people by firing over a dozen of them at once.
Skoob: True, they can be too much money to be worth it to some people, but keep in mind that you can get some 57ci tanks for about $100 now.
abra: <<just thoguht i'd make it clear that i am responsible when i play>>
Now you're just plain lying. I just showed you how your attempt to be safe by turning your adjuster to a certian point will not solve the problem. And your little test on ONE mask with ONE set of lenses is obvious proof that it must be ok for all lenses <sarc>.
Everyone Else: I hope none of you take the abracadabra issue as an indication of paintball in general. Any profesional field chrono's at least once a day, and has refs that could EASILY spot a gun shooting that hot. I've got friends that can shoot thier hand with a blank burst of air, and tell you within 10fps how fast the gun is shooting. (One of them can tell you what brand of paint a ball is by the taste too )
Abracadabra would be lucky to esacpe any real field without a beating.
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