| Many people believe that paintball sniper barrels don't | | | | their own. You'll be lucky to hit the same place twice. |
| actually work. Well at one time they were right. Due to | | | | So a plain tube or standard rifling doesn't work, so |
| advancements in paintball equipment you can have a | | | | what do you do? Well getting a better grade of |
| paintball sniper marker that really does work. Here is | | | | paintball can help, but first lets talk about a barrel. There |
| what you need to know. | | | | are now barrels that are rifled in a special way, |
| First, not all sniper barrels are the same. In the past you | | | | straight. The straight grooves reduce the friction and |
| could get a longer barrel, but it was basically just a | | | | keep the ball from spinning. This special rifling improves |
| longer tube. Paintballs can be finicky things. Shooting a | | | | the accuracy making snipering a reality. |
| standard paintball through a long barrel can cause | | | | OK, now lets talk paintballs. You can buy top grade |
| uneven friction on the sides of the ball making it leave | | | | paintballs and use them with your new paintball sniper |
| the barrel like a knuckle ball. Essentially this can cause | | | | barrel for best performance. There is now a yet little |
| the paintball to curve, weave, spiral or otherwise fly | | | | known paintball that will probably revolutionize paintball, |
| way off target. Add the fact that you are most likely | | | | and snipering. It's the Golf Paintball. This paintball is wax. |
| shooting a long distance and the problem is | | | | A special wax that will maintain its shape in hot, cold, |
| exaggerated. | | | | rain, snow and high humidity. Not only that, it's filled with |
| Rifle barrels have grooves running the length of the | | | | powder. The powder doesn't shift and is better |
| barrel that slightly twist. This gives spin to the bullet and | | | | balanced. These paintballs are dimpled like a golf ball. |
| greatly improves accuracy. This is called rifling. A rifled | | | | This helps it fly farther and straighter. What you get is |
| barrel works great with bullets because they a heave | | | | an all weather paintball that doesn't deform and get |
| and very uniform in both roundness and balance. Shoot | | | | soft and flies far and straight. If you are serious about |
| a paintball through a rifled barrel and it doesn't work! | | | | being a paintball sniper, you have to have these |
| Paintballs are inherently unbalanced and do not have or | | | | paintballs. |
| maintain a round shape. Spinning the out of a rifled | | | | So, what we learned is, the right barrel and the right |
| barrel just makes them act like they have a mind of | | | | paintball equals a real paintball sniper. |