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Originally Posted by MVPninja
10" barrel to a 14" barrel is a difference in accuracy but anything over 14" is a waiste and the extra inches will jsut get in the way.
*Edit:* And yes paintballs do freeze, they hurt liek hell, not a good idea to pull them out of the freezer before you go play...
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1) Length and accuracy have no corresponding relationship. There have been formal (Tom Kay of AGD) and informal studies (Tyger and Webdog, MANN's Barrel test, etc.) that all have shows that barrel length does NOT effect gas efficiency or accuracy. You can shoot just as accurately (and as far) with an 8" barrel as you can with a 21" thunder pig.
2) If there is a gas efficiency issue, the measurable force needed to propel a paintball through a 12" barrel compared to that of a 16" barrel is statistically insignificant.
3) For the last time -- PAINTBALLS DO NOT ****ING FREEZE!!! Most paintball fills are incapable of freezing due to their chemical formulation. Some contain agents that will indeed make the fill more viscous at lower temperature, but they will not freeze solid like a block of ice in your standard household freezer. What WILL happen is that the shells will become brittle, deformed, dimpled, swollen, and basically unusable. You will most likely have these 'frozen' paintballs break in your hopper, marker, barrel, etc, rather then your opponent.
so.. in response to these statements...
I would have to say....
