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Old June 18th, 11:04 AM   #7 (permalink)
PaintballRemix
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The Freak Kit is an ok barrel system however, The inserts are not very well polished and bend easily. They are often inconsistant with their supposed sizes. Also the insert aren't held in place that securly and the barrel has horrible gas efficiency due to heavy porting. Rating. I tested probably 30 kits. The bore sizes were (as with almost all the freak kits i've tested) +\- .002 to .003 difference from what they stated. I never used my .679 but it was -.002 and my .682 was +.002 off, that made for a .007 gap, which in perfect paint to barrel matching it is a huge gap. Also the .689 was +.001 and the .691 was -.001 which made BOTH inserts .690. ALOT of the freaks i tested were similar to this, the .007 gap was an extreme and found it on only a couple but there were more gaps that were .004 and also alot where the bore sizes were no different between 2 different sizes. The Teardrop i have is +.002 off, so is my AA as well.

Personally i would go with the CP kit myself. Aluminum fronts and backs equal Light weight, comparable to being as light as the dye ultralights. The aluminum is of top great. Control bores so no inserts to mess with. Fronts and backs fit properly. Some systems seem to have problems with this, however CP's threading aligns perfectly.

Well polished internals and clean easily when breaks occur by shooting. I average 3 shots before my accuracy kicks back in and about 5 shots before its clean. The porting is light, and very efficient. On my angel ir3 I get over 200 shots more per tank than I do with a dye barrel, and over 175 more per tank than a freak kit. Similar results with CP vs Dye on a BKO, with the BKO getting about 200 more shots per tank with the CP than with the Dye or SP Barrels. Using a micrometer and a jewler's caliper (use to measure gemstone sizes, and heads for holding stones), I measured the bore sizing. Very consistant to what is stamped. Both the micrometer and jewler's caliper are accurate up to .000000001. The CP barrels bores were accurate withing .0003 of their stamped bores, except the .696 which was .0006. Best overall barrel system I've tested to date.

This is the most efficient kit I've found. It combines all assets.. light weight.. efficient.. accurate bores.. as well as good looks into 1 kit. It also comes in multiple tip colors, multiple back colors, as well as polished and satin finishes.
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