From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Lapco Autospirit Aluminum Barrel

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This is not a barrel I’m too familiar with, but people often refer to it as the most gas efficient and accurate 12″ barrels available. I can agree with that since the Lapco Autospirit isn’t heavily ported like the Dye or Smart Parts. This allows you to run a lower pressure while maintaining the same [...]

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JT One Piece Barrel

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After the 2 Piece, here’s the review for the JT One Piece barrel. Just like with the 2 Piece I’ll review the thing, but won’t really recommend it to you since you can get something far better for the same price. This is one OK barrel and I can’t say anything better than that. As [...]

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JT 2 Piece Barrels

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The JT 2 Piece barrel is another good one out there, but certainly not my favorite. Yes, the thing has its advantages, but for the price it’s going you can absolutely find something better. Starting with the fact that it’s a two piece – you can change backs and fronts and get pretty much every [...]

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J&J Performance Full Tilt Two Piece Barrels

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If the only setback for you to get the J&J Full Tilt barrel was that it’s one piece, here’s your solution. With the Full Tilt Two Piece you can chance lengths easily and it performs just as good as the Full Tilt. It shoots accurate and consistent, it’s very quiet and durable and it looks [...]

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J&J Performance Full Tilt Ceramic

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Yet another great barrel from the J&J Performance. I know it’s confusing when there are so many good barrels out there, but I can’t call the black white and give it a bad review when it is just awesome. So you just have to go with your personal preference and get the one that you [...]

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J&J Performance Edge Elite Barrel Kit

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The Edge Elite barrel kit makes the choice of barrel even more difficult. Every barrel kit I’ve reviewed till now is worth getting and this one doesn’t make a difference. You get 8 pieces that practically cover everything you need from a barrel. The performance of this thing is amazing. It’s dead accurate no matter [...]

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J&J Performance Ceramic Barrels

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This one really deserves attention. You may think it’s some sort of a junk barrel since it costs only about $40 but you can’t be more wrong about it. The J&J Performance Ceramic Barrel is absolutely worth double that price or even more, because of its great performance. It’s not only light and extremely accurate, [...]

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Hammerhead Shark Tooth Rifled Barrel

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Ok, one more Hammerhead and we’re done. The Shark Tooth Rifled Barrel is not something everyone will like, but I thought to review it anyway. Starting with the size – the thing is only about 5 in long and this is a major setback for many of the players. It’s pretty accurate though, especially in [...]

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Evil XXX Barrel

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The XXX is pretty rare sight. It’s certainly not the most popular barrel out there, but if you can get your hands on one you should definitely consider getting it. First off because it’s cheap. And yes, there are many cheap barrels on the market, but nothing comes to be as good as this one [...]

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Evil Ultra Tips

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The Evil Ultra tip is a super light-weight 12″ front for the Evil Pipe System. Basically the only difference is in the looks, so if you want to spice things up some more you should go with this one and not the normal Pipe tips. Really there’s no difference – the thing is just as [...]

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Evil – The Pipe Barrel System

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So if a single barrel is just not enough for you why not get a complete system. The Evil Pipe System in my opinion is exactly what you need for. Now there’s no problematic bore size paintballs – you simply put the right back and you’re all set. The thing is quite a performer if [...]

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Evil Driver Barrel

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The Driver is yet another greatly looking and even better performing barrel by Evil. For a mid range priced barrel there are not too many better than this one. We’ll start with the accuracy – the expression “shooting darts” seems like made for this thing. Well, you know there are other factors involved when it [...]

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Empire Twister Barrel

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The Empire Twister is a little older issue, but still deserves some attention. Mostly because you can get it for about $45 which is absolutely cheap, especially when we’re talking quality and performance like that. Sure if you can afford something more expensive and newer you can skip this review, but for $45 this is [...]

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Empire Custom 2-Piece Barrel

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To tell you the truth the hardest choice for me was always between Dye and Empire. It’s no difference when it comes to barrels. Both companies run so close to each other that basically it’s only a matter of personal choice sometimes. Anyway let’s do some talking about the Empire Custom 2-piece Barrel. Overall a [...]

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Dye Boomstick Barrel

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I’ll review the Boomstick anyway, because, as it says below, it really is one of the most commonly used barrels. The thing is great don’t get me wrong – just with the release of the Ultralite I think it’s not that worthy. Not that the Boomstick doesn’t have the advantages – sure it does – [...]

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Dye Ultralite Barrel

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Of all the Dye barrels I’m gonna review I think the Ultralite is the one to go with. Not that the others don’t have qualities or are not worthy, but because this one outperforms them all, or if not, is at a better price (the Boomstick is what I’m referring to with that last part [...]

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Dye Stainless Steel Barrels

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The Stainless Steel is the next Dye barrel to be reviewed. Overall it’s a great barrel – amazingly looking and great when it comes to performance. The thing is strongly made – and I mean that. Not only on the inside, but also externally – it doesn’t a scratch easily at all. It shoots very [...]

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Dye Aluminum Barrels

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The time has come for the Dye barrels reviews. You know I’m not unprejudiced when it comes to Dye products, but I’ll try to be as objective as I can. The Aluminum is the first barrels to be reviewed, and to tell you the truth I’ve seen better barrels out there. The thing looks great, [...]

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DeadlyWind Fibur Carbon Fiber Barrel

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For starters – this is one amazingly looking barrel. I love the way it looks on the gun and even though you don’t have too many color options, I think you’re gonna like it too. But since looks are definitely not the most important think to be considered when buying a barrel, let’s talk about [...]

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Custom Products Pro-Barrel System

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And if you hadn’t have enough of the CP barrels here’s one more for you – the Pro-Barrel System. Of them all this is by far my favorite. I know I poured out not one and two superlatives about the CP One Piece and Two Piece Barrels, but the Pro-Barrel outlooks and outperforms them both. [...]

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