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[agentSmith]

I use regular marker oil usually, though the other choices CJOttawa listed will work as well.
The superfine hone doesn't take off much material per pass, so it doesn't generate much heat at all, however the oil keeps the hone fresh and helps with what heat does develop!

Rob

[biteweasel]

Thanks for all the advice.

Job done, was very scared of messing it up but I had a practice barrel to try out.
Will know this Saturday if I have done it right and see how much of a difference it makes to my overall accuracy. I imaging I'll have to adjust to the difference but looking forward to trying it out.

Quick question though, does honing the barrel like this improve accuracy just using CO2 or does it help when running on HPA?

[Ziggymarley]

Originally Posted by biteweasel

Quick question though, does honing the barrel like this improve accuracy just using CO2 or does it help when running on HPA?

I don't think it should matter too much on the air source. It should still be the same paintball traveling down the same path. Kind of like putting premium vs 87 in you're gas tank.

Thanks Agentsmith, all this reading convinced me to get a 800la flexhone.

[biteweasel]

Well tried the newly honed barrel today, what a wondrous thing a flex hone is!
I was taking shot today I would not have bothered trying for before the hone.
Still missed my targets and had trouble seeing the green and black paint in the trees but overall I was very impressed with the long range distance.

Thanks to this thread and all help and posters, this is probably the best paintball investment I have made!

[agentSmith]

Good on ya Buddy!



As Obi-Wan would say,

"That's good! You have taken your first step into a larger world."

If you're happy, I'm happy!!

ZiggyMarley, The 800 grit only comes in Aluminum Oxide or AO. The Levigated Alumina or LA only comes in superfine or 1200. The 800AO does a good job( but takes off more material. The 800AO is the flexhone you would find in the back rooms of most barrel makers. The 1200LA,IMO, crosses the turbulence line to give the boost to accuracy.


Rob

[Crimson Death]

Love my flexhone!

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[biteweasel]

Ok so after having great results on my T68 pistol, I wondered if it was worth flex-honing the barrel of my Tiberius T8.0 pistol. The barrel is already pretty accurate (stock barrel that is) so I didn't want to ruin it. Has anyone flex-honed a stock Tibby barrel and what were the results like?

[PistolRogue]

I've never managed to "ruin" a barrel by flex-honing. And I've honed some "really great" barrels in my day, was always happy with the results.

[biteweasel]

Well its been a while, about 4 months since I flex honed the T8 barrel. Results have been great.
Initially I didn't see any improvement and thought I may have done it wrong but last Sunday I played at a walkon with my new to me T9 in pistol form and my T8.
Lets just say I got more hits at all ranges with the flex-honed barrel of the T8.
As an experiment to see if it was my familiarity with aiming the T8 over the T9 I swapped the barrels over. The T9 barrel and muzzle made it very easy to point and shoot the T8. Add to that the fact that I had trouble aiming the T9 because of the rails.
Guess which one was more accurate?

The T9 with my flex-honed T8 barrel. I'm supprised that this improvement isn't more well known over in the UK, I think I may be the only one over here with a flex-honed barrel!

One thing I did notice, with my T68 pistol. A flex-honed barrel really hates misshapen paint. I attended the TCUK game in July where they used clear paint. It was some of the largest and misshapen paint I have ever seen!
Basically everyone with freak kits had to switch back to thier stock barrels because it could not be consistantly sized.

I ran the T68 (flex-honed) and T8 on the first day I was there. I found the paint flew all over the place with the flexhoned barrel where as the T8 which was stock shot the paint fine. The second day I ran just the T8.

I'd just like to mention that as soon as everyone switched to thier stock barrels the paint was super accurate, it was really strange paint!

Once again thanks for all the advice, I'm really enjoying reaching out to those guys at the back of the field who think you can't hit them!

[agentSmith]

It's ironic that paint can be so bad it can require a bad barrel. I would say nonhoned or poorer surfaced oversized barrels were dragging on the misshapened paint, pulling it into a more consistent orientation.
I always say what makes a pistol player after good refs is good paint.
I'm glad to have shared and am proud of the others who gave of their knowledge and experience!



It is fun, isn't it? Seeing him standing there like he's Napoleon on a hill, when to you he's one easy 'POP' away....
I'm glad no one could see me giggling evilly as I typed that.

Rob