Paintball

[biteweasel]

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.

It certainly is. The funniest long ball incident I've had with the flex-honed tibby wasn't even a hit.
The fella was right at the back of the field behind a concrete bunker stood up bold as brass. My first shot fell woefully short. I adjusted a little and the second hit the top of the bunker he was stood behind. A couple of inches up it would have hit him. Even at that distance I could see it made him jump. Third shot whistled through the air where he had just been stood. He didn't come back up again!

[biteweasel]

Sorry I have yet another question what with being new to this type of barrel setup. I was speaking about the pro's of using a flex honed barrel on another forum when a poster who is actually quite an experianced engineer and has been playing and making paintball markers for quite a while now said that using a flexhone is the worst possible thing you can do to a barrel!.

He explained that the hone would either ruin the finish on your barrel if it was coated in teflon or would make the barrel too smooth and increase friction.
Maybe I didn't explain the process properly but he was adament that it was bad advice to give out or suggest.

I'm pretty happy with the results I have had but its hard to argue with an engineer with 30 years experiance making and modifying paintball markers.
Any thoughts on this? Surely not all barrels have teflon coating?

Thanks

[Crimson Death]

Originally Posted by biteweasel

Sorry I have yet another question what with being new to this type of barrel setup. I was speaking about the pro's of using a flex honed barrel on another forum when a poster who is actually quite an experianced engineer and has been playing and making paintball markers for quite a while now said that using a flexhone is the worst possible thing you can do to a barrel!.

He explained that the hone would either ruin the finish on your barrel if it was coated in teflon or would make the barrel too smooth and increase friction.
Maybe I didn't explain the process properly but he was adament that it was bad advice to give out or suggest.

I'm pretty happy with the results I have had but its hard to argue with an engineer with 30 years experiance making and modifying paintball markers.
Any thoughts on this? Surely not all barrels have teflon coating?

Thanks

Beats me but the results I've had are hard to argue against.

[biteweasel]

Beats me but the results I've had are hard to argue against.

Yes, same here. Maybe I didn't explain it properly...

[agentSmith]

Originally Posted by biteweasel

Sorry I have yet another question what with being new to this type of barrel setup. I was speaking about the pro's of using a flex honed barrel on another forum when a poster who is actually quite an experianced engineer and has been playing and making paintball markers for quite a while now said that using a flexhone is the worst possible thing you can do to a barrel!.

He explained that the hone would either ruin the finish on your barrel if it was coated in teflon or would make the barrel too smooth and increase friction.
Maybe I didn't explain the process properly but he was adament that it was bad advice to give out or suggest.

I'm pretty happy with the results I have had but its hard to argue with an engineer with 30 years experiance making and modifying paintball markers.
Any thoughts on this? Surely not all barrels have teflon coating?

Thanks

Hmmm.
Well, the good news is that he's wrong. You are not hallucinating.

I'm glad you triggered a memory of something that should be added here!
I do not recommend using a flex hone on coated barrels like the J&J ceramic. It will, simply put, eat your hone. the ceramic is too hard.
Teflon, however, would simply be removed. And good riddance to it because it doesn't belong in a paintball barrel.


Please tell him: "A plateaued finish is the best for paintball. The smaller the size of any irregularity and higher the percentage of surface area inside the barrel that is smooth consistent plateau, the more accurate until you reach a point where overqualification sets in."
Don't blame him, it took me a bit to convince the president of the Michigan Microscopy and Microanalysis Society, who happens to be my own teammate, as well.


Right now there are only 2 groups in the world that create barrels at or above this 'overqualification point'. The owners of SiteMfg, makers of Stiffi Carbon Fiber barrels and anyone who's purchased a $40 1200LA hone.

If he's not convinced, you could link him to I found my old flex hone . I personally hope to never visit the subject again.

Rob

[biteweasel]

Thanks Agent Smith, I think I'm going to try and get him to use my pistol if he is ever at a scenario same time as me, try and convince him that way!

[PistolRogue]

Originally Posted by biteweasel

Sorry I have yet another question what with being new to this type of barrel setup. I was speaking about the pro's of using a flex honed barrel on another forum when a poster who is actually quite an experianced engineer and has been playing and making paintball markers for quite a while now said that using a flexhone is the worst possible thing you can do to a barrel!.

He explained that the hone would either ruin the finish on your barrel if it was coated in teflon or would make the barrel too smooth and increase friction.
Maybe I didn't explain the process properly but he was adament that it was bad advice to give out or suggest.

I'm pretty happy with the results I have had but its hard to argue with an engineer with 30 years experiance making and modifying paintball markers.
Any thoughts on this? Surely not all barrels have teflon coating?

Thanks

I would just tell him that if engineers knew so much mechanics wouldn't exist...

[agentSmith]

If I were going that way I might say it's affected by the orbit of the sun around our flat little earth...

Rob