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DirectPaintball.com has added this great paint / barrel chart to help you find the best paintball size for your gun's barrel. Matching your barrel with the correct paint size is very important to making your gun shoot as accurate as possible. Use the chart below to find out what paintballs are right for you.
| How to use this chart: |
It
is a good idea to find a barrel suitable for
the paint you commonly shoot.
Steps to find your barrel:
1) Find your favorite paint or the paint you plan to shoot the most,
2) Find its "Bore Discription",
3) Thumb through the barrel
listing to find the barrels with the matching
"Bore Description",
4) And pick one you like!
If you already have an aftermarket
barrel or are playing with your stock barrel,
and you desire to find a good paint match,
this chart can also help you.
Steps to find a paint mach:
1) Scroll down to find your barrel, whether in the aftermarket or
stock barrel section,
2) Find its barrel "Bore Description",
3) Scroll back up to the Paint
section and find a matching paint brand.
If you want to get really
technical, you can attempt to match the
actual bore sizes, but in all honesty, this
is not always completely accurate.
The tried and true matching
procedure is always the best when it comes
right down to it. Paintballs are
naturally out-of-round, swell in hot/humid
weather, shrink in cold weather, and just
plain do what ever they want when they get
old. the only sure test for paint/barrel
match is to actually test the paint in your
barrel:
- Place a paintball in your
barrel,
- If it rolls out easily,
your paint is too small,
- If it does not roll out,
blow in your barrel,
- If you turn blue trying
to blow it out, your paint is too big,
- If you can easily or fairly easily blow it out, you have the right
size paint.
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| Paint Brand |
Bore Description |
Barrel
Bore Size Range |
| RPS Premium |
Medium
|
.689
- .691 |
| RPS Premium Gold |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| RPS Marbalizer |
Small |
.686
- .688 |
| RPS All-Star |
Very
small |
.682
- .685 |
| RPS BigBall |
Medium
to small |
.688
- .690 |
| Proball |
Small |
.686
- .688 |
| Proball Lite |
Small
to medium |
.687
- .689 |
| Proball Devil |
Small |
.686
- .688 |
| Proball Platinum |
Small |
.686
- .688 |
| Zap Select |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Zap Classic |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Zap
Advantage |
Medium
to small |
.688
- .690 |
| Zap ProSeries |
Medium
to small |
.688
- .690 |
| Zap ProSport |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Brass Eagle, old
style |
Large |
.692+ |
| Brass Eagle Top
Brass |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Nelson Challenger |
Large |
.692+ |
| Paintball Mania
First Choice |
Large |
.692+ |
| PowerBall |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Diablo Inferno |
Small |
.686
- .688 |
| Diablo Blaze |
Medium
to Small |
.688
- .690 |
| Diablo HellFire |
Very
small |
.682
- .685 |
| PMI Paintballs |
Medium |
.689
- .691 |
| Model |
The trade name
of each manufacturer's barrel |
| Lengths |
The lengths available |
| Step? |
Indicates whether
the barrel has a stepped-bore |
| Advertised Bore |
The Manufacturer's
advertised bore size
NOTE: all advertised bore
sizes were obtained from engineers or production
managers ONLY |
| Measured Bore |
The actual measured
bore size at breech (sample: minimum 10 barrels)
NOTE: measurements were obtained
by the use of a mil-spec fuel line bore guage
accurate to .0005 |
| Bore Description |
Typical label
to denote bore size |
|
Model
|
Lengths |
Step? |
Advertised Bore |
Measured Bore |
Bore Description |
| DYE |
|
|
|
|
|
| Standard, stainless |
10",
12", 14" |
N |
.691 |
.689
- .691 |
Medium |
| Standard, aluminum |
10",
12", 14" |
N |
.691 |
.689
- .691 |
Medium |
| BoomStick (Ironmen
Series) |
14",
16", 18" |
Y |
.688 |
.688
- .689 |
Small |
| LAPCO |
|
|
|
|
|
| Autospirit,
stainless |
11.5" |
N(a) |
.687 |
.687 |
Small |
| Autospirit,
aluminum |
11.5" |
N(a) |
.686 |
.686 |
Small |
| Bigshot, stainless |
11.5" |
N(a) |
.689 |
.689 |
Medium |
| Bigshot, aluminum |
11.5" |
N(a) |
.689 |
.689 |
Medium |
| Two-piece (coming
soon?) |
N/A |
Y |
.687
(est.) |
.687
(est.) |
Small |
| Smart
Parts |
|
|
|
|
|
| All American,
Aluminum, light gray back |
12",
(14"*), 16" |
Y |
.685 |
.684
- .686 |
Small |
| All American,
Aluminum, black back |
12",
(14"*), 16" |
Y |
.689 |
.689
- .691 |
Medium |
| All American,
Aluminum, dark gray back |
12",
(14"*), 16" |
Y |
.692 |
.691
- .693 |
Large |
| All American,
stainless |
14" |
Y |
.689 |
.689
- .690 |
Medium |
| Smart Stainless,
one-piece |
12" |
N |
.689 |
.688
- .689 |
Medium |
| Teardrop |
12" |
N |
.689 |
.689
- .690 |
Medium |
| Boss Progressive |
12" |
N |
.689 |
.689
- .690 |
Medium |
| Venturi |
8",
12" |
N |
.689 |
.689
- .691 |
Medium |
| 32
Degrees |
|
|
|
|
|
| Terminator |
12",
14" |
N |
.689 |
.690
- .692 |
Medium |
| Stainless |
12" |
N |
.689 |
.690
- .691 |
Medium |
| Carbon Fiber |
10",
12", 14" |
Y |
.689 |
.691 |
Medium |
| J&J
Performance |
|
|
|
|
|
| All are various
bore sizes |
Various
(12"c, 14"c) |
N(b) |
Various
(.688c) |
N/A |
(Medium
to small)c |
| Air
Concept Industries |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zero Gravity,
one-piece |
11",
13.5" |
N |
.684
- .692(c) |
.691
- .694(c) |
Large(c) |
| Zero Gravity,
combo (two-piece) |
12.5",
14" |
Y |
.684
- .692(c) |
N/A |
Large(c) |
| Zero Gravity,
Grafitti series |
12.5",
14" |
Y |
.684
- .692(c) |
.695(c) |
Large(c) |
| Armson |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pro Series |
8",
10", 13", 16" |
N |
(.692d) .689e |
.689
- .694*** |
Large |
| Stealth |
8",
10", 13", 16" |
N |
(.691d) .688e |
.687
- .691*** |
Small |
| Check-It |
|
|
|
|
|
| Stainless Armageddon |
10",
12", 14" |
N |
.689 |
N/A |
Medium |
| Stock Gun Barrels |
Lengths |
Step? |
Advertised Bore |
Measured Bore |
Bore Description |
| WGP STO Autococker |
12" |
N(a) |
(.687d) .690e |
N/A |
Medium
to small |
| WGP '97, '98
Autococker |
12" |
N(a) |
(.687d) .690e |
(.686d) .689e - .691e |
Medium
to small |
| ACI F-4 Illustrator |
10" |
N |
.692 |
.689
- .692 |
Medium
to large |
| ACI Maveric/Hornet |
12" |
N |
.692 |
.690
- .692 |
Medium
to large |
| WDP Angel |
12" |
Y |
.686 |
.686 |
Small |
| WDP Angel,
pre-'99 |
14" |
Y |
.689 |
.689 |
Medium |
| Tippmann Model
'98 |
8.5" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| Tippmann Carbine |
8.5",
14" |
N |
.691 |
.690
- .693 |
Medium |
| Tippmann Pro-lite/Pro-Am |
10.5" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| Tippmann SL-68II |
11" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| ICD Bushmaster
2000 |
12" |
N(a) |
(.689d) .692e |
.690
- .694 |
Medium
to large |
| ICD Thundercat |
10" |
N |
.689 |
.688
- .692 |
Medium |
| ICD Bobcat |
8" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| ICD Puma |
10" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| ICD Desert
Fox, Pre-'98 |
10" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| ICD Desert
Fox, 98' on |
10" |
N |
.689 |
.690 |
Medium |
| AGD .68 Automag |
11" |
N |
.695 |
.691
- .693 |
Large |
| ADG Automag
RT |
11" |
N |
.695 |
.690
- .691 |
Medium |
| AGD Minimag |
8" |
N |
.695 |
.692 |
Large |
| Kingman Spyder |
9.5" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| ProTeam Products
Micromag |
8",
10", 13", 16" |
N |
.689 |
.689
- .694*** |
Medium
to Large |
| SmartParts
Shocker |
12",
14", 16" |
Y |
.685,
.689, or .692 |
N/A |
Small,
Medium, Large |
| Brass Eagle
Rainmaker, pre '99 |
10.25" |
N |
.690 |
N/A |
Medium |
| Brass Eagle
Rainmaker, '99 |
12" |
Y |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| Brass Eagle
Raptor, pre '99 |
9.5" |
N |
.692 |
N/A |
Medium
to large |
| Brass Eagle
Raptor, '99 |
12" |
Y |
.692 |
N/A |
Medium
to large |
| Component Concepts
Phantom |
9",
11", 14" |
N(a) |
(.688d) .692e |
(.688b)
.692 - .693 |
Medium
to Large |
| Air Star Nova |
11" |
N(a) |
(.687d) .692e |
N/A |
Medium
to Large |
| Sheridan PGP,
P-68AT, P-68SC |
|
N |
.690 |
.684
- .688 |
Small |
| PMI Titan |
8" |
N(a) |
(.710d) .687e |
(.715d) .685e** |
Small |
| A.N.S. '99
X-2 Autococker |
12" |
N(a) |
.6865-
.687- .6875 |
.687
- .689 |
Small |
| USA Viper standard,
Pre-'99 |
10" |
N |
.6915 |
N/A |
Large
to medium |
| USA Viper standard,
'99 |
10" |
N |
.6935 |
N/A |
Large |
| USA Viper ceramic-teflon |
12",
14", 16" |
N |
.691 |
N/A |
Medium |
| USA Viper nickel-teflon |
12",
14" |
N |
.6895 |
N/A |
Medium |
* Special order
barrel
** Taken from Action Pursuit Games,
Dec '98
*** Most likely due to difficulties
measuring the polygonal rifled surface
"a"- Not a typical stepped-bore barrel (step section either
grows slowly, or the step section is no longer than
3")
"b"- Available in stepped-bore format
"c"- Denotes
the commonly found size
"d"- Denotes
breech bore size
"e"- Denotes
effective bore size
"f"- Custom
lengths available
Note- DirectPaintball.com is not the original publisher of this "Paint / Barrel Chart" and assumes no reponsibility for the correctness of its contents.
Thanks to Area 51 Paintball for allowing us permission to reprint this guide.
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