MA vs Madbull: Tightbores

[Drake]

Originally Posted by PoFF

While on the subject, I took a look at the Tanio Koba Twist barrel and I'm having a hard time figuring how this thing can combine both gyroscopic & backspin to a BB, and even if it manages to do it, how it can make the rifle more accurate ; the way I see the movement induced to the BB, it's most likely going to veer severely off course...

It doesn't. Illusion has a big post/review of them somewhere. There's no gyroscopic spin, only backspin from the hopup; as I remember it, the "rifling" was to create a vortex of air around the BB (along the lines of Bernoulli effect I geuss).

The disadvantage was that it only seemed to work at lower velocities.

[Skruface]

Originally Posted by PoFF

While on the subject, I took a look at the Tanio Koba Twist barrel and I'm having a hard time figuring how this thing can combine both gyroscopic & backspin to a BB, and even if it manages to do it, how it can make the rifle more accurate ; the way I see the movement induced to the BB, it's most likely going to veer severely off course...

Originally Posted by Drake

It doesn't. Illusion has a big post/review of them somewhere. There's no gyroscopic spin, only backspin from the hopup; as I remember it, the "rifling" was to create a vortex of air around the BB (along the lines of Bernoulli effect I geuss).

The disadvantage was that it only seemed to work at lower velocities.

This man speaks the truth. The "rifling" in a TK Twiist barrel is to allow air to cushion the BB on all sides equally, and prevent it from touching/bouncing off the inside of the barrel once it passes the hopup nub. It's designed to work under 350 fps ideally; however, I've seen more than one TK/350 gun dramatically outrange some 6.04/425 guns in terms of "useable/accurate" range.

Personally, I really like these in v2 mechbox'd guns....less stress on internal components and phenominal range and increased ROF to boot.

[Thenooblord]

theres no way a barrel could increase rate of fire...ROF is determined by the gears, wiring and battery among other things

[BORDENSNIPER]

own and owned a couple of Madbull BalckPyton II barrels and couldnt be happier.

My CA249 currently has the m16 length madbull tightbore and Im getting great results as always.

cheers

[m102404]

Originally Posted by Thenooblord

theres no way a barrel could increase rate of fire...ROF is determined by the gears, wiring and battery among other things

Switch on your brain...

What he means is that by getting the same results with a mechbox/setup that's only shooting in the 350fps power range as a mechbox that's shooting in the 425fps range...the 350fps mechbox is going to enjoy all sorts of goodness over the other. A higher ROF is a result of that mechbox pulling a weaker spring.