Paintball and Barrel Sizes:
                                             Approximations for matching paint to barrel 

    To tweak the maximum possible accuracy from your paintgun you have to match the barrel and the paintball to one another.  Different brands of paint and different brands of barrels have different dimensions.  With barrels, these dimensions are pretty much fixed by the manufacturer.  Paintballs are manufactured at an approximate average dimension but are subject to change due to atmospheric and storage conditions.  Due to the fact that weather conditions can change a paintballs diameter and sensitivity to compression.  It is not at all unlikely that a player striving for the best accuracy and performance would have to change barrel sizes during the course of the day.

    On this page is a breif list of known bore sizes of paintgun barrels and approximate sizes of certain brands of paint.  I will add to this list as the information becomes available.
 
 

Paintball and Barrel Sizes
Proball                         Small  All American            ???    Medium 
Marbalizer                    Small  Autospirit S/S*         .687   Tight+
Zap                              Medium  Autospirit Alum*       .686   Tight 
RP Premium                 Small  Lapco BigShot*        .689   Medium 
Nelson Big Ball              Big  (duh) AKA Javelin*            .684   Tight 
First Choice                  Medium  AKA Javelin*            .687   Tight+
Diablo                          Medium Felon*                     ???    Big 
Brass Eagle                 Medium DYE S/S                 .688   Medium 
Armson (old)*          .690   Big
Armson (new)*        .687   Tight+
 
 
Relative Size Table
.684-.687 = Tight
.688-.689 = Medium
.690+ = Big
*Denotes information directly from the manufacturer.  In many cases the Manufacturers refused to reveal specifics about their products.
    I would like to thank the following manufacturers for providing information about their products.
AKA Performance Paintball.   (Two thumbs up, They gave exact specs.)
Lapco      (They post the information on their page for everyone to see!)
Armson Products  (Another manufacturer not afraid to supply specs!)

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