Paintball DNA barrels

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

Hey y'all, I noticed they're selling $20 freak bored barrels. Anybody have experience with them? Might get the blunderbuss one for some shits and gigs. I have had a few of their products and have been generally happy with the quality

[Socalpumpballer]

I don’t own one myself but a lot of people use them regularly around here. They seem to shoot fine since the freak insert is doing all the work anyways

[Refoogee]

It's gonna be as robust as thin plastic filament can be, which is to say "not very", when compared to aluminum. It'll handle getting shot at, I just wouldn't smack it around too much. Accuracy is gonna be the same as any other Freak barrel. The only thing I could see being an issue is the material differences with the soft plastic against the metal threads.

[evilfishsticks]

I've been running around with a pbdna blunderbuss randomly for close to 2 years now. I just bought a second one for my mech ion and the horn is a slightly different shape than my older one and the sound is also not as harsh. It feels pretty durable for plastic. I use it for giggles during regular open play and big games. I wouldn't go diving around with it though, but i know another guy who goes hard with his.

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

Exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. Not planning on diving in the snake with it

[JonM]

I designed and printed a Freak bored Autococker before Paintball DNA did. In my experience, they do work, but are vastly inferior to metal barrels. I took on the project just to see if it could be done. The tolerances needed to print good threads is extremely tight. Furthermore, filament will wear heavily over time, provided it doesn't crack first. Plastic (especially 3D printed plastic) is just not as durable as metal (or even injection molded plastic). It was an interesting experiment, but they're really not the best option for paintball except as a novelty. In my experience, 3D printed parts are best suited for prototyping, rapid repair parts, and for objects where more traditional manufacturing methods would be too complicated or too expensive.

[Axel]

They are, in short, appropriately priced, and pb-dna is very candid about their limitations.