A $899 barrel.....Are they insane?

[cougar20th]

https://shop.dyepaintball.com/produc...imited-edition

I've got a serious carbon fiber addiction but as nice as it is there's no way i would ever buy a barrel that expensive.

Discuss

[Sdawg]

Tube-is-tube people on Reddit are probably having an epic tantrum rn tbh

[Socalpumpballer]

Lack of innovation and its consequences have been a disaster to the sport.


buying an expensive barrel when no paintball in the industry is as good as they were over decade ago is just laughable.

[Cunha]

Its limited edition.

Nice pix people like to have something to brag about.

[Swedgin!!]

$899??…. They are smoking rocks. They should focus on making better quality paint.

[Drunkscriblerian]

Jeebus. I could probably re-buy my entire collection of markers on eBay for what this costs.

(glances at stack of ancient 90s blowbacks and a single Nova N-1)

...Granted, that's not saying much.

But still; who the (BLEEP!) pays this much for a barrel with three inserts?? I mean, it doesn't even look that cool.

[Magmoormaster]

In fairness (sort of??), titanium is pretty expensive to machine. And having to machine three inserts, which inherently require better tolerances and finishes than most other parts, would make this expensive on its own. But like, still probably $500+ over what would be reasonable. "Limited edition" is BS; 300 is still big enough to get decent economies of scale.

[latches109]

Didn't Earon Carter make the boomstick for Dave?

"In 1994, DYE was founded on a single barrel—a simple vision to build a better tool for players who demanded precision. That barrel ignited three decades of relentless innovation, setting new standards in performance year after year."

[russonti]

There was a 24 karat angel irl barrel on ebay not that long ago that if memory serves me right it was a boomstick and i'm pretty sure it eventually went for less than $100. He tried offering me a deal when it was listed for like $120-140 and i thought to myself that was too much for a barrel that i'll never use because i'd be afraid to sctratch it. If i paid $900 for a barrel i'd be afraid to take it out of the packaging

sorry it was a cp one piece barrel which i do love

[Cdn_Cuda]

More comments on same barrel kit:
https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/p...ced-barrel-kit

[Riah_James]

Attktx just dropped a $300 barrel back. Things are getting crazy

[TF_Aloha]

Wow, seems like they needed a quick payday.

Unrelated question, whatever happened with that diddler lawsuit against Youngblood?

[MrBarraclough]

Settled on 02/03/25, the date that trial was scheduled to commence. Motions in limine, which are pretrial motions to predetermine the admissability or excludability of certain evidence, were set for hearing that day but the parties announced they had reached a settlement. The court vacated the trial setting and canceled all pending deadlines in the case and gave the parties 120 days in which to settle and move to dismiss or advise the court otherwise. The plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice on 07/08/25.

The settlement terms appear to be confidential.

[Chuck E Ducky]

Not going to lie I want one to match the mag body. But not that bad. If I could have just got the back without the ti stuff I would probably pay a good amount for it. If they end up selling just the back I would buy one just because it looks cool and I really like UL barrels.

You know why

[cougar20th]

ME: "That would look great on the dual mag I need two. I want that barrellllllll......(sees price)........OH HELL NO.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I did the same thing lol

[Siress]

In before obvious galvanic corrosion issues are posted online

Oh, would love to know if they found a source for Ti tubing of approximately the right size. One of the biggest issues over the years has been that Ti64 is only widely available as rod stock - which substantially increases the cost of mfg.