What Brand for Tight Bores?

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Ok, so i'm gonna get a new gun soon (G&G GR4 GR26).

Gonna get a tightbore after that. 6.03mm 247mm to be exact.

I'm kinda wondering... what brand is good?

I know mudbull is good. But what about other brands? Deepfire?

I'm kinda choosing this madbull python for now http://www.actionhobbies.co.uk/Madbull-Black-Python-Ver-2-6-03mm-Tight-Bore-Barrel-247mm_AMDX2.aspx#.Ubd3efmTiSp

But is this good as well or better?http://www.actionhobbies.co.uk/Deep-Fire-6-02mm-SS-Tight-bore-Barrel-247mm_AY7SI.aspx#.Ubd3zvmTiSo

If they're both crap, what other good brands are there? I hear that PDI is better but i dunno about that.

 
They are both good, Prometheus is another good brand.

 
madbull 6.03 or deep fire 6.02? Would the deep fire barrel be more accuarate?

 
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Not noticeably.

I have a 6.01mm in my 416 and performance drops very quickly as it builds up with dust and dirt. Need to clean far more often.

 
If it's a Top Tec gen2 G & G gun your getting, they come with a 6.03 as standard

 
Just read the OP. I thought all G&G guns came standard with a 6.03 ? The barrel in my gun was very greasy when I got it. just give it a clean when you get it and It should be good to go.

 
i though i read that all g&g's came with a 6.04 as standard? i may be mistaken as i am not 100% as i cannot find the article

 
AK47frizzle said:
It's not a top tec, it's more of a combat machine and i think they come with 6.08 as standard like most AEGs are... at least i think so.
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its a combat machine blowback I think. 6.08 just sounds too big for a barrelA quick search suggests the standard is a 6.04 "most G&Gs come with a 6.04 barrel as standard".

 
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6.08 is a very common internal diameter and by no means too wide.

 
adam bussey said:
Is that a question or a statement?

Really 0.01 make so little a difference it does not matter.
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Every little bit counts. 6.05 and 6.03 have a 200th of a millimetre difference, that's a very little difference considering how small 100th of a mm is, but still makes a noticable difference. Each 100th of a mm adding on will noticeably improve the difference until it gets to 6.01....

 
That's only if your in the belief that 6.01 is the best.

Quality matters more than anything, get the best make possible ignoring the diameter until you get to the very best such as PDI etc.

ID imagine there's a good reason why the newer mad bull barrels are wider if they can produce wider ones at a better quality than thinner ones for the same price. If the newer ones are wider, it'd suggest they can get the same or better results out of them for the same price as the older 6.01's

Likewise PDI sell their 6.08's as their accuracy range and the 6.01's for power. They'd only be losing if they hadn't got a significant result in favour of the 6.08 being more accurate as its cheaper and would mean they'd lose out on money.

Unless its a precision rifle such as a dmr or sniper rifle, you won't notice a big.difference anyway.

 
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M_P said:
ID imagine there's a good reason why the newer mad bull barrels are wider if they can produce wider ones at a better quality than thinner ones for the same price. If the newer ones are wider, it'd suggest they can get the same or better results out of them for the same price as the older 6.01's

Likewise PDI sell their 6.08's as their accuracy range and the 6.01's for power. They'd only be losing if they hadn't got a significant result in favour of the 6.08 being more accurate as its cheaper and would mean they'd lose out on money.
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Y'know saying that about the new barrels being 03 and the old being 01, I've had much better results from the older 01s than the new 03s, and that's tested in 3 different guns, various lengths, fps settings, hop rubbers and BB weights.

Reading what Liam said a while about about the higher quality, wider bore giving him higher fps than the tighter lower quality barrel is interesting though, I wish I could justify buying an ultra high quality barrel to test it out more thoroughly, but it's one of those things where unless it's a guaranteed improvement, it seems like a stupid, risky spend.

Logically a wider bore should make the gun worse, and when they're sold for £60+ I don't really want to buy one, to find that my assumption, and logic, was right and there's nothing to it but the branding.

 
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Don't get me wrong I'm not on either side of the fence so to speak, it would just make sense that the newer is better as an average- you're not the first I've heard to prefer the older barrels Ed. But equally their must've been a significant amount of those who had for it to have changed.

I believe the main.issue was with a flaking finish after a bit of use, though its not something I've looked into.

Similar to you Ed, I can't see a huge benefit on spending loads testing out so many so I stick with what I know and like.

To the op, get a madbull 6.03 or laylax (prometheus) 6.05. Sorted.

 
@Ian I tested my MP5's stock barrel against a Madbull TBB and the difference was phenomenal. If the stock Cyma barrel was 6.04 there wouldn't have been much difference, but if it was indeed 6.08 that'd explain the huge accuracy difference I got with the madbull.

 
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