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How to use this chart:
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Considering that one will spend considerably more money on the specific
paint they choose to shoot, or the specific paint that their field
requires them to use, it is a good idea to find a barrel suitable for
the paint you shoot instead of simply buying a barrel and then
attempting to find a suitable paint to use.
The best way to do this
is:
1) Find your favorite paint or the paint you plan to shoot the most,
2) Find its "Bore Description",
3) Thumb through the barrel listing to find the barrels with the
matching "Bore Description",
4) And pick one you like!
However, if you already
have an aftermarket barrel or are playing with your stock barrel, and
you desire to find a good paint match, this chart can also help you.
The best way to do this
is:
1) Scroll down to find your barrel, whether in the aftermarket or stock
barrel section,
2) Find its barrel "Bore Description",
3) Scroll back up to the Paint section and find a matching paint brand.
If you want to get
really technical, you can attempt to match the actual bore sizes, but in
all honesty, this is not always completely accurate.
The tried and true
matching procedure is always the best when it comes right down to it.
Because paintballs are naturally out-of-round, swell in hot/humid
weather, shrink in cold weather, and just plain do what ever they want
when they get old, the only sure test for paint/barrel match is to
actually test the paint in your barrel:
- Place a paintball in your barrel,
- If it rolls out easily, your paint is too small,
- If it does not roll out, blow in your barrel,
- If you turn blue trying to blow it out, your paint is too big,
- If you can easily or fairly easily blow it out, you have the right
size paint. |
Paintball Sizes
paintball barrel barrels
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paint paintball
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Paint Brand
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Bore
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Barrel
Bore Size Range
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RPS
Premium
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Medium |
.689
- .691
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RPS
Premium Gold
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Medium
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.689
- .691
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RPS
Marbalizer
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Small
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.686
- .688
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RPS
All-Star
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Very
small
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.682
- .685
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RPS
BigBall
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Medium to small
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.688
- .690
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Proball
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Small
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.686
- .688
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Proball Lite
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Small to medium
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.687
- .689
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Proball Devil
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Small
|
.686
- .688
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Proball Platinum
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Small
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.686
- .688
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Zap
Select
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Medium
|
.689
- .691
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Zap
Classic
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Medium
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.689
- .691
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Zap
Advantage
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Medium to small
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.688
- .690
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Zap
ProSeries
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Medium to small
|
.688
- .690
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Zap
ProSport
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Medium
|
.689
- .691
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Brass Eagle, old style
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Large
|
.692+
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Brass Eagle Top Brass
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Medium
|
.689
- .691
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Nelson Challenger
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Large
|
.692+
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Paintball Mania First Choice
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Large
|
.692+
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PowerBall
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Medium
|
.689
- .691
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Diablo Inferno
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Small
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.686
- .688
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Diablo Blaze
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Medium to Small
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.688
- .690
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Diablo HellFire
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Very
small
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.682
- .685
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PMI
Paintballs
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Medium
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.689
- .691
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Model
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The
trade name of each manufacturer's barrel
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Lengths
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The
lengths available
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Step?
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Indicates whether the barrel has a stepped-bore
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Advertised Bore
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The
Manufacturer's advertised bore size
NOTE: all advertised bore sizes were obtained from engineers or
production managers ONLY
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Measured Bore
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The
actual measured bore size at breech (sample: minimum 10 barrels)
NOTE: measurements were obtained by the use of a mil-spec fuel line
bore gauge accurate to ±.0005
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Bore Description
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Typical label to denote bore size
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Aftermarket
Barrels
paintball barrel barrels
paintballs range accuracy physics LAPCO dye smart parts armson range barrels
paint paintball
|
Model |
Lengths
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Step?
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Advertised Bore
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Measured Bore
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Bore Description
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DYE
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Standard, stainless
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10",
12", 14"
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N
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.691
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.689 -
.691
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Medium
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Standard, aluminum
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10",
12", 14"
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N
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.691
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.689 -
.691
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Medium
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BoomStick (Ironmen Series)
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14",
16", 18"
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Y
|
.688
|
.688 -
.689
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Small
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LAPCO
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Autospirit, stainless
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11.5"
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N(a)
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.687
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.687
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Small
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Autospirit, aluminum
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11.5"
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N(a)
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.686
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.686
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Small
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Bigshot, stainless
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11.5"
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N(a)
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.689
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.689
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Medium
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Bigshot, aluminum
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11.5"
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N(a)
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.689
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.689
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Medium
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Two-piece (coming soon?)
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N/A
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Y
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.687
(est.)
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.687
(est.)
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Small
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Smart Parts
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All
American, Aluminum, light gray back
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12",
(14"*), 16"
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Y
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.685
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.684 -
.686
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Small
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All
American, Aluminum, black back
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12",
(14"*), 16"
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Y
|
.689
|
.689 -
.691
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Medium
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All
American, Aluminum, dark gray back
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12",
(14"*), 16"
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Y
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.692
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.691 -
.693
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Large
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All
American, stainless
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14"
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Y
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.689
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.689 -
.690
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Medium
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Smart
Stainless, one-piece
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12"
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N
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.689
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.688 -
.689
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Medium
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Teardrop
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12"
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N
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.689
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.689 -
.690
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Medium
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Boss
Progressive
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12"
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N
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.689
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.689 -
.690
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Medium
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Venturi
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8",
12"
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N
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.689
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.689 -
.691
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Medium
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Taso
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Eliminator, aluminum
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8.5",
10", 12", 14"
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N
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.691
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.688 -
.691
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Medium
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Power
barrel, aluminum
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8.5",
10", 12"
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N
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.691
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.686 -
.690
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Medium
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Pro-Series, stainless
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8.5",
10", 12", 14"
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N
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.691
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.691 -
.692
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Medium
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Stone
Cold, two-piece
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14"
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Y
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.691
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N/A
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Medium
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32 Degrees
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Terminator
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12",
14"
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N
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.689
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.690 -
.692
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Medium
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Stainless
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12"
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N
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.689
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.690 -
.691
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Medium
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Carbon
Fiber
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10",
12", 14"
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Y
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.689
|
.691
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Medium
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J&J Performance
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All
are various bore sizes
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Various (12"c, 14"c)
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N(b)
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Various (.688c)
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N/A
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(Medium to small)c
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