Some military surplus stores carry them, some fields do, so on. Get to know the
people at a place where you buy them. One of the guys at my local surplus store
knows how to fix just about any problem with any of the guns there, and does
all the research he can whenever he gets a knew one in.

> Was at gool ole Wally World tonight and noticed the VL Orion... it has a
> "distance barrel" - how much of an improvement are these things?
>
> Also what WOULD be a good place to buy a marker at?

Ok, you've got your beginner marker already, Wal-Mart has served its
purpose. Check www.warpig.com for stores and fields in your area. A pball
store might be more expensive than ordering online, but it's usually worth
it for the extra service and plus being able hold in your hands what you
want to buy.

Since you're interested in barrel:
A list of common low-price, good quality barrels:

J&J Ceramic ~$35-40
LAPCO Bigshot or Autospirit ~$45-50
Custom Products ~$50
Smart Parts Progressive ~$45-50
DYE Excel ~$50

There are lots of others but these are the common ones. I'd say pretty near
100% of us here have shot at least one or two of these before. I'd advise
you to avoid the 32 Degrees barrels especially the newer ones (Quiet Riot,
Whisper). I've found those to be of pretty inconsistent quality. There's
nothing special about the good barrels except they're smoother and
straighter. There's no magic to barrels, they're just aluminum tubes.

Whatever you do, check with us before you buy ANYTHING. There's a lot of
hyped products out there.

Joel Hoyt

I agree to an extent Hoyt on the walmart thing - I'm not ever buying
anything paintball from Walmart again - I figured I'd ask about the
"distance barrel" though.

Yeah warpig got some good resources and stuff...

J. Hoyt <nospamdbhoyt@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:hluHb.20939$IF6.900319@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > Was at gool ole Wally World tonight and noticed the VL Orion... it has a
> > "distance barrel" - how much of an improvement are these things?
> >
> > Also what WOULD be a good place to buy a marker at?
>
> Ok, you've got your beginner marker already, Wal-Mart has served its
> purpose. Check www.warpig.com for stores and fields in your area. A pball
> store might be more expensive than ordering online, but it's usually worth
> it for the extra service and plus being able hold in your hands what you
> want to buy.
>
> Since you're interested in barrel:
> A list of common low-price, good quality barrels:
>
> J&J Ceramic ~$35-40
> LAPCO Bigshot or Autospirit ~$45-50
> Custom Products ~$50
> Smart Parts Progressive ~$45-50
> DYE Excel ~$50
>
> There are lots of others but these are the common ones. I'd say pretty
near
> 100% of us here have shot at least one or two of these before. I'd advise
> you to avoid the 32 Degrees barrels especially the newer ones (Quiet Riot,
> Whisper). I've found those to be of pretty inconsistent quality. There's
> nothing special about the good barrels except they're smoother and
> straighter. There's no magic to barrels, they're just aluminum tubes.
>
> Whatever you do, check with us before you buy ANYTHING. There's a lot of
> hyped products out there.
>
> Joel Hoyt
>
>
>
>