Rifled barrel growth

[gubment]

Since the arrival of Hammerhead's rifled barrel hit the shelves and the long awaited D-mags from Tacamo, I have been wondering about one thing in particular. Will more barrel manufactures hop on the rifled or "first strike" barrel bandwagon? Will the barrels that are already available be sold in different threads ? Or will everyone using a non-tiberius have to either use normal barrels or have one custom made or modded?

[chicago]

Not sure which question to answer, so I'll just post an observation here. Been doing this a long while. Riffled barrels were not a new concept; but, IMO only came into their own after First Strikes. That's, where you realy see a true improvement, I'm not sure you can say that for round paintballs.

Tiberius/Lapco rifled 0.683, really hit the mark (pun intended), followed by MILSIG (which no one talks about), and Hammerhead 0.688(which I've just discovered). I believe what you ask will have to do with market share. If first strikes continue to be popular and get a boost when a real working D mag is available, more people will want get riffled barrels! So, more people will make them for different marker threads.

[Wolfen]

honestly rifled barrels as a concept has been in paintball for like 20 years with loads of different brands trying to make them. With the introduction of First strikes it really became a good idea to run rifled barrels ( honestly they don't do much for normal paintballs). I do think we going to see more rifled barrel options in the future, still really really hoping for a lapco 10-11" with same aggressive rifling as the .683 only the new being .685 to make it abit more efficiant while still being underbore please please make we one of those!

[gubment]

I am aware that the rifled barrel concept has been around in paintball for a very long time, but to my understanding, it was brushed off by most for not making a difference. At least, until Hammerhead and other barrel manufactures made new ones and have started to be taken seriously. First Strikes drastically push the need for properly rifled and bored barrels. So my logic is, more fs being sold and used, equals more fs capable markers, hopefully from different manufactures.
Now I am wondering if the anticipated barrels will all be in the same bore or in a close size proximity? First strikes don't swell or shrink like normal paint, so I would think all the new barrels will be in similar bore sizes and lengths to be effective while trying to out perform the competition and to give enough wiggle room so a round that is slightly of in bore doesn't go way off target.