Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20170806043029

Can someone please explain why certain upgraded flywheel blasters use brass barrels ? Admittedly, I'm not a mechanical engineer. But it seems to me that a tightly fitted brass barrel after the flywheel stage only slows down a dart. It might add some consistency, but at the extreme expense of range.

Look, I get it. In a springer, or an air powered blaster, guiding the dart out of the barrel and maximizing its contact with the high pressure of the plunger makes total sense. There's even a math formula for it, but I can't remember 'cause I've had a vodka or seven.

But a brass flywheel ??? Doesn't that thing jam all the time ???

Someone please explain this to me. Hopefully in the full light of sobriety  😉  