Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27358116-20151207015909/@comment-26253811-20151208030358

Elliottw wrote: Does the barrel extension really do anything ? I'm of two minds about this. My first thought is it's going to provide a cushion of air encircling the dart as it passes down the barrel that should theoretically stabilize its path to some extent. But the aeronautical engineer in me says it's just a chaotic pressure gradient. The sooner the dart is out of that environment the better. The barrel just prolongs the chaos. And don't get me started of the faux rifling. It looks awesome to non-engineers.

The barrel improves accuracy.