Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-5931640-20190404032442/@comment-38863250-20190411210436

Thanks Elliott. Back in the olden days, did we ever talk about the potential of ported barrels in reducing that, um, turbulence induced tailspin? I think it's essentially the same thing you're describing, but I've never been able to really prove that it works.

I should throw out that sometimes extra friction in the barrel will increase compression and therefore cylinder/plunger efficiency and therefore higher muzzle velocity. HOWEVER, this is a trade-off because of the extra turbulence you'll get with higher compression. HOWEVER (again), the Firestrike has a short enough plunger stroke that a sanded barrel doesn't seem to negatively affect power very much.

Any of that make sense?