If you are a regular reader of this blog you’ll remember that I wrote a piece when we started stocking Stiffi Carbon Fiber Paintball Barrels again. The response has been overwhelming for these excellent paintball barrels that combine featherlight weight and awesome accuracy. We realized that we needed to expand the Stiffi selection… but there was a problem, a huuuuuuuuge problem.
You see, because Stiffi barrels are not machined from a tube or metal blank but instead constructed from precision components. There are near endless configurations and while some barrels are regularly kept in stock, the majority of our Stiffi barrels are built just for our orders. Here’s where the problem was. First of all, they are made in nine barrel threads (Tippmann A5, Tippmann 98 Custom, Cocker, Old Angel, Angel 06, Angel One, Shocker SFT, Impulse/ Ion and Spyder… then there are three standard lengths (12, 14 and 16 inches)… then there are three standard bore sizes (.687, .689 and .691 for most barrel threads or .691, .693 and .695 for Tippmann A5 and 98). That right there is already 99 choices of barrels… and thats just for the single barrels, not even taking the Switch Kits into account !
We have been stocking the Classic Finish barrels… those techno-cool looking ones that everyone expects carbon fiber to look like. However, Site Mfg also produces a huge variety of patterns for the Stiffi Barrels as well. Instead of anodizing these are actually a tough wrap applied and then cemented and sealed to the barrel. Because of this process virtually any finish or graphic can be applied to the barrels. For a simple example lets just say that they offer 15 finishes… thats 1435 individual barrels ( again, not including the Switch Kits) we would need to stock ! Don’t get me wrong, we pride ourselves on a great selection but that would take up a huge section of our warehouse… we’d drown in carbon fiber barrels ! There are thousands and thousands of options.
In effort to get our customers access to Stiffi barrels we’ve worked out a program with the manufacturer. When you place an order for any Stiffi Carbon Fiber Barrel or Stiffi Switch Kit marked with double asterisks (**) on our website, we automatically place an order with Stiffi. Your barrel is put into the express production line, built just for you over the next few days. Rather than wait for the barrel to be shipped to our warehouse, received and then reshipped we instead have it delivered factory-direct from the manufacturer to you. If the barrel was part of an order that would have qualified for free shipping then we will eat the shipping costs ! Bear in mind that because of the delay in shipping for making the barrel they cannot be shipped expedited services like Next Day Air.
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We’ve already spent some time talking about skills and tactics for paintball, and a key strategy of a great paintball player is intimidation. Paintball is a game that requires players to hunt and be hunted. The psychological aspect is key. To gain the upper hand on your opponents’ state of mind, set up a scene to make others fear you right from the start. In turn, prepare yourself for the intimidation tactics of others; practice staying cool to prevent scare tactics from affecting your game.