[Ricochet]

There's no question that you may or may not see some performance or FPS changes with barrel length, which can change due to platform or whatever. Here's the basic science though: assuming your hop-up is doing what it's supposed to or as good as it can be, from there once your BB stabilizes in the barrel, more barrel doesn't really do you any favors. Longer barrels CAN lower your FPS slightly, foul easier because of moisture or debris, or who knows. Doing side by sides of the same platforms we'd find extremely slight variations in distance and grouping, like a few feet and inches, but then another variation of the same gun would out perform the others consistently with either a longer or shorter barrel. Not by much mind you, but often it makes you see that the barrel isn't the issue, assuming the quality is good and the rest of your gun is good.