US Patent 11774207 Paintball gun barrel system

A three-component barrel system for a paintball gun uses a barrel back that threadably couples to the gun. A barrel tip is magnetically coupled to the barrel back. A barrel insert, through which the paintballs are actually fired, is received within the hollow interior formed by the coupled barrel back and barrel tip. The barrel insert has porting thereon as does the barrel tip the two sets of porting correspond with one another. A channel within the barrel tip slidably receives a peg on an exterior of the barrel insert in order to assure proper alignment between barrel tip and barrel insert. The bore of the barrel insert can taper outwardly in proceeding from its breach end to its muzzle end.