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    Posted: 24 May 2010 at 11:56pm
how accurate is the flatline barrel for the 98 custom? im pretty sure the J&J ceramic is more accurate, but can anyone back this up? thanks. as far as range goes, i don't care. accuracy is my priority. Wink

that's my gun below, it's a tippmann 98 custom pro lost the drop forward, and that's not a stock barrel.



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The Flatline has the potential to be just as accurate as a lot of other barrels.  It get's put down because of the "extended range" and while it certainly does extend the range, I feel that this is more of a marketing tactic by Tippmann to get the Flatline to sell.

The trick to the Flatline is setting it up properly.  This goes beyond just setting the velocity and using good paint.  No, the Flatline has to be set to the user AND the user's marker.  But once this is done, the Magnus effect is awesome and will lead to some surprisingly accurate shots.

The biggest tip is to use the Flatline as conventional barrels and not take it to that "100 feet" extension.  At those ranges, the accuracy is going to be crap regardless, and the paint probably won't even break.  Just get it set up, then use it conventionally, meaning, with the maximum effective range as straight barrels.
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I would disagree on it being as accurate as other barrels even at closer ranges. While not horrible, the flatline on neither my 98 or A5 was as accurate as some other barrels I tried. Agreed that at longer ranges the accuracy is awful. Do a search of "flatline" and you will find hundreds of threads regarding them.
 
One good use for a flatline I found was shooting in areas with heavy foliage overhead. Since you can shoot at a flatter tradjectory, you don't have to arc as much and can sometimes get off shots not possible with other barrels.
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Quote I would disagree on it being as accurate as other barrels even at closer ranges.
As was stated, it has to be tuned to the marker and the user shooting with it.  It is definitely something that is a lot harder than just replacing the barrel, but it is possible.  At 100ft, I'm able to hit around a 4 to 5 inch grouping with my A5, but it took me years of tweaking and adjusting to be able to do it.
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Originally posted by Hubb Hubb wrote:

Quote I would disagree on it being as accurate as other barrels even at closer ranges.
As was stated, it has to be tuned to the marker and the user shooting with it.  It is definitely something that is a lot harder than just replacing the barrel, but it is possible.  At 100ft, I'm able to hit around a 4 to 5 inch grouping with my A5, but it took me years of tweaking and adjusting to be able to do it.
Ok, so even if we put aside the argument of whether it can be as accurate, (which from my experience I still disagree with) what would be the point? Why spend twice as much money for something you are going to have to tweak for months or years to get the same accuracy out of as something you can spend half as much money on and get instant improved accuracy? That's not even taking into account the PITA the FL's are to clean and keep clean. Get a barrel break, which seems to happen often,  and you might as well put the marker away for the day and go to your back up as you will have a difficult time getting it to hit the broad side of a barn or getting paint to not defy the laws of physics with it's aerial tricks. If you have had great luck with your FL and been able to dial it in that accurately, awesome. But I have not had the same experience and read of few others that have as well.
 
 


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Well, lol, the primary reason I took the time of tweaking and adjusting the Flatline is because I was a noob when I purchased it, then was too cheap to replace it.  I completely agree with you on what you said.  In fact, if I could do it all over, I probably would have never even purchased a Flatline, but if that were the case, I would not have learned how to tweak it either.
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thanks guys. really appreciate it i think i am going to get the J&J ceramic barrel. Wink
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