Flatline vs. Boomstick

Accuracy:  Boomstick or flatline for A5

If flatline what do u recommend for a secondary barrel for A5?

for mare range definatly get a flatline, the range makes u feel like a god in some situations, its has great acuracy also, definatly worth it. you will love it

u wont really need a secondary barrel, but i guess if u wanted one get a jj, lapco big shot, or some custome producs 2 piece. 

I had a Flatline on my model 98 and I hated it. With good small bore paint, proper installation, velocity and clean - it fired like crap. Even if it is better on the A-5 it is still no good. Something about the 6-micron finish and a straight barrel gets me about my boomstick. It’s heavy also and if you know anything about barrel harmonics, heavy is good. Take off the shroud and look at the flatline, it really only gives you a few short inches for ball stabilization after the curve, the rest of the barrel is for developing the backspin. I read a post that someone said the balls coming out of the flatline move slower and this is just foolish. You all do crono your markers right? What’s going on is that the friction between the paintball gelatin case and the walls of the barrel induce backspin. The paintball fill is a fluid and does not rotate. The air pressure change around the outside of the ball and a lift effect is created. It’s looks slower because there is less drop, but this is only an optical illusion. There are a lot of conditions that will change the flight path with the flatline, play around with it and you will find that the only way you know were your shot is going is by referring to the last one.

The flat line can get them to reach out there but 90% of the time I play I engage at 25M or less and the flatline groups past that are like a stock barrels closer up. I like having a tack driver in the effective range rather then just being able to put them out there.