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    Posted: 07 November 2005 at 1:57pm
i thought the flatline barrel was the only barrel that could increase the range of the paintball by 100ft but i heard someone say that the apex has all the capabilties of the flatline and more. i know u can curve the paintballs with the apex but can you get the same distance from it as the flatline?
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how about try and search!
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^^^^

You prolly should have searched......

Anyway since I like you.......I know that the Apex increases range but I'm pretty sure that nothing can match the distance of the flatline. On the other hand, the Apex is more versitile.

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yea the Apex pretty much is a better flatline
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Originally posted by pbdude985 pbdude985 wrote:

yea the Apex pretty much is a better flatline
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Originally posted by Xspyderman Xspyderman wrote:

Originally posted by pbdude985 pbdude985 wrote:

yea the Apex pretty much is a better flatline
In BenTippmann's dreams^^^... Apex is a cheater gimmick trick barrel... and ugly too boot.

I highly disagree. Apex>Flatline. By far.
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i dont really care lol cause there both trickery
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Apex is a joke. I have a flatline and it works great! First off who wants to adjust the stupid apex every time they want to shoot. To much to do. The flatline is way cooler and the range is the better than the apex.      

        Flatline>apex                      

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You guys that are saying the Apex is better than the Flatline and vice versa.. have you even TRIED both barrels? Or are you just going on what the "uber 133t" ad in the magazine told you?

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^^their probably just going off that stuff...."this ad says apex is better than flatline, im going to type that in a thread on tippmann sometime for no reason"
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There are several Apex v. Flatline reviews on the forum, if you guys would search.

Bruce Frank in particular did a good review.
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Originally posted by Xspyderman Xspyderman wrote:

Apex is ugly too boot.
the apex looks like a normal barrel with a silencer, while the flatline looks like crap.
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I own a flatline and I've seen an apex in use.
Yes,  the apex shot a good bit farther then the flatline.
The downside was that people complain that it breaks easily and is HORRIBLY inaccurate at that kind of distance.

And yeah,  they both have a pretty crappy look to them,  but when you ad a stock with the flatline it looks sweet.

I don't see anything to great about either,  at a close range they're quite useless  cause they're big and in the way and just not the best accuracy for close quarter situations.  
And even  though they shoot REALLY far,  they're not accurate enough to do you any good.    Neither  the flatline OR the apex are worth getting in my oppinion.
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Originally posted by aGUYnamedLARRY aGUYnamedLARRY wrote:

I own a flatline and I've seen an apex in use.
Yes,  the apex shot a good bit farther then the flatline.
The downside was that people complain that it breaks easily and is HORRIBLY inaccurate at that kind of distance.

And yeah,  they both have a pretty crappy look to them,  but when you ad a stock with the flatline it looks sweet.

I don't see anything to great about either,  at a close range they're quite useless  cause they're big and in the way and just not the best accuracy for close quarter situations.  
And even  though they shoot REALLY far,  they're not accurate enough to do you any good.    Neither  the flatline OR the apex are worth getting in my oppinion.


You don't need accuracy in clsoe quarters situations- the target is relatively big. Barrel length isn't much of a problem either; this isn't real rifles we're talkinghere, neither is large enough to be unwieldy or heavy.
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The flatty/apex shoot about the same as any other barrel at close ranges, except that you cant turn your gun to the side and get the same results.
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Im considering one or the other but Im really getting fed up with all of the mixed opinions on this topic.  There has to be some breaking point where one is definatly better than the other.  I play lots of woodsball and I just want the best barrel for it.  Now could someone please lay down the law without their biased opinions (especially when you havent tried both barrels!
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