Upgrades!

Hi to all.

I´m new to the whole paintball experience and I need some advice.

I would like to take more longer an accurate shoots.... I have a Custon 98... so my doubt is: what´s the main difference beetwen sniper barrels (16 inches) and flatline barrel system?... what´s the best?

...and what would the most recomendable (first) upgrade to my custom 98?

Thanx!!!

A-5_WHORE wrote: Flatline= Distance & less accuracy ...No such thing as a Sniper barrels.. Oh yea you want to get a barrel from 8-12 inch.. any longer is just a waste of air. If you want a regular barrel i recommend a Big shot or JJ...

sorry for butting in but this is bugging me you and alot of other ppl have said longer barrels are a waste of air, but how does that make any sence? there is no extra co2 or whatever you have come out of the gun just because the barrels longer.

heck i have 7 guns and one of them has a 21" barrel on it and its my  best barrel i have for distance and accuracy isnt bad either.

and i have one of the tippman 14" sniper barrels (its just a name, calm down!) and its alright i like it more than my BT-16 barrel

but i dont have a flatline but ive heard and seen alot of them in action and ill agree with  A-5_Whore on that one.

it's aright to butt in... i don't mind.. But How come they don't make stock guns with 21 inch barrels? since they are soo accurate and uses the same amount of air as any barrel???

Edited by A-5_WHORE - 01 February 2006 at 1:38am

The extra inches would slow the paint down.  You would have to turn the velocity up more to get the same speed and accuracy of a shorter barrel.

Just stick to 14" barrels.  Anything more is just for show.  If you wanted a shorter barrel then the Bigshot is the way to go.

 

 

Edited by DanSD - 01 February 2006 at 12:39pm

i love my 12inch cp barrel. I have not shot a flatline but some of the people i play with swear by them and some don't like them at all. The first upgrade you would want is a barrel. talk to people who already have 98s and see what they say and see if you could shoot theirs that way you can see what you like. What ever barrel you get i would recomend getting the size .689. If you plan on using co2 i would also recomend an xchamber. like alot of other people on here they will tell you one major factor in accuracy is your paint to barrel match.

On a tippmann the velocity screw doesnt adjust how much gas is used. The screws only purpose is to get in the way of the gas flow to slow it down. So no matter how you set your velocity you will always us the same amount of gas. This being the case it will use no more gas to push a ball out of a less efficient barrel then a very efficient barrel. This may not  be true for other markers but as for tippmanns it makes no difference where you velocity screw is  in relation to gas consumption. One exception is a rear velocity adjuster, this will make the hammer hit the main valve harder or softer which will open the valve longer or shorter allowing more or less gas out respectively.

darkmaster wrote: On a tippmann the velocity screw doesnt adjust how much gas is used. The screws only purpose is to get in the way of the gas flow to slow it down. So no matter how you set your velocity you will always us the same amount of gas. This being the case it will use no more gas to push a ball out of a less efficient barrel then a very efficient barrel. This may not  be true for other markers but as for tippmanns it makes no difference where you velocity screw is  in relation to gas consumption. One exception is a rear velocity adjuster, this will make the hammer hit the main valve harder or softer which will open the valve longer or shorter allowing more or less gas out respectively.

He's right... How is it even possible for the velocity screw on the tippmann to draw more air... I had never even thought of that, I just assumed that more velosity = more air used

Speaking from experience, the best barrel I have ever used was my old 18" Lapco SnapShot. It was great!

I replaced it with a less expensive 14" BigShot and find it just as good. Ypu'll find alot of guys here tell you longer barrels are a waste. for the most part, if you play the ole' sniper role you can get away with a longer 18'' barrel; however I would generally stick to 12-14 inches and look into a bigshot. They are as good as it gets.

As for the cost issues, they guys above got it dead on. You buy your maker according to both cost and effectiveness. Buying a gun with a quality barrel would add $100+ to the cost, making it less appealing to buy.

*Remember*! The barrel IS the FIRST thing people upgrade. Most stock barrels are crap.

A-5_WHORE wrote: Flatline= Distance & less accuracy ...No such thing as a Sniper barrels.. Oh yea you want to get a barrel from 8-12 inch.. any longer is just a waste of air. If you want a regular barrel i recommend a Big shot or JJ...

No such f'n thing as "any longer is a waste of air"!
Dude, know the facts before saying such things!
A 2inch and 21inch use the SAME AMOUNT OF AIR!
*Though it is true that anything over a 12inch won't increase accuracy.*

*still wants a Custom Pro with 21inch barrel. Is saving $5 each day towards that. So far has $5.*

Edited by the_skdster - 08 February 2006 at 2:04am

Lmao Snake!  You are right on that one man.  Just picked up an old 50's Mauser.  Accuracy to the extreme.  100 yards in 15 mile an hour wind, 3 shot group was in half an inch.  Without wind that would be damn good.  Sorry for the off topic rant.  No snipers in paintball.  Even the guys that claim to shoot very few balls and try the whole "One shot one kill" thing usually crap themselves in a firefight and shoot more paint than any two normal rec ballers put together.