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viper599
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Topic: apex or flatline? a-5Posted: 17 April 2006 at 9:45pm |
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im gonna buy an a-5 in about two weeks and im gonna buy a new barrel. ive read good and bad reviews about both barrels but im still kinda wondering which i should get. im kind of leaning towards the apex barrel because it seems easier to clean, and have much more practicallity compared to the flatline. + its 30-50 bucks cheaper.
. just vote and tell me what you think about both barrels, thanks.
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KC-A598
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Posted: 18 April 2006 at 12:20am |
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I like them both i just think the apex is ugly without a nice shroud.
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Posted: 18 April 2006 at 1:43pm |
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neither get a bigshot or my favorite an All American barrel |
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RavenGuard
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Posted: 18 April 2006 at 4:05pm |
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Get the apex. Do as I am doing and get the adaptor and a bigshot or j&j in the future.
The apex is better will different kinds of paint too. As long as you don't fire brass eagle crap, it won't chop many cheap balls. |
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viper599
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Posted: 18 April 2006 at 10:34pm |
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im def not getting the J&J ceramic or the lapco bigshot, accuracy isnt my biggest worry. id rather have the range and i like that i can adjust it so the balls dont arch. And i really dont give a crap what my gun looks like. i would shoot a gun that looks like a turd if it worked well.
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sniper44
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Posted: 19 April 2006 at 11:17am |
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flatline it shoots kinda slow but it doesent metter to me
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Posted: 19 April 2006 at 4:01pm |
what??? how can you say it shoots slow??? 300fps is 300 fps outside the barrel. i could fire a paintball out of a bigshot or a cardboard tube and if they both chrono'd at 300 fps then they would both be shooting at the same speed |
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viper599
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Posted: 19 April 2006 at 10:33pm |
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whatever im going with the apex just for easier maintainence and its cheaper and can do more for less.
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Posted: 22 April 2006 at 12:26pm |
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the apex cause you have distance and if your in a tight situation just turn it till you shoot around corners
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Posted: 24 April 2006 at 12:36pm |
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Yep definetely apex....im waiting for mine to ship...should be in today
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Posted: 24 April 2006 at 3:58pm |
flatline
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Posted: 24 April 2006 at 4:23pm |
I pity you. |
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Posted: 24 April 2006 at 6:19pm |
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i agree with the whole turd thing. But it's nice to have a good looking gun too :P
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Posted: 03 May 2006 at 4:07pm |
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I got an APEX and have only used it once so far. I was not too impressed. It chopped paint like crazy and had a rediculous drop off on it for the distance shots (like the ball sunk like 5 feet.. i was shooting off of an elevated deck and the balls were hitting the ground) but they to level off and they do go really REALLY far... just not very accuratly. I then tried my 14 inch JJ barrel. that is alot more accurate, but you get no where near the distance. Also, the Apex's ability to shoot around and over stuff was cool, I was able to shoot into as well as around a garbadge barrel with the curve feature (which took a little adjusting). I would say that between the flatline and the Apex, Definatly get the APEX. with the flatline, every time you want to clean your gun you have to realign the thing, which is a pain. also, cleainin the apex is really easy as is installing it. The problems i was having were probably not all related to the barrel. I was shooting 5 month old paint using CO2 and a responce trigger when it was like 20 degrees out. however, if you want accuracy over distance, id say get a JJ barrel
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Posted: 03 May 2006 at 7:00pm |
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It doesn't shoot slow, It just look slow due to the backspind. Get a Flatline cause it's a Tippmann, which means good quality... |
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Posted: 04 May 2006 at 12:23am |
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If I had an APEX, I would sell it, sell a shoe and buy a flatline.
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Posted: 06 May 2006 at 5:54pm |
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apex definetly
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what?
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Posted: 08 May 2006 at 5:41pm |
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i dont like flatlines as in my experience, few balls break. someone on my team was shooting really fast and hit a guy like 4-5 times and no breaks.
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Posted: 10 May 2006 at 12:30pm |
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I was always under the impression people wanted barrels that shoot straight. Yes it may hook balls into small corners but so many conditions have to be met that its basically impractical......distance, velocity, balls, wind...etc...
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Posted: 10 May 2006 at 10:50pm |
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i luv apexs ive used both flatline and apex's and i found apex is more accurate and shoots father but as said chops alot ><
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