Choping and curving!!

some one please help me i am choping and curving with my X7 with a flatline barrel i have no idea what it could be i turned down my velocity and it still curvs and i have no idea what could make it chop so if any one has any ideas im open

Edited by plumley - 18 April 2009 at 6:45pm

last time i crono it was at 285

Edited by plumley - 18 April 2009 at 9:32pm

The flatline is supposed to put a spin on the ball.  That is what makes it go further than other barrels.  If you break a ball in the gun somewhere, the left over residue will cause the barrel to send the paint everywhere.  Any time you get a break, run a squeegee and then swab it once or twice.

You need to get all of the paint out of the barrel.  After extremely bad F/L breaks, I squeegee several times, spray water through the barrel (off the gun) and squeegee again.  I also wash the barrel out with a warm water and dish soap to dissolve any buildup that may be stuck inside it at the end of the day. 

I would recommend decreasing velocity to 260 fps and slowly working up from there.  My experience with the early 98 F/L barrels was that they worked best in the mid 270s.  My experience with the A5 F/Ls was that they worked best in the mid 260s.  Not having used an X7 F/L I can't say for sure what velocity is best for them, but my bet is that yours is too high.


Edited by Mack - 20 April 2009 at 6:33pm

also make sure you properly installed the barrel...

any gap between the barrel the breech will result in breaks.

GOMEZ15 wrote: the flatline just tilts the barrel "up" and also putting backspin. (destroying barrel thread on my part.) the flatline might be chopping balls because of cheap paint.

This series of statements requires explanation/correction:

• The Flatline does not exactly tilt the barrel up.  The curve that is used to impart spin means that the breach end of the barrel is pointed upward but the muzzle is parallel with the horizontal axis of the marker so the ball leaves the barrel in the same direction it would with a normal barrel.
• How does it/you go about "destroying barrel thread?"
• Barrels do not chop paint.  Bolts chop paint.
  

when i first got my flatline i always broke balls about every four shots. Check where the paintball is being broken at if it is not being broken at the bolt then the problem is probably the paintball is breaking in the flatline at the barrel curves up. the way i fixed it was to use different paint (not the cheap stuff). This is how i fixed my problem