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Flatline for my 98c?

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    Posted: 14 June 2005 at 11:14pm

Hey, I'm starting to paintball again after some jack ass came and bought the property we played on , but now my friends got a good place for woodsball and I wanted to know if a Flatline is good as good for my 98c as some places say?

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if u get it installed right then its good. maybe by a proshop or something.
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Originally posted by ninety8freak ninety8freak wrote:

if u get it installed right then its good. maybe by a proshop or something.

That is an odd statement. I have my barrel off and the marker apart at least once a week. When I reinstall the Flatline, I eyeball the position of the adapter then slide the barrel in and rotate it back and forth in the very small available travel.  Then center it and tighten the adapter clamping bolt. I fire it a couple of times to see that the paint is not curving left or right. Adjust it if necessary, re-tighten the bolt and try it again. Takes 5 minutes to realign to shoot straight.  

The barrel installation is not rocket science...no air-smith needed...one really doesn't even need instructions. The only critical part is to make sure the barrel is tight down against the receiver adapter. You look in through the loading port, bump the end of the barrel with the palm of your hand (or a rubber mallet if the slip-fit is tight) and re-tighten the adapter clamping bolt. And this info is in the barrel instructions that come in the box.

If you use a scope of a red dot sight, zero'ing it in again may take some effort...15 minutes...but still easy. Some people put a small scratch  mark on the frame, adapter and barrel to assure easy re-alignment each time the marker is re-assembled. I have begun to use that method myself. Even the red dot sight is still on target now that I use the alignment marks during re-assembly.

People who complain that the marker with the new Flatline now shoots left or right haven't read the instructions...and though that contradicts what I said earlier, all it takes is a little thought as to what the Flatline does; it creates back spin. The path of the ball is actually curving upward. The curve just happens to counteract the normal drop so the trajectory is virtually flat. If the barrel is tilted slightly left or right, the "top" spin imparted causes movement left or right rather than up. Easy! If you need to shoot around bunkers to clip the guy you can just barely see, tilt the marker and use the curved trajectory to reach around the edge. I use that quite often.

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its pretty good for woodsball. i bit pricey for me but....
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i would say get the barrel orangeman. my friends have it and it works wonders for them. it increased there accuracy by alot. but if ur interested in one be ready to pay somwhat of alot for it.and also havea proshop install it.
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Yeah, it is good for woodsball.
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y is that an odd statement? everyone is complaining about installing them wrong! i installed my old one perfectly and i loved it but i sold it for the money.
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Originally posted by tippykj98c tippykj98c wrote:

i would say get the barrel orangeman. my friends have it and it works wonders for them. it increased there accuracy by alot. but if ur interested in one be ready to pay somwhat of alot for it.and also havea proshop install it.

they have barely any accuracy they just give u some distance

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they are still great barrels for woodsball

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Originally posted by TIPPMANN-lover TIPPMANN-lover wrote:

Originally posted by tippykj98c tippykj98c wrote:

i would say get the barrel orangeman. my friends have it and it works wonders for them. it increased there accuracy by alot. but if ur interested in one be ready to pay somwhat of alot for it.and also havea proshop install it.


they have barely any accuracy they just give u some distance

Actually, accuracy withe the flatline depends on the paint and velocity of your marker. I have found them to be very accurate after playing around with settings.


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ask arround you'll find someone that has a barely used one that they hate (i picked one up for $45) and know of 2 others for $50
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yea u have to tweak with everything to get them good or u might get lucky and it will be perfect right away!
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actually they do have good accuracy. and u dont see me made a good point in that.it does depends on the paint and the accuracy.
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Originally posted by tigman250 tigman250 wrote:

ask arround you'll find someone that has a barely used one that they hate (i picked one up for $45) and know of 2 others for $50
Thats true, if you go to your local proshop you can normally pick one up that some poor noob is selling because he used the wrong paint or couldn't install right. I picked up a practically new 98C flatline for $65.
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