barrel of choice?

sniping isnt just long range precision shots. theres many other skills that a sniper has.... dont feel like going into that because its off topic

the feild i play at makes us use feild paint... i remember that they have two kinds but i dont remember exacly what type, ill fill that in after i find out. oce i find out ill ask if its a reliable paint or not

The Flatline is not going to perform how you expect it to. No texture, it has a smooth bore like other barrels, however it is curved up like a banana then it levels off. This creates backspin on the ball, like a curveball in baseball. As the geletin shell rotates, it creates lift. The problem is that if your flatline is installed improperly, the lift is not directed up, but to the side. Also, it the barrel gets dirty, your spin will not be consistent and the ball will curve off target. The paint must be small bore, and is usually more expensive. The Flatline has no porting, and is therfore loud. The barrel is 14" long and has a large shroud - so it makes a big target for other players.

It is a tool for a specific job, but most of the time in paintball games it's advantages are not worth it's complications. For instance, if you play in the woods and only see each other at <100', then you have no use for it. If you play in a open cow pasture with no cover and the players stretching themselves out to the maximum range of their markers while laying on the ground, then you will have an advantage.

The flatline had some advantage besides the added range. For instance, if you shoot through foilage, you do not need to arc up as much, because the flatter trajectory. Also, if you tilt your marker to the side, you can throw curve balls to get at people behind cover (if they are the proper distance from you). These advantages only occur under certain circumstances, that games don't often provide.

I suggest you go play more, and see how close your firefights are and get a barrel for that. Only get the Flatline if it will work well for the field you play. The Flatline is both expensive to buy, feed, and maintain (in your time). A $50 12" conventional aftermarket barrel will serve you well in far more situations. All to often I have seen flatline "snipers" give away their position by fireing before I saw them, and because they are so far away they never hit. Once you get closer to them, whats the advatage of the flatline?

Ambush Sniper/Ghost Flanker - do you mean you want to split off solo? Then you need firepower. I suggest spending the Flatline cash on a response trigger, X-chamber and decent conventional barrel. If you want your marker more accurate, get your pressure and velocity under tighter control, and get a good paint to barrel match.

huh enough to get you started, I have to get back to work.

Mr. Heckler wrote: Nick, have you ever actually seen a Flatline barrel? You say it has no texture, no porting. Either you are trying to be stupid (and doing a good job of it) or you have never seen a Flatty. It has a textured white surface inside the barrel and 12 porting holes. Also, by Ambush Sniper/Ghost Flanker he does mean going off solo, at certain times An Ambush Sniper or Ghost Flanker do not need more firepower, if anything they pack less firepower than anyone else so they can move quietly and hide easier.

Not on my Flatty. Firepower is hits per minute, not how much ammo you carry onto the field. The whole point in an ambush is to be positioned so as to overwhelm them with fire. Your correct in that he doesn't need a lot of paint, since his firefights will be short, but he does need to be able to lay a lot out in a short amount of time.

It is the size of the paintball or bore size. Here are two very good websites that will help you match your paint bore size to a barrel.

http://www.ottersccustoms.com/barrelc.html

http://www.ottersccustoms.com/paintc.html