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tippmannxtremez wrote: Last comment about the Flatline vs. my Micro Polished barrel by Opsgear...  As far as the Flatline goes, sure You'll get the ball there. But where is there?  As for all out accuracy (a quality the flatline can't guarantee) it lacks some in that department.  Paintball isn't all about paint slinging and blind-firing. If so I'm sure there would be more Flatline users out there.  My claim here is that the 18" Interceptor Barrel put out by opsgear will give you both consistancy as well as accuracy.      But I guess unless you've shot both you wouldn't know that now would you....

I have a flatline and it shoots extreemly accurately. i dunno why some people have problems with them. maybe i just got lucky. but mine adds both a LOT of distance and waaay more accuracy to my shots.

*Heres a stock you might should look at if your going for a barrett look:

Its shaped much more like the stock on barrett rifles than the one you currently have on.

tippmannxtremz- Better statement there than the one you made earlier
about it 'launching balls above and beyond' than the flatline.
However, the reduced accuracy of the flatline doesn't remove
it's viability in a game. Your grouping may be bigger but, you
can compensate by shooting more paint, which sucks for $ but, if you do
it, you'll eliminate them before they get close enough to eliminate
you. In most games using one, even if I don't hit them, I
can pin somebody down before they get close enough to hit me.
This slows their advance, giving the rest of my team more time to
manuever. All I have to do is keep my eyes open for folks trying
to flank me. If they start to get too close, back up, rinse and
repeat.

But, don't get too high and mighty about the 'micro-polished'
marketing hype of OPSGEAR (or any other company). Your barrel may
be excellent in it's quality of construction but, most name brand
barrels (J&J, S.P., Stiffi,) that can be bought for more than a few
dollars less are just as well made, and will perform the same, provided
the paint is properly matched to the barrels. Oh, and I'm fairly
certain that an 18" barrel is less gas-efficient than a 12" barrel.

Tippmann89c- If your statement is true, one or two things applies:
1. You have the only barrel that can somehow bypass the
limitations inherent to all paintballs (seams and non-perfect spheres).
2. Or it's your perception that the barrel performs as good
as name brand barrels. This would be true if you're not doing
objective tests (bench testing under the same wind conditions, same
gun, and properly matched paint, at distances greater than 80ft).
Perception is one thing, reality can be another thing altogether.



Edited by UV Halo

The Guy wrote: funny thing is someone brought one of those up to the field last week to show off. A real one, didn;t bring any live rounds.

Lucky duck. They're illegal to own/buy here in CA unless you are some kind of special. I would love to hold one.

thats cuz its true

If your velocity is set right, the flatline will be very accurate. I use a flatline, and would never go to anything else. I have used other barrels before, and found they lack compared to the flatline. UV Halo's statement was right on as well. Cool gun though. Speedballers aim????