Whats the best A-5 barrel?
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Topic: Whats the best A-5 barrel?
Posted By: Kahuna0789
Subject: Whats the best A-5 barrel?
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 6:31pm
Hey guys i just got a Tippmann A-5 with a E grip and i was wondering what the best barrel for it is. Thanks 4 ur help.
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Posted By: paintballaluke
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 6:52pm
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Dont waste your money on a boomstick. If you want distance get the flatline, If you want accuracy get the Lapco bigshot. ------------- New Black Matrix. |
Posted By: WebHalex
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 7:01pm
| dont spend alot on a barrel when you have a tippmann. The resale value of it will go down alot. (unless u get a flatline and resell it on ebay) I say save yer money and invest into a impulse. unles your really into woodsball or gonna keep yer a5 for ever. just get cheaper barrel. |
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 7:21pm
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I agree with paintballaluke! Get a Lapco Bighshot...but keep it at 12 inches cause anything past 12 inches just wastes your air source. ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: MagnumForce
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 7:25pm
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progressive is my favorite. ------------- 
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Posted By: Stiffler
Date Posted: 14 July 2004 at 7:32pm
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the CP one piece 14" are $50 and great barrels!! good luck! |
Posted By: Kahuna0789
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 11:32am
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Posted By: MSG.Mobius
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 1:35pm
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Flatline isnt 14 inches. ------------- 
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 2:35pm
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get the bigshot. ------------- 
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Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 3:12pm
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Jeez people. You should have learned by now to mention whick type of paintball you will be playing. For woodsball you get the flaltine. The best range and on par accuracy. O wait it's 9 inches 14 inches is the 98 custom flatline. For speedball get lapco bigshot. It definitly gives you the most bang for your buck. It shoots just as well as the boomstick but it's not as shiny or durable or colorful. It's amazing that the boomstick is around 50 dollars more than the bigshot because it's shiny and colorful. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 3:15pm
Flatline is just as accurate as the bigshot up to where it goes past where the bigshot could even dream of shooting. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
paintballaluke wrote:Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 16 July 2004 at 6:00pm
| if i am correct, the flatline has a slope which adds backspin within the barrel, this also makes the ball breaking chances much greater. so i n otehr words dont buy sh*tty paint. my dad has a friend who has been playing tournaments for over 5 years and he told me up front that the flatline will turn the inside of your barrel into a paint can pretty much. id go with the boomstick or a 12 inch barrel. |
Posted By: Stormy Knight
Date Posted: 17 July 2004 at 1:33pm
Type in: barrelPosted By: korvecdal815
Date Posted: 17 July 2004 at 1:37pm
| accuracy isn't really depending on the barrel u can just match up paintball caliber with the barrel bore size and viola u have a great distance and accuracy barrel |
Posted By: paintballaluke
Date Posted: 17 July 2004 at 2:09pm
HAHA NO! YOUR WRONG. The flatline isnt as accurate as the bigshot. ------------- New Black Matrix. |
Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 18 July 2004 at 7:01am
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umm yeah it pretty much is. Unless you're going to cry about 1 more inch of spread. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 18 July 2004 at 8:15am
| lapco bigshot |
Posted By: Bass654321
Date Posted: 18 July 2004 at 4:53pm
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get an All-American or freak kit. |