flatline barrel
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Forum Name: Thoughts and Opinions
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Topic: flatline barrel
Posted By: A5BAD***
Subject: flatline barrel
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:11pm
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In my opinion,I know everyone has one,the flatline barrel is a waste of time and money.Had I known all the hype was just an empty balloon,I would have bought the smart parts 14" barrel and saved money doing it.My a-5 has been put through the paces with those as well as the stock barrel.To anyone who reads this I hope they heed this. ------------- CALM&COOL |
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Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:13pm
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i don't have one and they aren't a waste of money.
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:13pm
| alrighty then |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:14pm
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Well good for you.
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Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:16pm
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wow i have a smart parts barrel and i want a flate line ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:19pm
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If you want to know the truth, my Dye Boomstick was a waste of money. My flatline does exactly what the ads said it would do, it wasn't cheap, but for money vs performance, it's better than the Boomstick. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:24pm
i don't think a boomstick is a waste of money. but if i knew about the lapco bigshot before i bought my boomstick, my username would be bigshot.  ------------- YONK~!~ |
TRAVELER wrote:Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:49pm
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we all are entitled to our opinions, no matter how stupid and ignorant they are. I am therefore entitled to say "In my opinion, A5BAD is a poopoo head and should never talk again for fear of deminishing the prosperity of the human race,"....in my opinion ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp"> 
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Posted By: chopper08
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 6:56pm
^^ lmao that was a good one  ------------- a5 response trigger polished internals 14in lapco bigshot |
Posted By: cadet_sergeant
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 7:02pm
^ lol I owned a flatline, it was great when I did use it how ever the course's (with the exception of one) is to small and it just wasnt as accurate as my other barrel, so i traded it for elbow & knee pad's, and a redz 4+3 w/ pods. I think it was a good trade. |
Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 8:37pm
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you got screwed I think ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp">
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Posted By: bigshot
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 8:40pm
touche  |
Posted By: freedom fighter
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 9:27pm
you got jipped ------------- 
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Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 27 August 2004 at 9:39pm
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This is as bad as going into a Smart Parts forum and saying the Freak Kit sucks. ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp">
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Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 7:52am
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I love my Flatlines, and my opponents hate them! I love the feeling of gogging a guy while his paint rolls up to my feet! I have a Dye Boomstick, but only because it came with the E-bolt 98 I just picked up. ------------- If I flee, kill me If I die, avenge me |
Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 9:00am
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I don't understand um. Some hate, some don't, it makes me think they perform differently out of the box. A friend bought one for his gun and we all agreed, it was the most inaccurate peice of crap we had ever seen, not to mention I stood in a field 150 feet away and watched paintballs bounce off my chest (it took 14 shots for him to finally hit me.) Just for the speculators we tried it on another tippmann, and it sucked again. This happened after a field owner told us not to get the crap anyway. But, I guess some of them work, and to our tinkering ability we never got it to. |
Posted By: paintballaluke
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 9:42am
Bad Paint? I have two friends who are a-5 flatline owners and they perform awesome under the right conditions. |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 10:13am
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thats my line. also my flatline works great. -------------  
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Posted By: ThEeViLcHiCkEn
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 1:10pm
| i had a flatine, i didnt like it becasue i went to speedball and the a5 sucks at speed ball in general, the a5 is heavy so really its only good for the woods, tell you the truth i didnt like the a5 at all, sold it got my imp and i have never looked back |
Posted By: Dark98
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 1:25pm
| Flatline > j00 |
Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 1:34pm
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kaner>flatline |
Posted By: Play Maker27
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 2:59pm
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i have a flatline and want a flatline hehehehe ------------- Tippmann A-5 -E-Grip -Unimount -32* Remote -Blade Trigger -Redz Harness -Flatline Barrel -Palmers Stabalizer Fund: 117/680 |
Posted By: tiny
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 3:59pm
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dude.......my friend has a a-5, and in a game of speedball he held down 4 guys and killed 2 before we got him. just because you suck, doesn't mean that the a-5 does ------------- Here we go again |
Posted By: Play Maker27
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 4:38pm
hecks ya ------------- Tippmann A-5 -E-Grip -Unimount -32* Remote -Blade Trigger -Redz Harness -Flatline Barrel -Palmers Stabalizer Fund: 117/680 |
Posted By: ThEeViLcHiCkEn
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 6:53pm
Ok first I though this was a thoughs and OPINION thread and i know this is going to be hard to prove because im doing it at the makers website, but i did have an a5 and it did suck at speed ball and i dont care if you have a e-trigger or not your not alowed full auto on a feild. I personaly if i had to choose it would be the r/t. and you know what your buddies bud doesnt have anything to do with this, and i do suck and you know what, im not playing agianst dynasty now, i play at my local feild, and i had had the a5 and it does suck balls at speedball its a great at woodsball but not at speedball. You have to be jokeing, i love my imp and i will never go back to an a5 for speedball you know why? the front of the hopper and the cyclone feed absoluly scream hit me, and for the shroud around the barrel, do you know how many times ive seen people get hit there? alot. so you know what i will not back down the a5 suck at speedball its heavy, air hog (i dont care what you say about it) and its wide. plus you cant even stri[ it down with out an allen key. believe me if there could be a contest agianst oh lets say A5 and imps and the guys were somehow all the same in everyway, the impy would own all. |
Posted By: capcadetspencer
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 6:57pm
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Hey noob... you are wrong, you picked a bad topic to set up a first impression with, you are in the wrong forum, stop please... ------------- To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift -Steve Prefontaine |
Posted By: cadet_sergeant
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 6:59pm
if you saw the condition of the flatline you'd probley thing it was about right plus the owner (I traded it to a field) gave me free Air and field fee. so its basicly $140 for the heavily used flatline (i bought it used for $40). |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 7:03pm
You do realize that the A5 hopper actually sits lower and tighter in then other guns right... -------------
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Posted By: WGP guy
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 7:21pm
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its not lower than a warp, or more in than a vert feed..., also, its not lower or more in than the Qloader |
Posted By: [Mr. Smith]
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 7:21pm
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I dont think the flatline is not very good, my firned has one and he pretends to like it because he paid so much, but we all nkow he doesnt. Flatline is good for woods, not speedball. My opinion. ------------- Proud owner of an ACE'd 2K3 matrix  |
Posted By: sickpaintballer
Date Posted: 28 August 2004 at 8:22pm
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Posted By: Play Maker27
Date Posted: 29 August 2004 at 10:43pm
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for its price it owns/ you don't need a 100$+ hopper.. ------------- Tippmann A-5 -E-Grip -Unimount -32* Remote -Blade Trigger -Redz Harness -Flatline Barrel -Palmers Stabalizer Fund: 117/680 |
Posted By: sort
Date Posted: 30 August 2004 at 9:44am
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I'll stand behind my flatlines before any other barrel....it's funny to shoot at someone from a long way out and make them look around like "Where did THAT come from?" ------------- Revelations 6:8--It's not revenge, it's Punishment. |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 30 August 2004 at 12:01pm
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It's so hilarious to hear the misconceptions and general bull No other barrel has touched my 98's (save the new E-Bolt, which came with a Boomstick included) but the Flatline since they hit the market in 1999. You hear the bull about "it ain't not no good for speedball", and I just laugh. I have played a ton of speedball with a Flatline on my 98 and with my A-5, and I have found it to be just as effective on a speedball course. It makes hopper-hunting and taking advantage of bunker openings a cinch. If you don't like the Flatline, that's cool ... it just makes you all that much more vulnerable to people like me. But don't spread misinformation because "your buddy's cousins' pal said so" or you just couldn't handle the installation. I love the looks on peoples' faces when they realize they got drilled on a speedball field with a Flatline-equipped Tippmann. Kinda makes that $1400 investment ring hollow ... ------------- If I flee, kill me If I die, avenge me |
Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 30 August 2004 at 6:05pm
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A5BAD sent me a PM about how he hates my gun setup is to....umm...his disliking. Shut up and keep your ill gotten and held opinions to yourself. ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp">
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Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 31 August 2004 at 2:51pm
he sent me another. get a  ing life!!!!------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp">
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