Flatline or snapshot?
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Topic: Flatline or snapshot?
Posted By: Bomber Brigade
Subject: Flatline or snapshot?
Date Posted: 30 October 2004 at 9:40pm
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Flatline or snapshot? Which should I get? ------------- 
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Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 01 November 2004 at 3:05pm
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OMG Tell us how you play and what youi like to do. The Flaltine and the snapshot r totally diffefent barrels that suit totally different players. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: P!NK panther
Date Posted: 01 November 2004 at 3:47pm
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never heard of a "snapshot" i smell walmart ------------- http://www.theimagehosting.com"> 
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Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 01 November 2004 at 3:54pm
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no snapshot is pretty much lapco's answer to kit barrels. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: uabofoolaxer
Date Posted: 01 November 2004 at 4:06pm
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lol i felt the same when i hears snapshot you know some 8.99 dollar toys r us barrel. but i looked it up its made by lapce if im right. but i owuld go with flatline except only the barrel not the plastic part i think it looks sweet. my frined did that
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Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 6:28pm
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flatline if u play in the woods otherwise snapshot ------------- 
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Posted By: 98c - baller
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 6:41pm
| ^^^yep or the cheaper bigshot |
Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 8:46pm
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Ok since no info. seems to be coming I'll say Flaltine because it owns snapshot in range and is pretty much as accurate. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 10:17pm
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^Got the range part right but not the accuracy.
The flatline is more of a cover-fire barrel. Good for laying down fire from long ranges. The snapshot would be a better choice for more precision shooting. Let's say your style of play involves you snapshooting 3-5 shots at someone then returning back behind cover. In that case the snapshot is your barrel. Now if you find yourself playing back and laying down paint or shooting lanes then the flatline would be the good choice. And the snapshot is Lapco's answer to 2-peice barrels not kits. The accushot is their kit. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: A-5 08
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 10:26pm
not 8.99, its the same price as all lapco barrels. Don't piss on what you don't know. The snapshot is a smaller bore bisgshot, I think it is .687, versus .689 with the bigshot. Its a nice barrel, just a smaller bore. If anyone wants to compare a snapshot to an 8.99 wal-mart barrel, I won't flame you. I will reach through cyberspace and beat you over the head with my left, pink, chuck taylor. I hope to god you know what chuck taylors are. |
uabofoolaxer wrote:Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 6:35am
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^Wrong. As I stated before the Snapshot is Lapco's 2-Peice system. The Microshot, Autospirit, and Picoshot barrels are Lapco's smaller bore barrels. Before flaming someone for posting misinformation you really need to learn how to get your own facts straight and read the post above you. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: ItalianoGuy04
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 11:48am
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flatline.... ------------- 
Supe'd up Spyda Victor, don't like it, don't care |
Posted By: ItalianoGuy04
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 4:59pm
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here's a war in the making... -------------
Supe'd up Spyda Victor, don't like it, don't care |
Posted By: Bauerp0weR 18
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 5:34pm
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Well first of all, you can get a snapshot as a kit. You can get 3 backs with .687, .689, and .691 or whatever and a 12" and a 14" front. Unless you feel the need for a lot more range, I strongly recommend the Snapshot. I have one and I think it is an excellent barrel. Do what you want with your money, but you can't go wrong with the Snapshot. ------------- Black Smart Parts Ion Halo B Check-It Unimount macroline 68/45 Pure Energy tank |
Posted By: A-5p8ntballer
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 7:42pm
| Just get a bigshot |
Posted By: swirl43
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 7:58pm
| what the **edited** is the snapshot |
Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 8:09pm
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I said pretty much which infers that that the snapshot has better accuracy but not so much that it will knock your socks off to see the difference. And you can, as someone said, buy the snapshot as a kit. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
Posted By: Pooner
Date Posted: 03 November 2004 at 9:55pm
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the flatline slows the paint down. TRUST ME!! i have one. im not saying it S L O W S it down but it sure as hell doesnt get there as fast as my friend 98 with a progressive. but it does maintain breaks. it does. but NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR SPEED BALL!!!! i used it for sb, therfore, i am a dumbass. ------------- CHECK IT OUT!! IM ON TEAM SKEET!! www.teamskeet.20megsfree.com - www.teamskeet.20megsfree.com Were in Sioux Falls and Yankton South Dakota. |
Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 04 November 2004 at 5:28pm
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Still are one.
The Flatline does not slow down the ball. It gives the illusion that the ball is moving more slowly. However, a ball from a flatline will reach a spot just as fast as a ball from a conventional barrel. The flatline is a fine barrel for a backman in speedball since it's really more for shooting lanes and posting as opposed to sniping or snapshooting. BTW guy above me, I'm kidding about the dumbass comment. Please do not take my jab personally. Oh, and again the snapshot is not a kit. The accushot is the kit. Same barrel but different names. ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |