flatline or lapco big shot
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Topic: flatline or lapco big shot
Posted By: tvrsir
Subject: flatline or lapco big shot
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 12:47am
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flatline or lapco big shot
help me choose please what barrel shhould i get. ------------- shoot me foo!!!!! |
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Posted By: jjclown23
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 12:53am
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flatine + marblizers = ownage ------------- A-5 Response Trigger DOP Blade Trigger Polished Internals X-Chamber Custom Paint 14" J&J |
Posted By: LiT uP
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 1:31am
nooooo dont get the flatline!!!!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Skorpion317
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 2:38am
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flatline, definitely. It's not that hard to clean, they give you an extra-long squeegee. ------------- 98 Custom Flatline Barrel Pro-Team Sniper F/X stock 32 Degrees Remote Line Response Trigger Ricochet 2K hopper Removed Front Grip Polished Internals Adco Imp red dot sight |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 8:11am
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Well, are you willing to spend close to $130 for a barrel? If so, I wouold say get the Flatline for the added distance. The BigShot is a very affordable, reliable, and pretty accurate barrel. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 11:18am
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Flatline is very good. It does NOT break balls more than any other barrel, no matter how much people insist that it does.
It is tough to clean.. but as long as you've got a decent feeding setup and/or don't shoot too fast it shouldn't break balls very much. ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die. 
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Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 11:36am
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yea the flatline isnt that bad if u play alot of woods i would get the flatline ------------- 
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Posted By: cockerkilla99
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 11:38am
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If your gonna go spend the money on the flatline, then I would say forget the FL and go for a better barrel, such as a Smartparts All-America ($75) or a Freak, or A Dye Ultralight, Boomstick, or any other really good barrel, I would go for the Pipe Kit ($200) or the Stiffi barrel or kit. ($100-$200). There all better barrels then the Lapco and Flatline. All REALLY on target, and really nice barrels. ------------- 
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Posted By: MROD
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 1:58pm
mmmmm... no. Smartparts All American and freaks are not better than the Flaltine. The Flaltine can compare to them in accuracy and compeltely pwns them in distance. But it doesn't really matter what barrels we like. What we need to know is what kind of bal lyou play. If you play woods, go for the Flatline. It has unsurpassed range and good accuracy. There have been alot of rumors spread about it by Flaltine haters, like the it's hard to clean one, but they are not true. If you play speed go for the Lapco Bigshot. You shouldn't blow extra money on a barre like the boomstick because they give pretty much identicle performance. Kits, on the other hand, are a better way to go for speed because you can change the bore for different types of paint at fields. BTW for lengths, you wanna say between 10" and 14" They are the best lenghts. Which you choose, is up to you. If you have any more Flaltine related questions check out my sticky in the Upgrades and Customizing forum or PM me. Preferably in that order. ------------- I need to find smaller pictures for my profile. |
cockerkilla99 wrote:Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 3:07pm
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well if you play woodsball more than speedball then get the flatline for sure. But it's also really loud. But so is the Bigshot kinda. If you play more speedball than woodsball then get the aLapco. Sure anybarrel will break paint ANY but it's because your shooting too fast, which means you need to get a motorized hopper. like a 12v revvy. You can e-mail me at mailto:FCsniper13@aol.com - FCsniper13@aol.com if you need more info. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: Robert_Hawker
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 3:46pm
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get boath when you have good paint use the flatline when your shooting crap use the bigshot. ------------- Tipp A-5 Opsgear Saw Shroud Opsgear G36 Folding Stock 16" j&j |
Posted By: jjclown23
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 4:49pm
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Whats your problem with flatline? ------------- A-5 Response Trigger DOP Blade Trigger Polished Internals X-Chamber Custom Paint 14" J&J |
Posted By: whitehall!
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 9:14pm
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that doesnt clean all the paint out, in mine anyway DOOOOOOO get the flatline, but both are awsome
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Posted By: paintballer2584
Date Posted: 20 November 2004 at 11:22pm
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flatline all the way dont listin to ant body thats says anything bad about it it don't break balls if they say that it is in accurate its because there a retard and they put it on wronge
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Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 21 November 2004 at 12:37pm
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^ YA! i guess. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: Stormcharger
Date Posted: 21 November 2004 at 2:21pm
Simple, he has never used one and bases his opinion what others have said. Or he knows of someone with no common sense that could not operate a flatline properly. The A-5 with a flatline, when used properly and maintained will not break paint. I have fired more than 16000 round through my flatline and have had no balls break. Read that again. Plus I have the added benefit of being ready to go for the entire weekend with no maintenence between games except for paint and CO2. |