is a flatline worth it
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Topic: is a flatline worth it
Posted By: CottageCommando
Subject: is a flatline worth it
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 9:44pm
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Okay i've come to an ultimate decision... Should i get a flatline barrel is it really worth it? I play woodsball and I'm a back player in speed ball so i was wondering is the flatline accurate like my tippmann sniper barrel its really important to me that ppl who are anti-tippmann and anti-flatline dont reply unless u actually have used one. ------------- Building an Evil Empire... One piece at a time :) |
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Posted By: morbyss
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 10:02pm
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i have a flatline and i use it all the time i myself like it as long as
im shooting the right paint alot of people that hate it are the ones
not shooting the right paint its a really good barrel with nice round
small bore balls like marbs and so on
------------- A-5 Flatline Barrel lpk tippmann reg R/T nitrogen tank red dot sight car stock from Vernon, Connecticut |
Posted By: U.S. Navy SEAL
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 10:09pm
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I think it's good for both speed ball and woods ball. You might want to get a regulater though if ur shooting from long range. I have a palmer stabilizer and a flatline. I was shooting at a target at about 75ft. away(or maybe a little more). My grouping spread of 20 paintballs shot at about 260-290fps was like 9"x10". I shot 3 paintballs in a row all with in 4 inches of each other. I was satisfied with the results. It took me a while to get the palmer adjust right though. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Flatline barrel E-Grip Electronic Red-Dot sight Palmer Stabilizer |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 10:56pm
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Flatline is great for woodsball and if you are a back player in speedball and you don't run a lot, it should be good to but i personally wouldn't play speed with a flatline. |
Posted By: -2gd4u-
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 2:12am
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i wouldnt play speedball with it because it is not easy to clean on the field, once you chop you can NOT fire through it and keep accuracy you have to really stop and clean it out, so its a nono for speedball, it does however work well in recball. ------------- What could possibly go wrong. |
Posted By: U.S. Navy SEAL
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 2:17pm
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You really don't have to worry really about balls breaking in an a-5. I was messing around and used over a year and half old, already opened, brass eagle paintballs. There was like 30 of them i fired and none of them broke. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Flatline barrel E-Grip Electronic Red-Dot sight Palmer Stabilizer |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 2:24pm
| my flatline mehhh. its okay. the range it shoots is great but at the range it shoots, the ball became less accurite and even if they do hit the person, they might not break |
Posted By: P!NK panther
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 2:29pm
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Posted By: crazed412
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 4:49pm
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The flatline was designed to put a backspin on the paintball thus making it go alot farther. I have one and its awesome never would give it up for any other barrel for my a-5. I wouldnt recommend it for speedball. ------------- A-5 Flatline 20 oz co2 remote line 4+1 pack Soon to come: Sniper stock ghillie suit |
Posted By: TheHoff
Date Posted: 10 January 2005 at 5:22pm
| go for it |
Posted By: Dawrr
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 7:26am
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Read my post. It is called "a fun game" it is in the thoughts and opinions page. It is only 1 day old. I took out a kid from 150-200 feet away witjh a flatline... 1 shot only!!!!! YES... GET THE FLATLINE... Ignore people who say it is bad. . They didn't install it right. If installed properly, it is worth its weight in gold! ------------- Smart Parts Shocker SFT Vision PE 48/3k All-Am. 14" Barrel Q-loader kit Eggy2 Z-boarded NDZ V3 He Bolt 34 bps A-5, E-gripped WAS board to come 16" Werks JC F/X Stock Q-loader 30 bps |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 11:38am
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"Its entirely up to you if wanna get the Flatline or not"
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Posted By: fatmanphil69
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 4:00pm
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i used my frends flatline once and it was awesome way better than a regular barrel i say go for it ------------- 98 custom J&J 14" ceramic pen spring mod |
Posted By: PaintbalSk8r14
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 4:05pm
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I used to have one and was a speedball player. I got made fun off at the field all the time. Even the refs were sayin stuff bout it to each other cause i heard em before a game. If you don't mind that it's great. I switched to a boomstick cause people would always say I was cheating when I hit them cause normal barrels cant shoot that far. I switched so when i hit them they wouldnt have an excuse.(Wouldnt really know for woodsball, not my thing, not that i have anything against it, just not my thing) ------------- A-5/E-grip/Low-pressure kit/PMI reg./smoke R-5 loader/12inch Dye Boomstick/92ci4500psi Crossfire tank/Flat double finger trigger/deadon drop foward adap./Dye cradle/Dye Airport |
Posted By: Tippmann875
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 4:16pm
| No they suck if you dont have the right paint, paint will be all over and then you will have to give up in the middle of the game |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 11 January 2005 at 5:30pm
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Get the Flatline, use RPS Premiums (small bore) and you will own the field, like many others before you and before me as well....Flatlines is da shiznit! ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition!
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Posted By: Tipp-ity Tom
Date Posted: 31 January 2005 at 9:47am
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This post was perfect. I was about to ask the exact same question and I am tired of people that don't have flatlines posting negative issues about them. From what I understand, Flatlines are for woodsball not really for speedball, and you have to use the right paint. Perfect, I only play woodsball. I can't wait to get mine! Just ordered it as a matter of fact! ------------- Tippmann A-5 Flatline Barrel & PT Shroud 12" Lapco Bigshot & Machine Gun Shroud E-grip & JCS Double Trigger JCS Voodoo Stock w/ RVA Lapco Milsim Foregrip 32 Degrees Remote Crossfire 68/4500 |
Posted By: A-5 Command
Date Posted: 31 January 2005 at 5:09pm
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you will love the flatline for woods ball. the only time a flatline will break a ball would be if you are playing in cold enought weather that the balls will become real brittle and at high rates of fire will break. other than that one game that we played in 10 below i never broke any paint in my flatline. I have emptied a full hopper on full auto and diddn't break anything as a test. trust me. the only people who dont like flatlines are speed ballers and people who cant install them. o, and a-5 flatlines are so easy to instal and take off, dont worry a bit about that. And again, you will love the barrel, the extra range will be amazing to you after using a reguler 14 inch. and as a tip for cold weather: buy those little warm packs that you can squeeze and tape them to the inside of your hopper. shoul be able to buy them at a store that sells anything snowboard or skies ------------- A-5 Flatline E-Grip Tapco T-6 stock JCS Duel Trigger JCS Universal BiPod Core Remote 88ci/4500psi Crossfire R-5 Hopper Apex Barrel Hot Shot red dot Lapco offset Spec Ops A5-A2 grip |
Posted By: barrel tap
Date Posted: 31 January 2005 at 5:59pm
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Read Uber Upgrades or Flatline Questions... it expains why you're gonna
have problems in speedball. The flatline is more likely to break
the more paint you shoot through, and playing the back you're going to
probably shoot a lot of paint for covering fire. You might want
to be careful about that.
------------- VSC Phantom w/ Palmer Stabilizer + Vertical Pump Handle |
Posted By: f@ll3n 5nip3r
Date Posted: 31 January 2005 at 7:27pm
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dont buy it i had a flatline installed it...sucked the first game took it to my proshop and hey said i installed it right i used everykind of paintb i could buy marbs evil walmart stuff u name it.....dont buy it get a lapco bigshot or a sp all american ------------- anti: flatline egg 2 fender guitars cyclone xbox live gamertag:fall3n 5nip3r steam tag:fallen sniper ADD ME!!! "SO I bought an Angel, How the hell do I shoot it.." -jmac3 |
Posted By: ace17
Date Posted: 01 February 2005 at 10:58pm
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i have tried a flatline on both an A-5 and 98. i dont like them because seem to shoot the ball way to slow, but if you turn up the velocity it decreases accuracy. also some of the balls dont seem to hit as hard and dont always pop. i would try one out before you buy it ------------- A-5 r/t dead on rva expantion chamber smartparts teardrop |
Posted By: mryanTX
Date Posted: 02 February 2005 at 6:30pm
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I DONT HAVE A FLATLINE BARREL BUT I ALSO PLAY WOODS BALL AND MY FRIEND HAS ONE AND IN LONG DISTANCE SHOOT OUTS (20-30 YARDS) IT MAY BE BETTER BUT THE BALLS DONT BREAK BECAUSE OF THE BACKSPIN THATS MY OPINION BUT I THINK IT MAY WORK WITH A REGULATOR ------------- tippmann a-5 16" all american barrel pro team hyperstar bolt |