flatline shooting short
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Topic: flatline shooting short
Posted By: bevo24
Subject: flatline shooting short
Date Posted: 24 February 2005 at 10:05pm
| i recently purchased an a-5 with a flatline but i can't seem to get it ti shoot as far as i read it should. I can get it to shoot about 150 ft and that is it. It only shoots about 25 feet shorter with the stock barrell. Maybe i am just having trouble getting it honed in. Am i expecting too much or might there be something wrong? |
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 7:40am
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i personally think flatlines suck cuz my friend had one and my stock(8and a half inches) shot 20 feet farther than his flat. maybe u could reinstall it? i dunno ------------- 
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Posted By: pbmasta
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 9:44am
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try reinstalling it. mine works great much farther shot. and for bluemunkey42 your friend probbaly installed it wrong if your gun shot farther ------------- Olive PM6 with virtue |
Posted By: Psycho5785
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 9:48am
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Make sure it's installed properly. The distance on mine is great. ------------- War Machine Paintball Standing up for newbies everywhere! We were all newbies once. |
Posted By: dtfastj
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 12:09pm
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Sounds like you have a problem. Check velocity and also check to be sure its installed properly, which I doubt is the problem. Make sure to the lines line up. If all else fails call Tippmann. They have great customer service. ------------- A-5 RT$380 Double Trigger$29.95 Flatline$149.95 16in All American$75 WGP 70ci 45 CarbonFiber$200 ETC = $1026.75 Whomping newbies who have Markers that cost more than my entire setup...PRICELESS |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 3:22pm
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is it cold out? if so and your using co2, you will not get the best preformance. try reinstalling it too. ------------- 
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Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 5:17pm
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If you use good paint, if you install it right, if you set the velocity right... they work great and as advertised. To say they suck is just flat out wrong! If your flatty isn't working corectly it might be a manufacturing issue on yours, but you are probably doing something wrong. I haven't seen anything out shoot a flatty. ------------- Xs. A5, GTA; Flatline, Double Trigger, R/T, Tapco Stock, 32° Remote, Attitude Forum: meeting place or medium for discussion of matters of public interest. NOT INTERESTED? DON'T POST! |
bluemunky42 wrote:Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 25 February 2005 at 5:46pm
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An important piece of advice for flatline owners is to invest in a regulator. It keeps it far more consistent; the flatty is sensitive to pressure differences. Also, a regul;ator helps you keep your shtos within the flatline's velocity 'sweet spot'. I've just ordered a Palmer's Inline stabilizer for my Remote hookup; it should get my shot groupings a lot smaller... ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: A-5 Rox
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 10:56am
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Ya, I just got my palmer stabilizer and i noticed a great increase in my accuracy with the flatline at long range. ------------- Setup: -*A-5*- -Response Trigger -Double Trigger -Flatline Barrel -Dead On front grip -Male Palmer Stabalizer -Remote line |
Posted By: Flat-shooter
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 6:04pm
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a 8 inch stock barrel shooting farther than a flatline??? LOL ------------- MESS WITH THE BEST , DIE LIKE THE REST http://www.imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: TippmannEFX
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 6:44pm
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but will the sandy material (aftertime) were down and not put as much backsoin on it ??? ------------- Tippmann A-5 F.L./R.T./E.G. HPA, 32 Degrees Star Bolt,Polished Internals, |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 09 March 2005 at 10:58pm
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The bigger part is the curve of the barrel- that's where most of the backspin comes in.
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 10 March 2005 at 5:38am
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Read the sticky in Upgrading and Customizing to help you solve the problem wit your Flatline...and read it carefully!
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