best barrel for accuracy
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Topic: best barrel for accuracy
Posted By: la troca
Subject: best barrel for accuracy
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 3:43pm
| For the a-5 what is the best barrel for accuracy i have the flatline but i think i would prefear accuracy. I have heard smart parts is a good brand or is something better. And what are the prices?? |
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 3:57pm
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Man your gonna get ripped a new one for that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Savior_six
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 4:00pm
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Try pbreview.com http://www.pbreview.com - My Link I like Dye and Smart Parts barrels. ------------- Team Salem, Kuwait 08 |
Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 4:08pm
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The smart parts All American is a great barrel for accuracy. If you are willing to spend a little more money, you should get a barrel kit. With a barrel kit, you can chage bore sizes to mach paint. This allows you to get the best accuracy out of any paint. Smart Parts makes the freak kit, evil makes the pipe kit, and there are many out there. I have the pipe and I am very happy with it. If you get the freak, my choice would be the stainless steel inserts with an All American front. ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Xspyderman
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 4:46pm
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Buy better paint and stick with what you have. There is no better barrel for an A5 or 98c... A lot of other brand markers wish they could use the 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! |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 4:49pm
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I’m not trying to flame you or criticize you, but what do you mean by that? Do you think that the Flatline is not accurate? From my experience, there are few barrels out there that match the flatline for accuracy. Once again, I’m not flaming you, just asking an honest question. -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: eaglesin05
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 6:42pm
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The flatline is a great accurate barrel. The J&J ceramic and Lapco Bigshot are also good
------------- Camo'd 98C Remote Polished internals Dbl trigger 14" J&J Ceramic Barrel Rocket Cock 2 Trigger Slop Mod 12V Revvy 03' Dye stikies R/T Drop Forward |
Posted By: 98owner
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 7:13pm
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smart parts all American or if ure willing to go scenario get like a
bt-16 there accurte as crap and there pretty quiet and they got some
distance.
------------- if u watch blue collar tv 24-7 u might be a redneck. -Hell yeah thats me |
Posted By: Variable
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 7:59pm
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Posted By: MacImpulse182
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 8:07pm
flatlines blow. go with a freak or all americans. the freak is 200 for the full kit. the all american is 60-80 goodluck with ur a5 ------------- Black impulse CP Trigger All american supa fly bolt check it on/off 45/45 crossfire next: reg maybe? |
Posted By: Tippman98
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 8:28pm
This comes in handy sometimes.  ------------- "Paintballers are like roses - watch out for the PRICKS." |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 8:39pm
I totally disagree with this. Having owned a Flatline for my A5, and currently owning a 12" AllAmerican(one-piece), and a few LAPCO barrels, the standard aftermarket barrels are all significantly more accurate than the Flatline. It's very tempramental, and if there was a perfect barrel, the Flatline would not be it, IMO. Personally, I think a 12" beadblasted LAPCO Bigshot is the perfect, most accurate single barrel for either the A5 or M98C. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 8:41pm
I'm not the author, but I know that the reason I sold my A5 Flatline was because I decided the increased range and flatter trajectory were not worth the decrease in accuracy.....even all it's quirks aside, it just wasn't accurate enough for me. |
Posted By: 98_custom22
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 9:14pm
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well the aa is awesome but dude nothing beats a flatline..the most accurate barrel on the market ------------- 98% of ion owners think ions are better than any high end gun. If you would like to bonus ball these idiots put this in your sig. me: 06 Nasty Nerve 68/4500 +47/3000 halo b freak kit |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 9:20pm
| ^Have you ever shot one? |
Posted By: paintballpunk33
Date Posted: 23 March 2005 at 10:24pm
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flatline 4ever ------------- "hate is baggage and life is too short to be pissed off all the time,its just not worth it" |
Posted By: SR_Crewchief
Date Posted: 24 March 2005 at 7:15am
| The best barrel for accuracy is one that is clean and has a smooth low friction bore surface. After that it's all breath and trigger control. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 24 March 2005 at 10:54am
| ^In other words, not the Flatline. LOL |
Posted By: A-5 08
Date Posted: 24 March 2005 at 11:14am
I agree fully with zesty, the flatlines accuracy looks like a cone. The tip is where you shot and the end is the 200ft range, it is a very wide cone and it is unpredictable. From my experience witht the flatline it is only accurate up to 50ft or so then in its outer range its accuracy depleats rapidly. If you are looking for an accurate barrel there are plenty of options. Personally I love my lapco bigshot (7.5"). It is dead on accurate. Those of you who think that a longer barrel adds loads of accuracy are wrong. Check out my sig, Says J and J 16" and Lapco bigshot 7.5" my bigshot still matches the accuracy of the J and J and the J and J is twice as long. Barrel kits have mixed reviews from me. I would personally love to have a freak kit. You can buy one freak kit then buy backs for your other markers and use the kit on them. But I wonder if i would put the largest insert in and just forget about matching paint to insert. ALL AMERICANS are great too. If you are looking for a really accurate barrel and are willing to shell out somebucks, look into the boomstick or an ultralight. |