best barrel for A-5
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Topic: best barrel for A-5
Posted By: fatverygood
Subject: best barrel for A-5
Date Posted: 17 April 2005 at 9:35pm
| im a little curious myself :-/ |
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Posted By: fishsticks
Date Posted: 17 April 2005 at 11:02pm
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depends on the paint you're using. ------------- A gun is not a weapon... It's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or...uh, a...an alligator. |
Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 8:17am
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id also go with a j&j ceramic ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: gumball
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 11:17am
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out of those the ultralite because it is the same as the boomstick but cheaper and you can anodize it. ------------- if it moves it becomes a target. Tippmann A5 E-grip smartparts all american hpa fund: £12.50/150 |
Posted By: StickyFingers
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 12:52pm
yea it depends on ur paint if u use small cal. paint that is pretty
quality like Blazz and u play woodsball alot then go with the Flatline,
if u just want a sim go with the m16 one, but if u want a well rounded
accurate barrel and u use a varriety of paint use like a stick or jj
ceramic or ultralite, but never keep that piece of junk stock
barrel 
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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 1:31pm
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Woodsball = Flatline Speed = Boomy ------------- http://www.macdev.net - MacDev Militia http://www.alienpb.com - Alien - Because winning is more fun. |
Posted By: -mit-
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 7:18pm
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dye makes some pretty good barrels
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 7:26pm
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Flatline. Cant beat it. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Sniper21
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 8:00pm
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Flatline is the worst ****ing barrel ever made Freak or J&J ultralite if you ballsize the paint ------------- A-5 E-Grip Jcs Trigger PMI Nitro soon to be WGP Karnivor or X-Mag |
Posted By: Saint
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 8:20pm
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Personally I'd go with a Lapco Bigshot, but whatever floats your boat man. If not, go with the Flatline. ------------- 
First to play, last to stay. MN Militia. SETUP Tippmann C98 12" All American - Opsgear M4 Foregrip - M4 Mag Kit - Solid Stock |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 18 April 2005 at 8:24pm
"Flatlines don't break paint, Idiots do" ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Sniper21 wrote:Posted By: Sniper21
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 7:10pm
YO "You Won't See Me" i installed it right you  .... The barrel unless you have exact paintball match sucks even the guy who sold it to me said you needed tourney paint so i would know i bought one and it can't shoot straight. I probably know more about it than you do. i know way too amny pros who told me that it sucks and if it is so good then why doesn't tippmann effect use it or any people i know???  ------------- A-5 E-Grip Jcs Trigger PMI Nitro soon to be WGP Karnivor or X-Mag |
Posted By: mdp1212
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 7:12pm
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dye broomstick the flatline is down right ugly ------------- MDP A-5 e-grip Proto switch EL Mask hyperflow 400 47/3000 |
Posted By: fatverygood
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 3:01pm
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thanks guys. i have a question tho. i hear j & j ceramic and lapco bigshot are the most suggested barrels. but i heard that a dye boomstick is the best barrel you can get.....so i wasnt sure |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 3:09pm
Secondly, "The barrel unless you have exact paintball match sucks " The flatline needs small bore paintballs!! It needs space for the ball to roll through the barrel. Also, you should probably learn how to make sense. The last point im going to even attempt to bother with is ...."I probably know more about it than you do. i know way too amny pros who told me that it sucks " Yea looks like you know more about it than me.
The "amny" pros that don't like it dislike it because of the fact that they play speedball and the flatline is primarily a woodsball barrel Please, oh please, come back some other time for another schooling. Till then don't post. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 4:43pm
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Owned. |
Posted By: valleypaintball
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 7:00pm
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smart parts progressive.. best $30 barrel u can buy.. i have one on my
a5.. u just need to shoot decent paint.. i was owning last sunday with
evil paint i got the 12 inch n its awsome u will chop cheap paint tho
so u gotta dish out the extra 20 bucks n buy good stuff
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Posted By: A-5 08
Date Posted: 20 April 2005 at 9:33pm
^^^words outa my mouth |
Posted By: PROM3TH3U5
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 8:44am
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The barrel you use doesn't depend on the paint...the paint depends on the barrel. ------------- Insanity is a perfect rational adjustment to an insane world Outnumbered 10 to 1...I like those odds. I enjoy eating large amounts of lead based paint! Proud member of Shadow Recon Team |
Posted By: fishsticks
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 10:25am
not if you play at fields with field paint only... or if you can only get certain paint. ------------- A gun is not a weapon... It's a tool. Like a butcher knife, or a harpoon, or...uh, a...an alligator. |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 10:34am
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I had a Flatline on my model 98 and I hated it. With good small bore paint, proper installation, velocity and clean - it fired like crap. Even if it is better on the A-5 it is still no good. Something about the 6-micron finish and a straight barrel gets me about my boomstick. It’s heavy also and if you know anything about barrel harmonics, heavy is good. Take off the shroud and look at the flatline, it really only gives you a short few inches for ball stabilization after the curve, the rest of the barrel is for developing the backspin. I read a post that someone said the balls coming out of the flatline move slower and this is just foolish. You all do crono your markers right? What’s going on is that the friction between the paintball gelatin case and the walls of the barrel induce backspin. The paintball fill is a fluid and does not rotate. The air pressure change around the outside of the ball and a lift effect is created. It’s looks slower because there is less drop, but this is only an optical illusion. If you don't hold the gun level balls will fly sideways. This can help and hurt. There are a lot of conditions that will change the flight path with the flatline, play around with it and you will find that the only way you know were your shot is going is by referring to the last one. The flat line can get them to reach out there but 90% of the time I play I engage at 30M or less and the flatline groups past that are like a stock barrels closer up. I like having a tack driver in the effective range rather then just being able to put them out there. If you play against someone who knows how to work the cover (like in woods) they will be close enough to you in no time to turn your advantage against you. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 11:10am
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How can the ultalite have less votes then the boomstick? ------------- http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=260991706090alb8rs.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 12:41pm
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It's cheaper ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: Tippmann98mike
Date Posted: 21 April 2005 at 4:49pm
lol w.e, its paint picky but, its amazing still ------------- Tippmann 98 custom flatline 12v revvy w/ x board java diamond grips |