flatline barrel system
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Topic: flatline barrel system
Posted By: SolderOfDeath
Subject: flatline barrel system
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 4:12pm
| ok, i heard a rumor that with the flatline after a couple of thousand balls have gone through it the coating on the inside of the barrel wears off and you need you need to send it to tippmann to be re-coated......is this true? |
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Posted By: HITMAN187
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 4:20pm
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Why don't you try shooting a 100,000 paintballs. ------------- ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME. |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 5:13pm
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Whats more dense? Paintball gelitin, or metal? They get caked on residue and need to be refinished (blasted) from time to time. Clean it after you shoot it with a squirt of simple green and then lots of warm water and I doubt you will run into a problem, before you put down the Flatline for something more usefull. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 5:22pm
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Yes, it's true, but if you take care of it and clean it, it should be fine. ------------- 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: Captain Bozo
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 12:23pm
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Yeah its true that they can wear out, after a ton of balls. But Tippmann said that they refinish the inside for free you just pay for it to get there. Sounds like a it is not a big of deal if you have a backup barrel. |
Posted By: Stormcharger
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 12:57pm
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No. But the paintball will leave a residue from their shells on the inside of the barrel along the top. Soap, water, and a squegee will take care of that. The finish on the inside of the barrel will wear down over time, but as this will take more than 100,000 rounds, or about $2000 worth of paint. And since Tippmann will refinish it for free, how is that a problem? |
SolderOfDeath wrote:Posted By: Bazz
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 5:28pm
| nope just clean it good after u play even if u didnt break any balls |