Flatline owners: Ever use another barrel?
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Topic: Flatline owners: Ever use another barrel?
Posted By: Zuul
Subject: Flatline owners: Ever use another barrel?
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 6:40am
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Hello Flatline owners. Since you've had your Flatline for a while, do you still have any use for any other barrel? Is the Flatline the say all end all barrel? Or do you still keep _____ barrel around and never/somtimes/always use it instead? Why? ------------- Henry & the A-5 I'll stop laughing at you once Military R&D puts a double trigger on the M16. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABQPB - Do you play paintball in Albuquerque? |
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Posted By: Stormy Knight
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 7:32am
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I still have the original barrel and a 12" J&J Ceramic lying around. ------------- A-5 Armson DOT Sight Armson Raised Sightrail DOP Bullet Drop DOP RVA DOP X-Core DOP Vertical Adapter E-Grip(APE) Flatline Barrel HPA JCS Duel Trigger Lightening Bolt QEPH Vortex Mod |
Posted By: woodzballer08
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 9:33am
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I rarely use my flatline b/c i am more conserned about fire power not distance. I have a evil pipe kit. if you deside to ditch the flatline, go for a barrel kit that has inserts so you then will rarely break paint. Empire, Freek, A-3, Ronnin, and evil all are good kits. ------------- Getting bunkered is like having sex in prision; it will happen weather you like it or not. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 10:06am
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I have a Freak kit, which hardly gets any use (on the A-5, anyway) since I got the Flatline. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 10:58am
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I hated my flatline. I traded it for a trracer luckly. JJ ceramic. Great barrel. |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 3:43pm
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When I use my A5 (almost always) I usually use the flatline so that I
have the extra range when needed. If I'm playing a tournament or on
small fields I usually put my bigshot on instead though. It's slightly
more accurate, it's less visible from the front, can be cleaned easily
during a game, and it isn't very picky on paint. In a woodsball game on
a big field or a scenario there's no doubt that I'd choose the flatline
though, the extra range is incredibly useful there.
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Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 6:01pm
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No barrel but a Flatline has been on mt 98/RT and A-5 since I got them. The E-Bolt came with a Boomstick, but soon as I get an Ion, it will become my woods gun and get the Flatty treatment. ------------- If I flee, kill me If I die, avenge me |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 12:49am
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I hate my flatline, sold it and bought a Lapco bigshot.
Cant go wrong with the bigshot I think the a-5 flatline is decent though, especially because its very compact. ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: tippy279
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 8:10pm
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I love my Flatline except for the added profile and weight. Very accurate and good quality. I sometimes use the stock barrel though in close range or airball tourneys where I just sling free paint at people. Yes the gun in my sig can sling paint, 13bps to be exact. That is okay in tourneys. ------------- My guns name is Mr. Max in remembrance of my dog that got hit by a car: Tippmann A-5 Ricochet R-5 JCS double Trigger Tippmann E-Grip Flatline Barrel Do you have the need for speed? |
Posted By: Nutteralex
Date Posted: 11 August 2005 at 8:05pm
| Hated my flatline, getting a freak barrel kit. |
Posted By: joetheman89
Date Posted: 11 August 2005 at 8:44pm
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I use my flatline mostly, it works good with marbs. But sometimes I use my armson stealth, which is OK. ------------- 98 Custom Armson Stealth 13" Flatline GTA Expansion Chamber GTA Double Trigger Ben Tippmann Sealed Bolt Lapco Drop APP Sling |
Posted By: A-5 Command
Date Posted: 11 August 2005 at 9:48pm
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Bought a Flatline as my first barrel, stayed with it. ------------- 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: Darth_Sicetus
Date Posted: 11 August 2005 at 10:17pm
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I usually use the flatline. I have a pistol with 8" barrel that I still use once in a while. ------------- My Setup: http://www.geocities.com/kc0peq - http://www.geocities.com/kc0peq |
Posted By: FyreFly
Date Posted: 12 August 2005 at 2:36am
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I use my 98 Flatline whenever I feel like bringin out the 98, but I rarely if
ever still use the Flatline I got for my A-5. I use my J&J Ceramic instead. ------------- 
System X NME LE WGP Orracle Cocker Tippmann A-5 E-Grip & LPK Tippmann 98C Flatline & LPK |
Posted By: PyROphantasie
Date Posted: 12 August 2005 at 3:14am
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have a flatline, but it got scratched on the inside(dont ask how) now
it's a shotgun, so i got a dye ultralight, still miss the range of the
flatline though...
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 13 August 2005 at 12:00am
Did you talk to tippmann about it? They probably would fix it for free if all you did was shoot paint through it (don't bother if you did something stupid like shooting marbles). Send them an e-mail or call them and see what they say. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
PyROphantasie wrote:Posted By: SAS proud 2 luv
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 10:05am
| the bigshot is wicked i rarely use my flatline in small fields |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 11:46am
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I'm the opposite, I never use my flatty on my 98, and use it exclusively on my A5, I find the A5 flatty to be a superior product, fits better, easy to align/change, shorter and not as fugly as the 98. ------------- Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here. |
Posted By: brat mann
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 11:58am
| A flatline is the kind of barrel that either you love or hate, black and white, light side and dark side, there's no in-between. |
Posted By: A-5paintballer6
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 5:40pm
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i just got my flatline and it works great i cant belive how much mor range i get now ------------- Tippmann A-5 E-grip Flatline Barrel 20oz co2 
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Posted By: xerphiz
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 10:17pm
| I had a Flatline for a bit, and one day I tried my friend's gun with a Twister on it, and decided that the Flatline's extra distance (seriously, only about 20 ft) wasn't worth twice as much money, so the kid I bought it from took it back, thank god, and I bought my Twister. |
Posted By: mrjinglesthebum
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 9:49am
| I like my flatline on my m98c r/t. Im planin on getting an A5 and usiing a different barrel (14-16in JJ probably) and the lapco mg shroud. turn it into a browning .30 cal. |
Posted By: schnappi
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 12:01pm
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Posted By: Konig42
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 11:14am
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I just tried out a flatline that a got for free from a friend. Im
not sure what i think. The added distance is nice. The
accuracy at 150ft was very poor. I was shooting Diablo Heat and
PMI/RPS Superswirl. I did have many breaks. I was maybe
able to his the target ~3/10x. Even making minor adjustments did
not seem to make a difference. balls would curve left, then
right, then right again, then left, then up, then right, then down,
etc. So I could not really determine how to make the adjustment
to the bbl. I also have a 14in. J&J Ceramic barrel which I
also found to be about equally as inaccurate, but at a shorter
range. I think the best barrel as far as accuracy goes that I
have would probably be the stock barrel or the 32 degrees precision
bare,l
------------- Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese! ________________________________ 98C RT Exp. Chmbr pen spring trig HaloTSALED double trigger Flatln stock bkup J&J 14" bbl str fire b |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 11:37am
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Years ago I had a Flatline on my 98... the balls went everywhere but on target even with good boresize paint match. I thought about getting one for my A-5 because I hear it is better, but I don't have much need for the extra distance and expensive small bore paint. I am happy with a good quality conventional barrel that groups tight until the end of it's range. I don't like being in the rear of the game either. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 3:19pm
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I have a Flatline on my 98. I loooooove it. I try to use that more often, but it depends how it does with the paint Im using. The range is amazing, and the accuracy usualy great. ------------- 
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Posted By: USWarPyg
Date Posted: 24 August 2005 at 6:10pm
| I loved my flatline, i found it to shoot through breaks, shoot well-enough to win at the 125-150 mark if you know how to shoot. But I had to sell it to use my new shroud from Opsgear. Now im looking at a ceramic 20", bigshot 14", or a werks 16". |