Flatline vs Sniper 14"
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Topic: Flatline vs Sniper 14"
Posted By: TrivialBeing
Subject: Flatline vs Sniper 14"
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 12:49am
| I have just got a custom pro and I am into woods ball. I am going to get a new barrel to replace the stock barrel, of course, but I can't decide between the very accurate14" sniper barrel versus the range and look of the flatline. My major curiousity leis in the accuracy o f the flatline because if you can't hit your target you wil simply be missing your target at a longer range. If the flatline is very accurate, to the point of somewhat competition with the sniper barrel I am willing to spend the money, but I would prefer to save money for other mods on the gun and just get a really accurate barrel. Also I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me what kind of range the sniper barrel has while maintaining its accuracy. Any reply would be greatly appreciated! or if this has already been discussed please refer me to the forum as I couldn't find one. |
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 12:58am
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The uber leet sniper barrel is not that accurate. People around here call it a longer stock barrel. I prefer good quality straight barrels, like the Lapco Bigshot, CP, Stiffi, Ultralight, etc. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:07am
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All straight Barrels have the same range. The effective range on a striaght barrel is 25m(75ft). The Tippmann Sniper barrel sucks. I owuld recomend a J&J Ceramic, or Lapco Bigshot. These are the bast barrels for your money. The Flatline will ad range to your shot, but is inaccurate at longer ranges. I would look into getting a Good straight barrel, before getting the flatline. ------------- 
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 11:37am
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Just from those two choices, flatline. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: P8ntBall3r
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 3:31pm
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From those two choices flatline handsdown. Its accurate at longer ranges but not so accurate at shorter ranges. The apex would be a good choice to ------------- Setup: Marke:98 custom pro Custop Products Flame drop Barrel:12" SP Progressive Hopper: Vieloader evolution II 98%of paintballers act gangsta if you are the 2%that are normal put this in your sig |
Posted By: TrivialBeing
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 4:59pm
Thank you for your answers the are greatly appreciated, the two barrels I am now deciding between are the J&J Ceramic or the bigshot... though, what about the ardvark: snort barrel, or like a freak or all american or DYE how are they? (I can't find any retail stores in calgary that sell J&J Ceramic or bigshots  ... anyone here from calgary?) |
Posted By: P8ntBall3r
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 5:53pm
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out of all your NEW choices the freak is best. But for the money the big shot ------------- Setup: Marke:98 custom pro Custop Products Flame drop Barrel:12" SP Progressive Hopper: Vieloader evolution II 98%of paintballers act gangsta if you are the 2%that are normal put this in your sig |
Posted By: TrivialBeing
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 6:05pm
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looks like I will just order a big shot off the internet then. thanks to all for the help, much appreciated.
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Posted By: monty_sniper
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 8:12pm
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if you wana spend the money on a freak they are good, so i'd buy a stainless steel freak kit, but if you don't have that kind of money, thenn go for a bigshot ------------- 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. Proud owner of 3 guns and counting. |
TrivialBeing wrote:Posted By: Mr.Shake56
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:38pm
| bigshot because of your budget |
Posted By: TrivialBeing
Date Posted: 11 January 2006 at 7:58pm
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I am continuing this thread in a new topic now titled "Smart Parts: Progressive?? - good or bad?" as that is the only barrel that is reataily available to me that is within my price range. please post your opinions of the barrel on that thread, thank you.
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Posted By: mogul_pro
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 11:42am
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I have an a-5, one of the features it has is flatline.. its an amaizing barrel... shot 4 cases without a break and its as accurate as i have expectations of a paintball to be... no barrel is dead on.... so im going with the extra range... some barels are more accurate than the a-5.. but i personally am not willing to give up my range advantage for a SLIGHTLY more accurate shot at shorter ranges ------------- MoGuL_PrO |
Posted By: 3442
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 1:01pm
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My father owned a flatline barell and says its a different fun. The barell itself is totaly inacurate, and i dont know how much the 14" barell you talk about sells for, but my father got a freak kit with 6 inserts and a dye boomstick for 185 cdn used but in perfect condition. So look around and see what you can get, if not a smart part progressive or a teardrops works great, my brother has a progressifeo on his spyder rodeo with rockign trigger and shoots darns strait with co2, and i have a teardrop on my 98. Good barrells for hte price. Frank ------------- Frank |
Posted By: Monkey Dust
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 1:09pm
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Flatline
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Posted By: maddog312us
Date Posted: 28 January 2006 at 3:18pm
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get an apex
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Posted By: --Red--
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 8:31pm
| teardrop from smart parts are fairly good |
Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 10:25pm
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There are too many variables that affect accuracy. Barrel design is one of them, but paint choice and velocity settings are just as important. I played Sunday at a place that required field paint, crappy PMI Stingers. My marker for the day was an ANS GXE Race Framed cocker, with a Kaner 2 piece barrel, one of the most accurate guns you'll come across. The field paint was so crappy it looked almost like peanuts, out of round, with poor seams. On the chrono my velocity was varying by 30 to 40 fps! My normal velocity variation with good paint on this marker is 4 or 5 fps. I broke at least a dozen balls throughout the day, the paint seemed to fly anywhere but where I was aiming. I had to get within bunkering distance to get a sure hit. Here's the sad truth, an A5 shooting good paint through the sucky stock barrel will be much more accurate than my four times as expensive ANS shooting crappy stingers. The flatline does not suck, I've put more than 50,000 balls through one. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: hwayhzrd
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 10:28pm
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I have been a Flatline apologist since they came out way back in '99. Frankly, if price is a object, I would go with a 12" or 14" J&J Ceramic. Pretty accurate, very affordable. ReclusiveTorrid has one on his new Ion and it's a great barrel, especially for the $$$. ------------- If I flee, kill me If I die, avenge me |
Posted By: doyoufeelityet
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 4:22am
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duh flatline....
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 8:15am
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Holy Old Post, Batman!
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 6:15pm
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This isn't bad, it's bad when people bump a thread from July 04. |
Posted By: dodan44
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 10:07pm
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Posted By: GregL
Date Posted: 14 March 2006 at 3:10pm
dont doubt snake6. he gave me some killer advice for gear decion aswell a barrel sugestion, my new gig works great.
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Posted By: brat mann
Date Posted: 14 March 2006 at 8:29pm
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I've used a Flatline for thee years and honestly, I think it was more than worth the price. I'd pay it twice over and still call it a good idea if you'r into woodsball. I haven't used the other barrel, thus I will not comment on it. I can, however, offer you some insight into Flatlines. First off, they add range. Doubt it? Last time I checked, there's a garenee on the front of the box, so if it doesn't, you'r getting your money back. Second, dispite what others may try and tell you, they are pretty darn accurate. I've only shot it with CO2 (I'm 100% certan with compressed air or nitro, it would be better) and I can honestly tell you that ive outshot 16 inch barrels with this thing. (YES, that word is D A R N, not a certan three letter D-word)
Third, It offers a realistic feel. Now, to some people, that may seem like a dumb argument, but to any avid gun owner, it is far from that. To educated people, "realistic feel" doesn't mean form, but function. The fact that it offers a front grip makes it so you don't have to feel like your crunched for space if you have a stock. To those of you who don't have a stock on your guns, they make your front grip feel extremely close to your back grip and the angel is quite awquard if you are used to a REAL gun. Finally, if you go to almost any woodsball field, people respect you for the fact that you own a flatline. In my personal experence, people have chosen NOT to rush me simply because I have a flatline. Most the time, that choice got them shot. Also, in my experence, people listen to what you have to say because it looks like you know what you'r doing. Putting $100 onto a $120 gun plus whatever else you did to your gun does that kind of thing. Maby that's just me though, because i've played for thee years and from day one have played guys who had eight years of experence on me, so don't quote me on this paragraph and try and blame me for other people getting different results.
That's about all I have time to teach you right now author. If you want more info, then PM me. I will be glad to help.
Set up - 98 custom, flatline barrel system, stock(not sure what type), stainless steel thread remote, 4+1 pack (woodsball camo), I swap between a revvey and an egg with a Z-board. The egg was for another gun I own that shoots faster, but still looks cool on a 98 Custom. |