Flatline not accurate
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Topic: Flatline not accurate
Posted By: Kommiekilla
Subject: Flatline not accurate
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:41pm
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When I got my 98 custom flatline, I could hit a can about 150 ft. away ( no joke). Now ive used it twice its a POS. I cant hit a tree 20 feet away. No broken paint in the barrel. What did i do???? No discussion about how good/bad the flatline is. Answer my question please ------------- Woodsball: Tippmann 98 Custom (Camo) Shocktech bolt 14 inch progressive barrel Z boarded Egg |
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Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:45pm
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Water, oil, or paint in barrel - Make sure the barrel is as dry as possible. If there is any moisture in the barrel such as water, oil, or paint, this will affect the accuracy. Bad or poor quality paintballs - When paintballs are old, dimpled, ovaled, or are coated with oil, they will not fly accurately and should be replaced. Velocity too high - If the velocity is set on high, you are going to be forcing the paintballs through the barrel, which may cause them to be fired erratically. Bad or damaged barrel - If the barrel has burrs, dents or any other rough edges, paintballs will not fire accurately. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:46pm
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Try turning the barrel a little to the left or right. Maybe it got hit or
something. ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: Kommiekilla
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:52pm
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Yeah i use stinger paint and yes i got hit in the shroud once. Ive been thinking of using marbillizers just for my flatline. Any other paint that works good in the 98 flatline. ------------- Woodsball: Tippmann 98 Custom (Camo) Shocktech bolt 14 inch progressive barrel Z boarded Egg |
Posted By: Kommiekilla
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:53pm
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My velocity may be a little high but I dont have a chrono ( 100$ screw that) ------------- Woodsball: Tippmann 98 Custom (Camo) Shocktech bolt 14 inch progressive barrel Z boarded Egg |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 12:44am
| Try some Evil paint...my flatline loves em. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 1:59am
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Stingers do not come in consistent batches. |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 10:38am
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Tippya5extreme covered most of the things to check. A point also is that even if no paint has broken in the barrel there is a residue build up from the surface of the paintballs (any brand). The textured surface of the inside of the barrel gets coated and the ball doesn't develop proper backspin. The ball can skid rather than roll in the barrel which makes for some very erratic flight. After every case of paint or so you should wash the inside of the barrel using hot water and dish detergent (Dawn is good) to remove this residue. Also, expensive paint like Marballizer is not necessary for excellent accuracy. I have been getting absolutely spectacular performance from Nelson Hemorrhage at only $37 a case! This is small paint and in my marker is every bit as accurate as was Marballizer or All Star. The best hand held chrono is about $70. Too high velocity will defiantly cause inaccurate flight from the Flatline. You'll buy all kinds of accessories to improve your marker, but setting accurate velocity will do more for you than most mods. -------------  
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Kommiekilla wrote:Posted By: Kommiekilla
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 11:41am
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Bruce, wont washing the barrel out with soap and water get all the rough material out of the barrel?? ------------- Woodsball: Tippmann 98 Custom (Camo) Shocktech bolt 14 inch progressive barrel Z boarded Egg |
Posted By: S\/\/4T-L()G4N
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 1:53pm
This is your answer right here. Anything over 275-280 will make your balls go where ever they choose. ------------- 
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Posted By: tippya5extreme
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:04pm
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just use your sweqe that came with the flatline and put some water and soap if you want to and clean it...then dry ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 3:49pm
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Whoa! Every day I am amazed at the questions that get asked when there have been thousands of posts, easily found in a search, talking about the fact that the textured surface inside the Flatline is a bead blasted surface. They blast the inside of the barrel with sand to roughen it. There is no coating, of any kind, applied to the inside of the Flatline barrel. Use a swab type barrel cleaner. Immerse the barrel in a sink of hot water and dish detergent and run the mop type swab back and forth...first one direction then the other...several times. Then rinse well with hot water and stick in the dish drain rack to dry. -------------
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 4:00pm
No, the rubber disk squeegee style is not the best for removing paintball shell built up residue. The mop type pulled first from one end then from the other while the barrel is immersed in a sink full of hot water and Dawn dish detergent (actually, any dish detergent) will produce the best results. Sticking the end of the barrel into the water while you pull the mop swab through actually sucks the sink water up into the barrel...so if you sink is too small for the full length of the barrel to be immersed just pull the solution through with the swab. First one direction then the other. And repeat until clean (about six to ten passes of the swab through the barrel). If you do have room in the sink, letting it soak for a few minutes also helps.
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 6:08pm
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huh... well, i learned something today... ------------- X |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 6:46pm
Agreed |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 20 June 2006 at 9:12pm
| make sure the valve screws are tight. a couple of years ago at twc i had the tippmann techs work on my gun. then half way thru the day i installed my buddies flatline and it rocked for like 4 shots then went to crap. i got back to the dead zone and noticed that the valve screws where missing/stripped from them using friggin dewalt cordless drills to tighten screws. |