Apex barrel tips?
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Topic: Apex barrel tips?
Posted By: pooperscooper
Subject: Apex barrel tips?
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 10:42am
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I just ordered an Apex Barrel and i was wondering if anyone has any tips on using/cleaning the apex barrel. I heard that the rubber flaps are fragile and can be torn by some squeegees |
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 11:24am
| Yeah dont use a Squeegee with the Apex. You'll need to use a barrel swab because the rubber piece in the front can break easily. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:58pm
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will these work cause i am getting apex today and this is like the barrel swab i own. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 12:59pm
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The cloth end will, but probably not the greatest.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 1:07pm
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ok then squegies arent that expensive anyways. so like one of these:
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:11pm
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Interesting info if it is true. The barrel plug that comes with the Apex fits tightly and ought to be a problem if the ramp is fragile. I use the mop/swab type just because virtually the only place that gets broken paint is the rubber ramp. The squeegee style barrel cleaners don't rub against the ramp well enough to clean it. I have even cleaned it with my t-shirt wrapped around the tip of my finger. Hadn't thought it fragile! -------------  
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pooperscooper wrote:Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:18pm
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Ok thanks guys i need a new squegee now *goes to paintball store |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 2:47pm
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and do they cone with barrel condoms/ or will any ones do ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 5:51pm
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I think it comes with a plug. but the one like for the flatline should work too |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 5:55pm
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is the flatline one cheap? nmy field doesnt allow plugs. they are unsafe ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 6:08pm
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It comes with the flatline Just look for a big one |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 June 2006 at 10:26pm
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ok and my store doint have any spider threaded apexes. i ordered one in should be here next week. but im going up to cottage for weekend in wasaga beach (which has one of the best fields in canada) and i will try to see if they have any up there. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 1:28am
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The barrel plug for the Apex is a new patented style that was written up in Action Pursuit Games magazine about a year ago. It cannot be shot out of the barrel. You can tell the crowd when they choose to use the phrase barrel "condom," and snicker, rather than sock or cover. The end of the Apex barrel is oversize so if you have to use a sock, if the field doesn't allow plugs, it is a special large one...and not usually available at many stores or fields. The Flatline barrel (98c)takes a standard sock. A sock designed for the Flatline installed on the A-5 is large and will likely work on the Apex. -------------
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Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 1:32am
| Yes but the one that comes with the flatline is like HUGE |
Posted By: The Green
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 12:20pm
| My field has that same no barrel plug rule. This guy I played with who has a flatline took two normal barrel covers and sewed them together. You'd have to use some pretty heavy thread and a lot of stiching, but if you can find another one, its an option. |
Posted By: pooperscooper
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 12:23pm
| Well i shouldnt have a problem, I almost never play anywhere but my house. |
Posted By: Squishey
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 1:04pm
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i got shot with a barrel plug in the leg it's like someone taking a sledgehammer to your leg carl_the_sniper you goin to the halo scenario at wasaga? ------------- Canadians do it on top. 
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