flatline help!
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Topic: flatline help!
Posted By: lildude_1550
Subject: flatline help!
Date Posted: 17 August 2006 at 1:11am
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Ya I bought this gun about a year ago and have used it a few times and not really crazy about it. Each time I use it with the flatline on it it seems to chop balls and is VERY innacurate. I have a E-99 thats 10xs better, but anyways...I took it apart today to try to figure out the problem and i looked at the adapter that hooks from the flatline barrel to the gun and noticed that on the top there is a worn hole about half and inch long. I was wondering if this is supposed to be there or if the gun is just so old and ive taken the barrel off so many times that it has worn a hole in the top of the adapter?? the hole looks like it's not supposed to be there HELP SOMEBODY this could be my problem. The ball could be hitting that cut and makin the gun very innacurate. The hole is on the upper part of the adapter and is like a slit were the indention of the top of the barrel goes into. If this is my problem someone please let me know were to get a new adapter i can't find one anywere Thanks |
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Posted By: soulfly1
Date Posted: 17 August 2006 at 4:23pm
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You have a custom 98 or a5? |
Posted By: lildude_1550
Date Posted: 17 August 2006 at 4:52pm
| its a custom 98 with a butstock, flatline, expantion chamber and other stuff |
Posted By: lildude_1550
Date Posted: 18 August 2006 at 5:03pm
| ok no one has to reply its cool |
Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 18 August 2006 at 6:11pm
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Put the barrel all the way in the adapter. Take the screw out before you put
the barrel in. Try using smaller paint. Marballizers work well for the flatty. Make sure your fps is 275ish. The flatty is not very accurate anyways. I hope I helped. ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 18 August 2006 at 11:20pm
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You meant 275'ish didn't you? -------------  
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FarSeer wrote:Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 18 August 2006 at 11:23pm
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acctually (as bruce kinda mentioned) the flatline works best inbetween 260 to 280 fps |
Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 18 August 2006 at 11:38pm
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Thats right my bad. fixed. Thanks ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 19 August 2006 at 10:37am
| That slit on the top of the adapter is supposed to be there. Where do you see paint when the balls break? Is it in the chamber where the bolt moves back and forth or at the very begining of the barrel or is it inside the barrel(I am talking about the beginning of the paint splatter)? If it is in the chamber, you could be chopping balls by either shooting to fast for your hopper, or that it hits something when entering the flatline, or else there is something protruding inside the barrel causing breaks. Make sure that the balls you use roll right out of the barrel to make sure that the paint isn't too big. |
Posted By: lildude_1550
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 2:00pm
| thanks everyone i went to academy the other day and saw the flatline and the adapter and saw the little slit on the top is supposed to be there it's just mine is worn a little and i have to push the barrel in further thanks |
Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 4:50pm
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it's all good - no prob |
Posted By: Bandit5
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 11:35pm
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I reccommend scratching witness marks onto the barrel and adapter after
you are positive that it is installed correctly. Then all you
have to do is line them up and tighten down the adapter... no more
worrying about the adapter screwing up. What you experienced was the barrel getting caught on the slot and the balls breaking between the space in the adapter and the barrel... it really makes you lose confidence in the barrel... until you realize it was your own damn fault. |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:16am
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Guys, My Flatline manual suggests using a mallet to tap the barrel down snuggly into the adapter. Makes a lot of difference when you follow directions. Witness marks on the OUTSIDE of the barrel, adapter and receiver assure repeatability from one reassemble to the next. -------------
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