Can you silence a Flatline?
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Topic: Can you silence a Flatline?
Posted By: 88paintball88
Subject: Can you silence a Flatline?
Date Posted: 24 October 2007 at 10:51pm
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I was wondering what would happen if you drilled holes in the barrell inside the shroud? If you packed the shroud with steel wool I know it would make it quit because the air would be trapped inside that shroud but what would it do to the flight of the ball and the amount of air used by the gun? Any thoughts? |
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 25 October 2007 at 12:00pm
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Well, unless you knew what you were doing, you could seriously mess up your barrel. Im not sure what the porting would do, but you could put less ball spin on the ball, resulting in less added range. If you were to port it, put the holes near the tip to reduce loss of range. Edit: Wouldn't affect the use of air and you could use packing foam rather than steel wool. It doesn't leave fragments that can get in your barrel and cause breaks. Steel wool is used in firearms only because it doesn' burn as quick. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cheesus
Date Posted: 26 October 2007 at 7:26pm
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Steel wool would be a really BAD idea. It would give you a big rusted piece of crap. ------------- Forum God |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 29 October 2007 at 4:17pm
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buy an AA or some other heavily ported barrel...
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 29 October 2007 at 11:22pm
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You could get a quieter barrel and put an apex tip on it? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 11:02am
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Dont drill the barrel but I have heard that puttin a sound dampening material inside the shroud itself. It is supposed to help with the reveb in there but I am not sure if that is true or not. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: GhilleMan
Date Posted: 12 November 2007 at 8:32pm
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nah thats a sweet idea, would defiantly work, super l337, n33t0
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