Alpha Black w/ Flatline Barrel
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Topic: Alpha Black w/ Flatline Barrel
Posted By: alf725
Subject: Alpha Black w/ Flatline Barrel
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:53am
| Does anybody know about this, i want to try that. Or in June, is tippmann going to make a flatline barrel for the Alpha Black? |
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 22 May 2008 at 6:47pm
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Why would you want to? It would comepletely kill the look.
Take a look at the apex barrel. It is better than the flatline and could actually look good on an m-16 milsim. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 22 May 2008 at 10:12pm
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I'm not an Apex fan but the Apex is generally much more mil-sim friendly (appearance wise) than the Flatline.
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 23 May 2008 at 12:23pm
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Ditto. I just can't get my Apex to peform as well as my Flatline irregardless of tip and velocity settings. ------------- 
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Mack wrote:Posted By: l3uLL3t
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:06am
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many sites say that the alpha blacks treads and the same as a 98. i really not sure im fairly new to paintball. but i did see and AK-47 barrel that look sick. www.e-tippmann.com/cdseo-cat/Tippmann-US-Army-Paintball-Gun- Barrels.html/ wouldn't let me put hyperlink, but just copy and paste. ------------- 
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Posted By: paintball437085
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:43am
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^^^ dont work ------------- psn=Xx_DY3_xX |
Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:01am
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you can allways change the barrel with another one, and use the ak parts to go on the other barrel, but i thought the 98 threads were the same as the alpha?
why do you allways have to to that, it's annoying, why dont you look befor you type! take out the space and it will work.... http://www.e-tippmann.com/cdseo-cat/Tippmann-US-Army-Paintball-Gun-Barrels.html/ - http://www.e-tippmann.com/cdseo-cat/Tippmann-US-Army-Paintba ll-Gun-Barrels.html/ ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 10:26am
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Why would you want to put an AK -47 barrel on an AB? That would be like putting a BMW front end on a Merc. The AB is stylized after an M4/M-16. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 2:40pm
| funzies? |
Posted By: d4rkmonkey
Date Posted: 25 June 2008 at 10:16pm
Because some people think it'll look cool, which it might. |
Posted By: JPdude
Date Posted: 30 June 2008 at 7:25pm
If you can manage to find a AK-47 mag that will fit in the AB mag slot, then you could easily turn your AB m16 into a AK-47. All that would be left to do would be to remove the Site rail, unless you like the look of the AK with a site rail. Either way I might just give this a try. The AK-47 is one of my all time favorite weapons to shoot at the local shooting range.  ------------- [/URL] 
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Posted By: Barentine
Date Posted: 03 July 2008 at 2:15pm
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I've been thinking about trying that. I'm pretty sure that the barrel's from the 98 work with the Alpha Black, so other than looks i dont see why not, I'm just not sure as to whether or not the alpha has enough power to make the flatline work properly |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 03 July 2008 at 6:50pm
The power issue, if there even is one, can be easily remedied with an after-market main spring. -------------
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Posted By: d4rkmonkey
Date Posted: 07 July 2008 at 10:04pm
| Especially since the alpha black is identical to a 98 internal wise... |
Posted By: lordtoast
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 6:58pm
| the 98c threads are the same as the alpha. I put my buddies flatline quickthread platinum on my alpha, and it performed like i thought it would. but its just plain ugly. the shroud that comes with the 98c flatline does not match the alpha tac. but to answer your question, 98 threads are the same. |
Posted By: kadelewis44
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 11:26pm
| screw the flatline get a bt-m16 apex barrel it works way better |
Posted By: Eternal_SiR
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 3:55pm
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Tippman ahs a flatline combatable wiht the Alpha Black.. also has weaer rails on top. but it totally kills the M16 look ------------- Tippmann ABT J&J 14" Ceramic Barrel Front Foregrip Red Dot JSC power tube Front bolt APE V2.0 Rampage board Cyclone Squishy Paddles Vortex Mod QEPH Lightning Rod X7 Hopper w/ silent mod |
Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 07 August 2008 at 10:13pm
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I'm putting my HH barrel in mine. If anyones interested I could post a pic later.
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Posted By: lordtoast
Date Posted: 04 September 2008 at 5:37am
| I hae a 98C and and alpha black. My 98C flatline plat quickthread will fit onto my alpha, and performance is great compared to the standard barrel. However, it looks terrible. So far, I have been able to find only one shroud for the flatline platinum. As stated before, the apex will give you more performance (at 150+ft) than the flatline, and any shroud will work. I have seen some amazing alphas with the apex and different shrouds. I like the apex over the flatline. But in the end, its a matter of personal preference, for what you like and what and how often you play. I only play senario, so I'm really picky about my upgrades. |
Posted By: krash69
Date Posted: 26 October 2008 at 5:50am
| Here's a question that follows a similar line has anyone found any type of replacement magazines yet? |
Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 3:02pm
| are you serious? the flatline looks way better then a chunky apex, who the hell wants or has time for that matter to curve balls in the middle of a game , not to mention the apex is tottaly FUGLY |
Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 3:06pm
| I have a quickthread flatline on my alfa black , it works amazing!! fits perfect |
Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 3:15pm
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 4:54pm
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realy, a triple post AND a bump. come on dude. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:30pm
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:02pm
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^^^ 98 F/L and an X7 shroud? Or something you whipped up from scratch? Either way; it looks good. -------------
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 10:10pm
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98 Platinum basic shroud with some added Rails. Not too shabby what you can mod up once you take that first step. -------------
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Posted By: Neothesmurf
Date Posted: 06 August 2009 at 11:02pm
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http://www.rap4.com/paintball/os/army-alpha-black-flatline-barrel-p-7140.html - http://www.rap4.com/paintball/os/army-alpha-black-flatline-barrel-p-7140.html i just found one. i'm sur eyou may have found what youre looking for by now but if you didnt thought this may help. |
Posted By: Toshiki
Date Posted: 15 September 2009 at 7:20pm
| That looks awesome, but how did you get rid of the carrying handle? Did you just saw it off yourself? |