acuracy and volicity
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Topic: acuracy and volicity
Posted By: goders85
Subject: acuracy and volicity
Date Posted: 27 January 2010 at 12:45pm
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Hello All iam having acuracy and inconsistient volicity probloms on my tippmann a5 and ideas??? ive tryed new power tube and sacked that. didint work at all will the bolt have any thing to do with this ? cheers ------------- TIPPMANN A5 E GRIP FLATLINE AND APEX WITH TECH T CYCLONE UPGRADE AND ZERO KICK HAMMER |
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 27 January 2010 at 12:48pm
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what are you running? CO2 or air?
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Posted By: goders85
Date Posted: 27 January 2010 at 2:34pm
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Hello there iam tuning on air and always have done so, would my tank have anything to do with this as it's only a cheaper one ------------- TIPPMANN A5 E GRIP FLATLINE AND APEX WITH TECH T CYCLONE UPGRADE AND ZERO KICK HAMMER |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 27 January 2010 at 5:30pm
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What barrel are you using? ------------- 
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Posted By: goders85
Date Posted: 27 January 2010 at 6:26pm
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ive got a apex and a flat line barrel flat line tends to be more acruate but then i get more barrel breaks! i think thats down to the paint at the local site tho ------------- TIPPMANN A5 E GRIP FLATLINE AND APEX WITH TECH T CYCLONE UPGRADE AND ZERO KICK HAMMER |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 28 January 2010 at 1:48am
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When youre Chronoing your marker, what are the Velocity Readings? ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: goders85
Date Posted: 28 January 2010 at 11:58am
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Hi there it jumps from 250 up to 300 and is all over the place ------------- TIPPMANN A5 E GRIP FLATLINE AND APEX WITH TECH T CYCLONE UPGRADE AND ZERO KICK HAMMER |
Posted By: Indian741
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 1:10pm
| I have similar problem also I put on a Flatline barrel and exspansion chamber and my accurrassey is all over the place. I am running CO2 at the moment. How can I get it to be more consistent. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 3:14pm
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If you have a cheap tank, then it sounds like you are using CO2. A lot of barrel breaks in a flatline is a sure sign that you are using cheap paint. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Lord-Catboy
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 3:53pm
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Flatlines are not ment to be accurate.
The way the paintball moves is it goes up then down then straightens out. so if thats what your seeing, Thats normal.
Flatlines make the paintball move wierd.
So the inaccuracy your explaining, Unless its straying left to right when it comes right out of the barrel. Thats completley normal.
As far as accuracy goes. Shoulda gotten a Freak Or a J&J.
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Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 7:44pm
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Whether youre using the Apex or the Flatline, holding the Marker itself will also affect the balls accuracy.
And as you might already know, the Ramp inside can be adjusted to apply the Back Spin on the ball before it exits and that the housing can be turned in either direction to apply the Trick Shots, that being said, the Shooter has to remember in which Level the Rubber Ramp inside the Apex Housing is positioned. The same can be said with the Flatline, in which slightly tilting the marker to either side, the ball will curve in the opposite direction. And dont think that just because the Apex can send the ball further than the Flatline, that the ball is going to hit the target Dead On, because its the same with the Flatline, the further the ball goes, accuracy is lost. Ive used both the Apex and the Flatline with all my Markers and I only use them to keep the OpFor's Heads Down, not for Accurate Shots...I use a Straight Barrel when I want Dead On Accuracy. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition!
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 8:49pm
Repeated for emphasis. With a lot of work the F/L can be quite accurate but it will never have the pinpoint accuracy that some of the better straight barrels get. However, the capability to reach beyond the ranges of straight barrels makes it a very effective fire suppression tool. ------------- 
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evil_fingers wrote:Posted By: Indian741
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 1:33am
Okay the paint hooks to the left and slices to the right like a golf ball with a bad swing. Should I use compressed air, or is there a way I can use CO2 and still get good accuracy. As CO2 is more readily available. I did buy a rifled barrel and it did not help so I bought a Flat line because I was told this would help. Nothing seems to work. |
Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 5:04am
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you could get a stabilizer. the palmer stabilizer can be used with both CO2 and HPA to give you more controlled pressure. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 8:46am
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Posted By: Lord-Catboy
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 12:59pm
Nailed it.
If you honestly believe its your air. Rent a HPA tank for the day.
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Posted By: Starloric
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 5:54pm
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Sounds a bit like inconsistent air flow... Might be a power tube issue?
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Posted By: Indian741
Date Posted: 15 February 2010 at 11:48pm
I thought this also, what kind of power tube would you recommend? Thank you all for your help. I appreciate it a lot. I am getting some good info here..  I believe I am going to switch barrels and I bought a HPA tank. As far as barrels which is better the J&J or the Freak. I just want simple accuracy. I like one shot one kill kind of thing, as much as possible, want long distance accuracy. |