Good paint for a Flatline

[Victor six]

Can anyone recommend a decent (as in good match and accurate) paint for a Tippmann 98 with Flatline barrel, running on CO2, stock internals?

What is the bore size for a Flatline anyway? I don't have the capability to measure it at the moment!

And what's the best way to find a good paint for a given barrel, apart from buying a case and shooting it?

If these topics have been covered before, point me in the direction please...

 

[Skarra]

If you want to know the bore size, go to the Tippmann home page, and follow the link to the support section. Then e-mail Tippmann. They get back to you in a few days.

 

[Rabies]

The flatline is an exception to the usual paint/barrel rule -- it is a large bore (around .692) barrel, but works best with a small/medium bore paint (under about .689), because of the way it puts spin on the ball.

Normally you can check paint to barrel match by trying to blow a ball down the barrel with lungpower alone. If the ball rolls through the barrel, it's too small; if you go red in the face trying to blow the ball through then it's too big. A correctly sized ball will stay put when you put it in the end of the barrel, but blow through the barrel easily.

As for the flatline, who knows? The right-sized paint will roll out of the barrel, so not many clues there. All you can do is try a few types and see what works best.

 

[BZSentinel]

Well back when I had one I always used Marballizer when I could afford it. Im not exactly sure if it was the best though, it was never that accurate, but from what I hear, it never is.

 

[Rabies]

Originally posted by BZSentinel
Well back when I had one I always used Marballizer when I could afford it. Im not exactly sure if it was the best though, it was never that accurate, but from what I hear, it never is.

The paint, or the barrel? Marballizers are certainly the straightest-shooting paint I've ever used. As for the Flatline, I've no idea because I've never used one.

 

[BZSentinel]

Oh, sorry. Yeah definatley the barrel. I use marballizer on my gx-4 and it is sweet. The flatline was great for distance, but the accuracy was horrible, no matter what paint I used. But still, marballizer is probably your best bet.

 

[Rabies]

The main complaint I hear about the Flatline is that, although the paint will travel further due to the spin, by the time it gets there it's travelling so slow it won't actually break on anything.

 

[L J]

flatine must be a bitch to squegee!!

 

[BZSentinel]

Yeah it is, You have to take the whole dam thing apart just to clean it.
On what Rabies said, the backspin on the paintball makes it look like it is traveling slower, when it is actually not. I never had a problem with paint not breaking.

 

[pgaglio]

Originally posted by Rabies
The main complaint I hear about the Flatline is that, although the paint will travel further due to the spin, by the time it gets there it's travelling so slow it won't actually break on anything.

I had the same experience with shots at or near the end of their trajectory.

Oh and if you get a barrel break (which seems to happen regularly), good luck trying to squeegee a flatline on the field. What a pain in the arse. If you thought the flatline was inaccurate before a barrel break, shoot one with a little paint in it. You can't hit a feckin barn with the thing.