Flatline Barrel

[TheTomBomb]

If I have a ULE body, which is autococker threaded, can I use the flatline barrel on it?

[FragTek]

wtf? where would u get this crazy idea?

1st of all your thread type would have be either 98 threads or A-5 threads. There would be no way to mount the barrel shroud if you did, but you dont necessarily have to use the shroud.

I guess you could do it if you had a cocker thread to 98 thread adapter.

[Joni]

No

Actually, I dont think you can even if you have an adapter. I think the TM98/A5 flatline isn't mounted with threads, they are attached to the body somehow, and I don't think that would fit an ULE =). I'm not completely sure about this, since ive never owned a flatline myself.
Anyway, maybe the guy is thinking about the flatline for cocker produced by WGP, but as I understand it, you can only buy the complete flatline cocker, not just the flatline. And that flatline probably wont fit an ULE either.

[FragTek]

Well, the 98 flatline is odd. I have owned one, and they have a funky setup. There is an adapter plug for the Flatline that screws into the receiver, it has a ring clamp on it. From there you just slide the flatline into the plug and tighten down the ring clamp.

Therefor if you had a 98 / cocker thread adapter you could mount the flatline without the shroud. It would look goofy and potentially chop mass balls.

[GA Devil]

You do realize they did make a flatline mini cocker right? If not I have 1 for sale if your interested brand new.

[FragTek]

I think he just wants to flatline his mag... A lot cheaper than buying a whole new gun :)

[Tobe2be]

i have seened flatline BARRELS on an autococker. as a result of this i do believe that you will be able to put a flatline barrel on a ule. but from what i heard those barrels are heavy.

[Dayspring]

Yeah. You can shoot farther, but your accuracy goes all to hell and the balls won't break at those long distances.

[Meph]

There is no cocker-threaded or even A-5 threaded. Both A-5 and autocockers have the flatline attached with an adapter piece that bolts onto place, does not thread into place. Unlike the 98's which does thread into place.

So if you want one slapped onto your mag you would have to have your body custom milled with a special piece made specifically for the Flatline. Of course this wouldn't be cheap, probably! Depending who does the work.

[FragTek]

Originally posted by Meph
There is no cocker-threaded or even A-5 threaded. Both A-5 and autocockers have the flatline attached with an adapter piece that bolts onto place, does not thread into place. Unlike the 98's which does thread into place.

So if you want one slapped onto your mag you would have to have your body custom milled with a special piece made specifically for the Flatline. Of course this wouldn't be cheap, probably! Depending who does the work.

No, you wouldn't NEED anything made for you if you had a cocker 2 98 thread converter.

[Spaceman613]

Sorry frag...

You still cant orient the barrel on the ULE body. THATS why machined threads and a flatline dont work together. The M98 has cast threads which are the same on each and every gun. machined threads dont get oriented from one gun to another. Take a cocker threaded barrel.... put it on cocker A, now put it on cocker B... again on C did they all have the logo on the same location? See? the tap didnt align the same from body to body.

The only way to put a flatline on a ULE body CORRECTLY is to have a clamping adapter made to hold the barrel in the correct orientation. And if someone goes to this cost, a noraml twist lock body may be a better choice due to the amount of room in the breech.

[FragTek]

The M98 flatline comes with a screw in clamp adapter that lets you adjust the barrel how u see fit though...

That's where I am failing to see why this won't work.

[Spaceman613]

ever shot a paintball at a wall at a shallow angle? did it break?

ok, now put a 1-2 inch extension in the breech end of a flatline barrel. So you are shooting a paintball for 1-2 inches, then it hits the curve of the flatline (which is very abrupt. Think it wont break?

can it be mounted? yes. will it fire paintballs without breaking?

look at a flatline without the shroud, notice how the curve isnt gentle at the breech end? thats what the ball will be hitting after a short distance with your adapters.

[FrAuStY]

Umm....I failed to see why you'd want a flatlined mag? Haven't we already agreed that flatline barrels do nothing other than look fugly, give you and extra 10 yds of INNACURATE range, and allow your opponents a chance to catch your paint and shoot it back?

[FragTek]

Originally posted by Spaceman613
ever shot a paintball at a wall at a shallow angle? did it break?

ok, now put a 1-2 inch extension in the breech end of a flatline barrel. So you are shooting a paintball for 1-2 inches, then it hits the curve of the flatline (which is very abrupt. Think it wont break?

can it be mounted? yes. will it fire paintballs without breaking?

look at a flatline without the shroud, notice how the curve isnt gentle at the breech end? thats what the ball will be hitting after a short distance with your adapters.

That's the answer I wanted to hear like 50 posts back. Thank you.