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I have an offset sight rail coming in this week and when I sell my 98 Custom I will buy a barrel mounted bipod and ASA with a gauge on it.
 
The only paintball gear worth putting/using a sighting device on is anything that has a Flatline barrel. Otherwise, you're better off just learning how to play the arc.

Get enough practice, and you can hit people at longer distances in wind. It's fun seeing the look in their eyes as they try to figure out how you hit them, even though they were completely behind cover. :D I loved windy games. Bouncing paint off inflatibles and netting is just as fun, but usually doesn't carry enough energy to break on the person you bounce it at, if you get it to bounce without breaking in the first place.

The bipod, though...? I dunno, I need to be able to move fast, and honestly can't think of a single time in about 10 years of play that I've used a prone shooting position.

I don't have any pictures at the moment, but here's a list of the gear I can remember owning and using, in order of acquisition, memory permitting.

Tippmann Pro-Lite. The "lite" part is a lie. It was heavy (though nowhere NEAR the PMI-3 below), but reliable as a mofo. You could use it as a hammer all week and still kick ass on the field on the weekend.

Kingman Hammer (pump gun - Kingman makes the Spyder series.)

V68 EXC aka PMI3 EXC. Boat anchor.. never used it.

An F2 Illustrator. Broken. Worked for about ten shots... still need to fix it. Then it would rock (despite the fact it's probably 12 years old.)

Palmer "Stroker" Awesome paintball gun, but kind of finnicky on the trigger. Works much like an Autococker, but WAY more compact. Palmers are the most accurate 'guns I've ever used (though Flatlines outrange them.)

Tippmann SL68II. It's a pumpgun with Communist-nation-like finish. Basic as hell, the body and grip are all one cast piece, as is the feed neck. Tipmann still honors the lifetime warranty it was sold with (15 years ago!!!), it got an overhaul by them about 4 years ago (by overhaul, I mean they diassembled it, dumped the guts into the trash, then put new everything inside the body), it's got a J&J straight-rifled brass barrel (talk about old-school!) and still sees use. And still kicks ass. Last year I took out a guy with a Flatline-barreled A5 with it a few times. It was just like a father showing his son that he's still got it. :D

The one I should have kept: my AGD Automag. Some a seriously badass and reliable 'gun. Loved it. Should get another.

The gratuitous (at that time anyway) Autococker. Time was, everybody had to have one to be a "serious" player. It was almost silent with the 16" All American barrel on it. Still have about 16 'Cocker barrels, 'cause they fit my Rainmakers.

Rainmakers (2; first generation). One is my wife's. These were, and probably are, the only Brass Eagle 'gun worth buying. Still not 100% reliable, but they're shorter than almost anything else I've used (measure from the back of the barrel to the center of the trigger frame for the on-field length.) One of the first electronic 'guns, too. Still pretty damn fast, very accurate with a good barrel, but very very LOUD (me being me, I found that cool as hell and used a 12" Armson, and NOT the quiet Armson). Tore a lot of people up in 5-man and 3-man tourneys with mine.

Phantom pumpgun with constant-feed AND stock-class bodies. It's got a .45 frame (they all come that way now...) and bottom-line on it (ditto, I think.) Got hooked by borrowing a friend's. I use the stock barrel, and it owns.

PMI Piranha G2 VTL. At one tourney, the Rainmaker broke, then my gas system broke so my 'Cocker was down (why'd I only bring two guns!?), so I picked up my buddy's back-up, a Piranha G2 STX, stepped onto the field and was very impressed. These made blowbacks kick ass again (excepting heavily modded Spyders). I picked up the cheap version, tuned it a bit, and it became my #1 'gun in my kit. It's still not electronic, I put a high-flow valve in it, found the most efficient bolt (funny thing: it's an open-face, non-venturi, standard VTL bolt... the cheap bolt is best!), slapped a 48ci air tank on it, and kicked ass with it. Eventually, I started out-running my Revo (pre-Brass Eagle buyout, mine was one of the first ones to ship, it came in a plain white box that said "VL Revolution". :D Blade rotation is counter to the ones that came in boxes with pictures) so not it's got a Warp Feed hanging on the side of it (BTW, LOOOOOVE the warpy. Lower profile for the win, literally in this case!)

The stuff I still own:
The F2 in parts.
The Palmer broke down and is waiting for ressurection.
Both Rainmakers, though my air systems for them have dead regs and are way out of inspection.
The Piranha, but that's been acting odd the last couple of times.
The Autococker got ressurected and nicely modded for me as a going away gift.
The Phantom still works and kicks ass.
So does the SL68II.

I'll work on some pics, though most of you won't know what the hell you're looking at. :p
 
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I have an A-5 with a 3-point collapsible stock and a flatline barrel. Im think of getting a red dot scope/sight because i cant look down the sights well with the stock. Also I have a Ariakon Overlord pistol witch I carry as a back-up during scenarios. If you want to see a bad-ass team here is the link for my teams sitehttp://kommandantsoffear.bravehost.com
 
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Help an old guy out. I'm not a paintballer (however I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), but have played 3 or 4 times over as many years. Of course I used the stuff that the paintball course rented.

I quickly learned to forget the friggen sights. By the time the second ball was half way to its destination, I pretty well had the third dropping in where it needed to be.

My question is, is there really a need for sights and why? It would appear to me that one could become fixated on pinpointing the target and get clobbered from someone else. The only courses I played on it was shoot as often and as fast as you could. I likened it holding a water hose and directing the water stream to the target.
 
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Floyd said:
Help an old guy out. I'm not a paintballer (however I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), but have played 3 or 4 times over as many years. Of course I used the stuff that the paintball course rented.

I quickly learned to forget the friggen sights. By the time the second ball was half way to its destination, I pretty well had the third dropping in where it needed to be.

My question is, is there really a need for sights and why? It would appear to me that one could become fixated on pinpointing the target and get clobbered from someone else. The only courses I played on it was shoot as often and as fast as you could. I likened it holding a water hose and directing the water stream to the target.

No, sights (in my experience) do not help. Loads of practice does. After you've played a lot (I mean a LOT), you get the hang of where the ball is going to go. Once you've got the basics of the game down, and can hold your own, I always suggest (at an outdoor, WOODS field) to get a pump-action gun and learn how to really aim.

Focusing too much on a target me and my friends always called "tunnel vision" and yeah, it does get your butt whooped. The trick is to focus really quickly, get your shot out, and then unfocus.. if that makes sense. It also helps to get a feel for reading the field and exposing yourself only to the person you'll be shooting at. If you're in the middle, this means not shooting at the other middle player, but at either corner, etc. (and never over the top of anything... unless you've got a Warp.)

Walking the paint in does work well, and that's the method most people use.

I did use sights long long long ago, but then one day, my battery died (red dot) and I discovered, to my amazement, that I hadn't even been using the damn thing for the longest time!

You really would need something like the sights you find for compound bows, or some kind of tangent setup (hmm, I could market that...) for aiming a paintball gun (except those Flatlines...) because of how much arc you've got. But that would be too slow.

First shot, first hit, you win.
 
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The 98 Custom Flatline is not too great, you have to install it and I hear it curves bad, but the A-5 Flatline works great plus it looks like a silencer. I actually did use the sights on my A-5 (before I got the stock), they work pretty well at a decent range plus they are exactly like the MP5 sights which is bad-ass. You might not use sights but I don't spray and pray!
 
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Hans_Muffinman said:
The 98 Custom Flatline is not too great, you have to install it and I hear it curves bad, but the A-5 Flatline works great plus it looks like a silencer. I actually did use the sights on my A-5 (before I got the stock), they work pretty well at a decent range plus they are exactly like the MP5 sights which is bad-ass. You might not use sights but I don't spray and pray!
:rolleyes: I hope that's not aimed at me. I usually play with a pump gun now, and it's impossible to spray and pray with those.

I've seen a lot of 98 Flatlines, and none of them curved. If someone has one that curves to the side badly, one of two things:

The barrel is installed incorrectly. It's canted in the direction the ball curves.

The shooter is tipping the gun to the side. This isn't always a bad thing, since you can arc your shots around bunkers, accurately if you practice it. Doing this habitually and thinking it's the gun's fault is bad.

Also, I remember Flatties are really picky about their paint.

Oh, and it would be pretty hard for the 98 Flatline to be better/worse than the A5 version, because....

Other than the way they attach and the shroud they sit in, they are the exact same barrel.
 
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Ok, I went out and snapped a few pics. So here we go.

I skipped the F2, since that's in a million pieces... If I can ever find a valve (and then all the pieces :( ) to fix it, I'll put it together, finally. Click on thumbs for larger images.

First off, my current #1 ass-kicker. The Pirhana:



I forgot to list one! I have a Sheridan P68SC. It's a sweet stock-class pump, I don't know if they still make 'em. It's the big brother of the PGP. It's an all-brass body over a die-cast aluminum grip frame, so it's quite heavy. Barrel lenght is about 16". It holds 15 in the upper tube, tip back to pump. The string is something I added so I wouldn't accidentally drop the "mag plug" when reloading. I get about 20-25 useable shots per 12 gram. Oh, and that's my 'cocker below it. I haven't used it since the rebuild... must do.



My Rainmaker. Needs a rebuild of the reg, and I've just been too lazy. :p Besides, the Piranha is too damn good, and I haven't been playing too much since I hurt my back. Plus, the BIG CA tank it needs to run is way out of hydro, and the reg on it is toast. My wife has exactly the same setup... but with Strawberry Shortcake stickers on hers.



My Palmer. Palmer's Pursuit makes awesome stuff. You might notice it looks an awful lot like the P68SC. These were built off P68 direct feed 'guns. Palmer's Pursuit converted them to semi-auto using a 4-way valve attached to the trigger, a ram attached to the bolt, and a reg to feed those parts at low pressure.

 
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Nuts, had to make it a two-parter. Too many pix.


The Phantom. I can't decide if this is my favorite pumpgun or if my SL68II is. The Phantom is slightly more ergonomic, and has that awesome stock class body, but the SL68II is so damn old school.

Hell, they're like my kids (if I had kids, that is...). I love 'em both. Neither is my favorite. :D

Top of the picture: my stock class body and Smart Parts All American 16" barrel. It's a tight-bore, but usually paint fits better in the stock barrel.



And here's the SL68II... in all it's ugly, bullet-proof glory!



Some neat stuff: the bottomline ASA was an unusual feature at the time this was designed and built, especially on a pumpgun. Most were back bottle (air bottle attached to the back of the main body tube.) This is an even more unusual design, since they didn't use an ASA attachment, they cast it into the grip, which in turn is cast as a piece of the body. You are NOT going to break this 'gun. You'll merely wear out the internals... then replace them. :D

Here's a detail of the feed neck:



Also, this was designed and built before the t-handle squeegie, pull-throughs were the only game in town. Tippmann shipped every 'gun with a cable pull-through, and each 'gun had a hollow foregrip to store it in. They also all had a way to use it without disassembling the 'gun. On the SL68II and 68 Special, they had an opening next to the bolt. On the Pro-Am, Pro-Lite, and Pro-Carbine, the front grip/feed elbow assembly would slide forward and expose the breech. All little details that made their designs so awesome. Just slide the bolt back, hold the 'gun upside down to keep paint out of the breech, and pull the cable through here:



The Rainmakers use 'Cocker barrels, so I have quite a collection.



If anybody cares, from top to bottom, we have:
Carbon front, stainless back, I forgot the brand, and it's not marked.
Stock Autococker barrel, I plan on porting and honing it.
Bob Long "Long Shot" barrel.
32 Degress stainless
Armson
Stock 'Cocker barrel ported and honed. We ported it in a V pattern just to make fun of the debate going on at the time concerning the effectiveness of straight vs spiral porting. This barrel is as accuate as anything I've paid $100 for.
A couple of Smart Parts All American barrels. One in 12" with splash anodizing, the other in 16" with boring anodizing.
Another Armson, in 16".
A pair of J&J brass, smoothbore barrels. These are pre-historic for paintball gear. Don't think I've ever used them....

Here's a closer look at the carbon fiber barrel. Everybody I loan it to tries to buy it. I'm NEVER selling it. It shoots even sweeter than it looks... it's also light as hell, despite the heavy stainless back.



And I think that about does it for my paintball gun porn. :D I've got more gear, but it's stuff like pods and pouches, some hoppers. If anybody wants to see an oldschool hopper designed for the SL68II (and other Tippmann guns of the time) that loads with 10-round tubes, I can snap that. It's like a funnel with a cylinder on top.

Also, a few JT masks, I like the Flex in black, my wife has a pink Spectra. Guys hate getting shot by her, especially when they can see that they've been shot by someone wearing pink gear. :D
 
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