The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion below.
Period of Product Use:
1 year
13 of 38 people found this review helpful.
Paintball Experience:
2 years
Similar Products Used:
numerous barrels from Freak's to the Stock barrel
Recommended Paintballs:
Diablo Blaze
Strengths:
light weight
nice and Smooth
looks very nice (imo)
Cleans it's self
low price
Weaknesses:
one pice
no o-ring so it comes loose a lot
Review:
This barrel is every thing the budget concise rec baller could want. It's extremely light weight and very smooth thanks to a Teflon coating which means that it will clean its self more times than not. Unfortunately it's only one piece which itsn't too bad considering its a very nice one-pice. the biggest problem I have with it is it always seems to be coming loose epically when I go up in BPS and it's not good to have to reach up to tighten your barrel during a game. I know some one who has the J&J 2 piece and he has the exact same problem so it may just be inherent in all J&J barrels.
Conclusion:
Great barrel on a budget but it's still almost nothing compared to some of the nicer, higher end barrels out there so it gets a 7
Rating:
7 out of 10
Last edited on Wednesday, April 30th, 2003 at 1:31 pm PST
I got mine less than a month ago and it didn't have one. What he said is true, though. The barrel comes loose on my E-99 alot, probably cuz of the high rate of fire.
I was thinking about getting a flatline for my tippman 98 custom. I havent used either on any gun before so I was wondering...should I save my money and buy the ceramic or get the flatline. I was earlier thinking about getting a flatline but have heard some things about it that make me think I don't want it. What do u think?
I think that there are much better barrels to spend your money on. in my experience flat-lines are useless. Sure you get a little longer distance but the accuracy get thrown off way too much for it to make a difference. There is a reason why when they tried to sell the flat-lines on tournament level guns it bombed. your much better off with a ceramic or a boomstick.
I have a tippmann 98 and mine did come with an O ring. When i first screwed the barrel in it damn near would not come out because the grip was so tight.
I guess the non-tippmann barrels don't have o-rings, but then again, i'd never own anything but a tippmann.
quote:Originally posted by knuckhead09 j&j ceramics dont use o-rings. thats why they don't come with one
The one's for the TIppmann 98 do. And to agree with the post 2 ahead of me, when i first put my barrel in with the o-ring, it was damn near impossible to screw out it was so tight.
Yeah, infact the only time you should want a 2 peice is if it is a kit with a back and about 4 different bored fronts. Other than that, one pieces in my opinion are actually better. For example, everyone recommends the custom products one peice over the two piece.
Last edited on Tuesday, March 9th, 2004 at 12:20 pm PST
quote:Originally posted by Taste_Me I think that there are much better barrels to spend your money on. in my experience flat-lines are useless. Sure you get a little longer distance but the accuracy get thrown off way too much for it to make a difference. There is a reason why when they tried to sell the flat-lines on tournament level guns it bombed. your much better off with a ceramic or a boomstick.
Your experience must involve laziness and ignorance. The flatline is not useless. It just involves a little more work and knowledge to operate properly. If you like things easy, I'm sure the ceramic will do just fine. If you don't mind working with your barrel, the flatline will do even better.
