A couple of things.

If you get an A-5, get the E-grip and not the response trigger which is not
legal in tourney play.

Now on to the Flatline. This barrel is a stickler for paint. It needs
smallish paint such as Marbilizers for optimum performance. If you are
constrained by the type of paint you use i would get an additional barrel.

I owned the A-5 with E-grip and various barrels and it was loads of fun. I
loved to shoot out guys who were behind bunkers and hear them say: "WTF !!"
lol.

John
"unforgiven 33" <ChoongJung@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16064-43434CB1-23@storefull-3336.bay.webtv.net...
> i've been drooling over the tippman A-5 in the shop where i buy my
> paint. it is set up really nice (stock, scope, sling, flatline,
> etc....). looks so cool. well, sunday the owner allowed me to use it to
> play for the day. i was thrilled. i walked out onto the field feeling
> like rambo or something. beleiving that this gun was gona kick butt. to
> be honest it was super cool. the responce trigger and shoulder stock
> made it feel like an assualt weapon. the big let down for me was the
> barrel. it did make the ball travel alot further and i was able to cover
> my guys as they moved up to their objectives but... i couldn't hit a
> damn thing. the all was flying far but it sure didn't fly very straight.
> i saw that once the ball reached about the same distance as a "regular"
> barrel would go, it just floated to where ever it wanted to. i still had
> alot of fun and i still liked the feel of the A-5 but i was disappointed
> by it too.
>