They are probably just poor barrel/ball size matches. My stock barrel for my G3 shoots brilliant with a good paint match but only average with small bore paint. Makes me wonder what the A5 stock barrel would be like with a good match - can anyone comment?

everything I have read, it is a toss between a flatline and a hammerhead. They both keep the spread small at +100ft range!

That is assuming, all other factors remain constant.

Now I have neither, but will be looking at at a hammerhead-like (Tippmann Straight line) as my next purchase.

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tippy Straightline is made by hammerhead, i'm pretty sure

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Kit: A5, camo job, polished internals, 14" Smart Parts Progressive barrel. Borrowed Opsgear G36 stock. 24oz CO2 w/ remote and slide check. Neat homemade sling. MORE TO COME
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Question,....Would a longer barrel help with distance? Or anything past a certain length would be pointless (thats what I'm thinking)? But I just got an 18" All American front for my Freak, and I have yet to test it. So I'm just curious to know, what it could potentially do before I go use it this weekend.

Generally a good length is 8-12" when you add mor length, especially without porting, your sort of just wasting velocity pushing the air out of the barrel. So, a 21" sniper barrel is not exactly ideal.