What is a good, cheap barrel upgrade for the Tippman 98 Custom? What are other good upgrades?

Question

I need some affordable, decent upgrades for the Tippman 98 custom.

Answer 1

"jon"  The flatline barrel as a picky barrel that needs to be tuned in order to work properly and shoot accurately.  Without the pricise tuning and the right paintballs (take alot of trial and error) it typically shoots curve balls.

A better choice would be an Apex tip if you want that extra range since it is not as picky on paintballs and much easier to use.  It can also be turned off to use the barrel alone for normal shooting.  The Apex barrel that the Apex tip comes on is junk since the bore is too big for most paintballs and therefore will not shoot accurately.  The Apex tip can be installed on just about any other barrel by a tape mod or actual adaptor.

Accuracy comes from a good paintball and a good paintball to barrel match to where the paintball can be easily blown out of the barrel but not roll out or get stuck.

A good barrel is a Palmers Brass Barrel.  It has a unique bore that will fit and accurately shoot differently sized paintballs.

http://www.palmer-pursuit.com/cart/index...

(not longer than 16", porting not needed on a tippmann, .690 bore)

A barrel that costs a bit less would be a J&J barrel but it simply has a fixed bore and you will need to find a paintball that fits the bore size for best accuracy.

Other upgrades are the cyclone feed or other force fed hoppers (I recommend the cyclone with Tech-T vortex ratchet as a minimum upgrade).

An expansion chamber can help if your using Co2 since it gives the Co2 more room to expand and gives more consistant shots.  The expansion chamber will loose its benifits if it starts to ice over from rapid firing.  Look for an inexpensive, used (if possible) gas through grip for the 98C and then a inexpensive expansion chamber.  That way, you can get your own expansion chamber for about $25 rather than the $50+ they sell for.  The next step up from an expansion chamber is a Palmers Stabilizer which will basically give Co2, HPA like performance:

http://www.palmer-pursuit.com/cart/index...

Answer 2

umm the flatline isnt that expensive if u find a good deal on ebay or something...they are really accurate, my friend has one and he really likes it

Answer 3

Go with a titanium barrel up grade. It will give a better shot.