The best Tippmann gun (I think)

I would generally answer Tippmann 98 Custom, but there are sure to be 10 of those posts, and 10 for the A-5.... so lets see if anyone else will back me up on this..

the SMG-60, and SMG-68.

weemanfan98 wrote: I think it's the A-5 because it's better in aiming

If you really want to aim, get a stock ... and with most stocks, it's almost impossible to comfortably sight down the iron sights on a Tippmann marker... Still, the A5 is a good marker. Feild strippable, Tippmann ruggedness and customizability, plus the cyclone feed out of the box.

Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper in a sport where the max range is about 150ft ... 200 IF you're lobbing or have a flatline ... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play.

The fact remains is that due to the ballistics of a paintball (or lack therof) using a set of hard sights, be it iron-sights, a red dot, the length of your barrel, a scope, a laser or whatever contraption you could come up with ... the sights are still going to be more of a guideline than an effective aiming point. Factor in velocity variation, drop, wind, variation in paint .. everything ... you're still going to end up watching your impact points and leading your shots 'tracer' style.

A sight is just going to help you guess where the first shot might land (if use correctly) ... it's a guideline at most ... and far from the whole enchilada of aiming a marker.

tallen702 wrote: c4cypher wrote: Yes you aim in Paintball ... but ... I agree, calling yourself a sniper... is more a commentary on your own knowledge and maturity level than it is about the position you play. I seriously hope that I'm mis-interpreting what you're saying there. Calling oneself a "sniper" implies that you are a camper with the lofty ideas of being some sort of Tom Berringer-esque one-against-one-hundred one-shot-one-kill schmuck who thinks that they're somehow "better" than someone who plays aggressively and uses a bit more ammo for a higher hit count. It certainly does not make me think that the said "sniper" is mature in the slightest. Just poorly informed and disillusioned. It is possible to get those one-shot-one kill shots off every once in a while, but seriously, what good are you doing for the rest of your team when you're sitting in some shrub for a half-hour while they're slugging it out and actually taking firm real-estate? You aren't going to demoralize the other team with a lucky shot. You aren't going to hold up a whole flank by yourself indefinitely, you're just going to be patting yourself on the back for getting lucky once-or-twice and for how cool you think you look in your home-made ghillie suit while the rest of the guys are doing the real work. Give me a DM and 1,000 rounds and I'll punch a hole in a line and cause more chaos than any "sniper" ever could.

I understand what you both said but you may have misunderstood me...I am a sniper by not camping because but by remaining silent and slinking around the feild and fire off a hooper or 2 of paintballs when I need to....But all I'm trying to say is that it doesnt matter what you think that a sniper is lame or stupid....or if a person that go s straight into the fight with my ION or old Spyder...but you both can just say that both are equal and both are EXTREMELY deadly on the field #IF# they know how to play their position well.