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    Posted: 25 February 2009 at 2:17am
I personally own one of each of these type of tippmann paintball markers, and I was curious to see what everyone thought here, what type of marker would you prefer to use on a regular basis? Me personally I use my 98 custom that I have custom fitted to be a sniper, and my ghillie suit, but what do you all think?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mack Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 February 2009 at 4:38am
Phantom.

Since I'm feeling evil, I have to ask; exactly how did you do the following?

Originally posted by Dave82689 Dave82689 wrote:

. . . I use my 98 custom that I have custom fitted to be a sniper . . .
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20 inch barrel, tripod, scope
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Originally posted by Dave82689 Dave82689 wrote:

20 inch barrel, tripod, scope

That would do it....
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Originally posted by Dave82689 Dave82689 wrote:

20 inch barrel, tripod, scope
Wow, that is quite a custom set up. I'll bet you get tons of one shot/one kills. And with a ghillie suit, you are a virtual one man killing machine. Maybe you should post up some pics  

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^^^  I bow to the current master of forum evil.
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Originally posted by Dave82689 Dave82689 wrote:

20 inch barrel, tripod, scope
do you take pictures with it to?
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^^^  I bow to the current master of forum evil.
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I smell jealousy...

 

seriously though, I like the a-5 personally.

Here is a video of mine from January.
 
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Originally posted by FreeEnterprise FreeEnterprise wrote:

I smell jealousy...

I am quite jealous of Mack's superior flaming ability.
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welcome to the forums.  To answer your question I prefer the A5... well now I prefer my procarb but you didnt give that as an option.  As for the flaming of the forum, it is because you said th S word (aka sniper).  Physics show that snipers do not exist in paintball.  I am just letting you know.  if you argue it you will be bombarded with points that disprove anything you say.  the ghille suit  will not help in your defense as they are usually not that helpful.  as for the barrel you are wasting air.  a barrel over 14" becomes much less efficient.  I recomend 8-14".  I know you will have a thought of "well...". please trust me when I say anything said in defens of "snipers" can be shot down.  I was as nice as possible in this post so if it upset you too much... sorry.
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its all good lol i dont play the fast paced paintball games you all probably play the games i play is mostly hide, and try to stay alive me and my buddies just play around in this field one of my buddies own, i get my suit own i run out in the field get set up, and they try to tactically kill me, its pretty fun, but if you say there cant be a sniper i guess i won't argue so i dont get bombed with the words of wisdom i guess lol :p
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well said.  in my personal opinion if you are out there having fun that is all that matters.  I personally love scenario games.
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I guess I should be polite enough to answer the question as well. I have owned both A5's and 98's. Personally, I prefer the A5 to the 98, but mostly because of aesthetics. I simply think the A5 is a better looking marker, especially when mil-simmed. My brother has an X7 and if he can ever get it to consistently work for more than an hour or so, I will probably borrow it and see if I like it.

With that said, honestly, I prefer my Automag Classic over them all.

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Tiberius has those "sniper" paintball things.
I'm actually curious to try some.
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I prefer my A5.. Never failed me, and has many head shot kills
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A5 with a flatline, Ape egrip, and Qev mods. Puts balls way down field and is good and loud.
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Originally posted by duval7 duval7 wrote:

good and loud.
 
 
the way i like my 98. 18" barrel no porting and dishka muzzle break. nice and loud.
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I like my 98.  Its simple and gets the job done. 
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