the perfect sniper rifle

I know that many of you believe that the paintball sniper does not exist because the accuracy range benefit of a sniper rifle to a normal paintball gun is only a 20% difference, in the real world sniper rifles are over 4x as effective in range as normal rifles. but i don't care.

i want to upgrade my stock tippmann a-5 into a sick sniper rifle because i am not the type of player that wasts rounds. cost is pretty much not a factor and i want your opinions as to what i should add to it. 

 

 

thanks

umm it will still go the same distance...

if you want "distance" get the flatline barrel...

^Not really...

I'd suggest a Flatline, flatline shroud, bipod, stock, tac-cap, remote, and scope(if you're that into it). Lose the forgrip and you're set to go on your sniper ways...

Edited by sinisterNorth - 30 July 2006 at 9:08am

how bout instead of shooting longer distances to get someone out, you be sneaky and get close to them without them knowing, then shoot them with a normal 14" barrel or somethin. long ranges just arent gonna work if you want consistent shots.

thanks for your help, i will have that flatline sniper before the week is out and will give it a trial run.

The flatline works quite well, and for long ranges it is the choice.

Accuracy is dependant on paint choice, and carefully tuned velocity. HPA is more consistant than Co2.

Flatlines are loud. They sound like no other barrel, so the moment you take a shot people will know who and where you are.

Don't bother with a scope. It's more trouble than it's worth, and it will eventually get contaminated with paint to the point that it will no longer work.

bassist11 wrote: how bout instead of shooting longer distances to get someone out, you be sneaky and get close to them without them knowing, then shoot them with a normal 14" barrel or somethin. long ranges just arent gonna work if you want consistent shots.

  This is the best advice in this thread so far. If your stated goal is to reduce paint consumption, a barrel with long-range capabilities isn't ideal for this. If you're shooting at longer ranges, hit probability is going to go down no matter how accurate your marker is. your best bet is to increase consistancy. I'd suggest a HPA tank and/or a good regulator and good barrel. While you're at it consider reducing your paint capacity down to a 45 round hopper or a tac-cap for an A-5. When you play with limited paint, you quickly learn that to make your shots count, it pays off to get closer. Making your gun as accurate as can be will reduce your chance of misses at close range more than it will really extend your range. Try not to fire outside of 20 yards and fire no more than two balls at a time.

I play like this when my wallet hurts, or to punish myself for wasting too much paint in one game. I do this for a while, then go back to a high ROF gun with large capacity hopper and suddenly I'm more effective than when I started the day with it.

start witha 50 round hopper that saves on balls  next go with a jj cermic barrel then get a stouck i would go with the adjustible stouck that tippmans makes then get hpa then a remoute line and then you should have a good sniper rifle

As "Sniper" as you can get.