98 custom sniper ideas

Define what you mean by the above please.

what kind of barrel and hopper and that kind of stuff should i buy?

ok how much would that run me?

Semper, I'm going to let you in on a little something. You do not want to be a "sniper". It is possibly the most boring role-play ever in such a fun fast paced sport. Sitting in one spot waiting for people to walk by will only waste your day of play. I know the idea of marking people a hundred yards away and having them never see you seems cool, but its never going to happen. There are only a few barrels that will shoot farther than other barrels, and most of the time the paintball won't break so its extremely ineffective.

Take my advice, just run around and have fun. Rambo it out in the field, pick up the eliminations, and look BA doing it.

Ceesman762 wrote: Allow me to translate jarhead for you Mack. He wants to build a "sniper paintball marker" from his 98.

I figured that.  I was trying to determine which category of potential paintball "sniper" he fell into before answering.

PB Sniper Categories:

• New player mislead by interwebz sniper hype that doesn't realize real sniping is not that applicable to paintball (at least with standard barrels/paintballs)
  
• Spec-ops fanboy who sets at home watching certain Tom Beringer movies into the wee hours of the morning until he has to take a cold shower and believes that longer barrels equate to more range and will swear that 200 yard eliminations are feasible
• Player (new or other) who while using the term "sniper" is actually interested in setting up a quiet/accurate/efficient marker for use in small unit/individual ambushes and whose general playing style relies more on stealth and accuracy as opposed to target area saturation
  

My answer, or non-answer, would have been category dependent.

No true being a sniper to me is the most thrilling and exciting part! Sitting there laying on the ground waiting for that moment when someone walks into your sights! The thrill of being able to see them and look at them with out them even knowing your presence. You control whether the stay in or get out. They dont even know that they have the crosshairs lining up on there chest and then when that moment comes when you take the shot! Its one of the greatest feelings you can ever have because your hidden and they have no idea what just happened.

They way ive played with my friends we played an objective game. It took almost an hour just for one game. And since I will be playing that that is why i want to have a sniper.

Yah usually you want to stay away from things marker "sniper"  also if you really want to pursue your role as a "sniper" i would get a Apex barrel tip because you can adjust the distance.  Although its very good for trick shots like shooting around cover it can best be described as a flatline barrel on steroids and is one third the price.

^^^ Flatlines can be picked up for slightly less than twice the price of an Apex.  Some people prefer the Flatline and others prefer the Apex, it really is a personal preference thing.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages but for me it comes down to two things:

• The Flatline is not adjustable
  
• This means that it has essentially the same effect on every ball that is fired through it
• I like this consistency
• I like not having to worry about not accidentally changing the settings
• I like not making a "trick shot" and then having to set it back to whatever my "normal" firing mode is and worry if I got it right or having to test it
• The Apex I tested required a slight, unnatural, downward angle when holding the marker
• The Flatline needs to be held level, which feels more natural to me

So could I buy an Apex and set it to operate like a Flatline?  Sure, but if I'm not going to use the adjustable features, I'd rather spend a little more and not have to worry about them.

With all that said, I recommend that either the Flatline or Apex be someone's secondary barrel and that their primary one be a good, reasonably priced, straight barrel like the J&J or Lapco Bigshot.

Stocks are not a must for playing paintball.  When you get one, you often find that you then need to get a raised sight rail if you wish to use some kind of sighting system.  Many people use the tanks as stocks and have no problems.




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No true being a sniper to me is the most thrilling and exciting part! Sitting there laying on the ground waiting for that moment when someone walks into your sights! The thrill of being able to see them and look at them with out them even knowing your presence. You control whether the stay in or get out. They dont even know that they have the crosshairs lining up on there chest and then when that moment comes when you take the shot! Its one of the greatest feelings you can ever have because your hidden and they have no idea what just happened.