Sniping in Paintball

quite honestly, the only thing I've read was the topic post, my posts, and very few.  Honestly, no, I did not read your secrets.  But now that you've said so, I'm gonna find 'em.  Anyway, I didn't know you knew that formula. I'm impressed.  Good job man.  See anti sniper dude?  Us sniper people even got formula's!

and about sniper....  Read the MAY 2005 ISSUE of APG Paintball Magazine.  It talks about sniping.  Sniping is the act of shooting from a concealed postion.  Ambush is lying in wait in order to surprise attack somebody.  Ambush and Sniping are nearly the same in deffinition, but the words "lying in wait" particullarly mean your gonna move.  A sniper on the other hand, lies in wait, but doesn't ambush his enemy, rather simply takes out a key target, and doesn't bother taking out other opponents, since that's the job of the frontlinesman (or if you've ever played Special Ops style, Daggars and Broadsman.)

Snipers aren't afraid to get hit, they just know how to hit their target from a distance.  That's all really sniping is, it's a hit and run, while ambush is hit, and hit some more.  That's my personnel opinion.

this anti-sniper dude is ticking me off. I'm gonna set you straight.  There is sniping in woodsball, and scenario woodsball.  Sniping directly means: a shot from a concealed place, to shoot at a person from a concealed place straight from the DICTIONARY:  If your playing scenario paintball right, and one of the objectives is to take out the red teams general, I would look at a map, figure out the best way to approach their base and trails, hide a distance back from a trail, and wait.  general walks by, he doesn't see me a hundred feet off or two, I would pop two shots, and badda bing, I shot him while SNIPING!.  Get over it.  Sorry, but that's the way it is.

Since this thread is in the wrong area and on "snipers," I am thinking about pulling out the shooting info I put into it. I would modify it, add too it, then put it into the new players forum under the topic of aiming. I never went over the fundamentals of a steady shot that I assumed everyone had, so I would brief over that.

I would do it now, but don't have time... I know a lot of people do not see how this info relates to paintball. Maybe I should put it in T & O or leave it here? Those who are still reading this thread... should I let this info I typed slip into the unactive archive under the wrong topic because I was trying to prove a point?

I took a photo for you all, so that you may see some common calibers:

http://img187.echo.cx/my.php?image=dsc001703fl.jpg

I will go from left to right. First is the 30-0-06, this is the smallest caliber I would shoot at 1000 yards. Next to that is the Win .308, this is a solid killer out to 500 yards. After that is the 7.62 x 39, this medium cartridge is what most of our troops get shot at them, and is comparable to our narrow flatter shooting .223 that is fired in the AR military rifles. This includes the AR-15 derivatives M-16 and M-4. The AR-10 has a Win .308 chambering. I wouldn't trust a 7.62 x 39 or .223 to have enough energy to be a one hit killer past 300 yards. All three of these rifle bullets in the photo are 7.62mm in diameter and considered .30 cal. On the other side of the paintball you get pistol bullets. I would not expect to do much with these past 100 yards. First is the .45 ACP and next to that is the .40 S&W. Both of the ones in the photo are hydra-shock hollow points, so they look a little bit shorter then the normal ball ammo. Right of those are the 9mm luger and .22L bullets. I consider the 9mm a cap gun bullet - people survive getting hit by these all the time so long as it avoids a critical organ. The .22L is a great cartridge for target practice. It is quiet, comfortable to shoot, and match grade ammo is cheap. Don't underestimate the .22L, the bullet is small and fast- here is a photo of my .22L rifle.

http://img187.echo.cx/my.php?image=dsc001736tb.jpg

Sniperdaddy wrote: alot of you are missing the point.sniping is NOT staying in one spot picking off targets that only you can see. the only reason that i got my 98 flatline is because my imagine couldnt hit a brick wall. so for all of you out there who are confused about the whole point of sniping it is simply this: 1. really accurate gun                                2.avoiding other players paintballs                                and 3. moving around to get a better vantage point of your opponent that sums it up

So then by your definition, every woodsballer in the world is a "sniper."