hello all the nice ppl out there in tippmann forum land i ahve a good question... the CMI 21" barrel may be my upgrade of choice for my A-currently i have the 14" sniper from tippmann and it works fine just not up to the ranges i need im turning my a-5 into somewhat of a Dragunov sniper rifle AND YES IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE A SNIPER(i am)

is the CMI barrel ne good or should i go with another barrel(no flatlines plz to pricey and to much of a hassel) and speed ball players this is not for a speed ball gun its clearly woods with that big a barrel

but i would be interested in all information thx

Yes, with 21" barrels you will experiene a lot of breaks. I do not have a CMI 21" but I do have 21", and I would think they would be the same. They are some what acurate clean, but dirty, you dont have a chance at hitting anything.  I made a mistake buying my 21".

And yes, I believe in snipers, but there's no need for anyone to try to argue about them in this post. Find one already made!

go with a 12" or 14" lapco bigshot bead blasted , looks real nice and preforms great

any barrel over 14" is usless, u dont get any more distance or accurcy u just waste lots of air

as u already read, the 21 inch sucks. it dosnt get u any more distance, and it wastes more air.

a suggestion is a 14" Progressive or Teardrop.

and if u want, go for a All American(also 14")

get a lapco or smartparts 10"-14"

Gotpaint92 wrote: theres no such things as snipers

exactly, there are back players though

what do you guyz think of the Flatline?

i think ill take that deal with the all american and snipers do exist your just called a scout or a sharpshooter most of the time and your job implements(in my squad at least) getting the flag with out being seen and as little shots fired as possible

but thx for your help with the barrel question

A5 dude15 wrote: can someone please tell me why they think there is no such thing as a sniper? i dont see why there couldnt be one

beacuse were not using real bullets, most of the balls go the same distance and a longer barrel doesnt make a difference, so you cant actually SNIPE

^ you must not understand the definition of a "sniper".  distance doesnt have anything to do with it and niether does the fact that yur using paintballs instead of bullets. a sniper is a person who remains unnoticed by anyone else on the field and shoots out valuable players on the enemy side of the field. usually the flank to the enemy side. its just someone you uses stealth to there advantage.  of course, this is only for woods and scenario though. theres no way in hell that a sniper could exist in speedball.

Snipers really don't exist in Paintball for the simple reason that Paintball isn't combat.  In real combat, the sniper's task is to eliminate valuable men (officers) and valuable equipment.  In paintball, rarely is there any command structure and there is never any equipment beyond personal markers.  And besides, due to the time and field restrictions of paintball, a real military sniper would never be able to set up to his liking (not to mention he wouldn't have any accuracy at distance . . .)

I'm not saying you can't use stealth and be a good shot, but using them doesn't make you a sniper, it makes you a good paintball player.  Just like having a big, fast shooting marker doesn't make you a machine gunner.  Paintball to combat is like apples to oranges.