Snipa Barrel
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
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Topic: Snipa Barrel
Posted By: LilDUB20
Subject: Snipa Barrel
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 7:59pm
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if i wanna snipe and pick people off like a sniper........ Wat kind of barrel i should get for 98C and i don't want a flatline ------------- i'm a straight O G in paintball |
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 8:08pm
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Flatline is only barrel to add range. Search around, the exact same question is on this page. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 8:28pm
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^Heck, it's everywhere on this forum... ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Stormcharger
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 12:22pm
| Flatline. |
Posted By: heavymetal99
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 4:05pm
| FLATLINE |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 4:37pm
| Teh Dood wnats to BE a UBER 1337 SniPerzZes. |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 5:49pm
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Yeah try to shoot 1000 yards with your Flatline, "Sniper," and hide from all the gameplay. Don't forget the giant useless scope and rediculously unecessary stock. If I where you I would model my marker after a carbine/submachine gun for it to be most effective. Then it's a small target with good aimabilty. Accuracy has more to do with you, then your barrel. Don't be afraid to get hit, get in there and learn something. Seriously though... 285fps = 125-150 feet with a level shot and around 300 arcing it. The Flatline gets you a little more distance, but you won't be one shot one kill out there with it anyway, and you have to keep all the conditions proper for it. Almost all the aftermarker barrels are good in accuracy... Weight, sound signature, gas efficency (porting), length, true internal diameter, finish quality... are more the deciding factor. Remember a longer barrel uses more gas to get the ball to the same speed, but it is easier for you to aim (sight radius). A shorter barrel will be just as accurate but harder to aim. Think about where you play and try a couple different lengths if you can. Porting cost you gas but if your 98C breaks balls some of the paint may get cleaned out through the ports when you shoot through the break. Only the porting at the crown of the barrel increases accuracy. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: NightWolf17
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 8:46pm
Ah yes ^ who says snipers "hide from all the gameplay."? That goes for all snipers I'd say. Try saying that to a real world military sniper. But, this is paintball so lets move it down to about 50 ft. Instead of 1,000. I'd recommend a st!ffi. ------------- "I walk through the valley...of the shadows of the dead. I will fear no evil...for I...am the biggest, baddest, and meanest mother f*cker in the valley..." Special Forces -to hell and back |
Nickodemus wrote:Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 8:40am
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It is an easily observed fact that people who want to shoot you from a distance in paintball are afraid of getting themselves shot. Or else they would use a more effective tactic. Real snipers are hiding behind enemy lines and doing recon... and have nothing to do with paintball whatsoever. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 8:54am
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In paintball your more like a rifleman. I take long ball oppertunities... but you cannot rely on them to win you games. A real world sniper would agree with me. Hiding and blending into the battle field is what keeps them alive. Maybe if you let the enemy team walk past and only shot their captain from an undisclosed location... it just doesn't happen. Do a search on the forum and you will see that this debate has gone way longer then it needs to. We all use stealth, we all aim, we all select our targets... paintball "snipers" use distance as cover. A mostly useless tactic for making progress in a game. Maximum range of paintball gun = no sniper tactics. None of you PB "Snipers" have spotters either... no need. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 3:10pm
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Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 5:08pm
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You need a magical barrel!
------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 5:09pm
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Nick we both know snipers aren't practical in paintball, but please refrain from starting another paintball sniper debate. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 5:22pm
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Yeah I tried to end it and refered them to search after I realized what I did. ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: Millslane
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 5:33pm
indeed, do we always have to do this everytime a new person talks about being a sniper? if it makes you so mad then go back to all the old posts and read them in anger if it makes you feel better ------------- www.pbteamwow.com |
Posted By: Nickodemus
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 5:45pm
Not mad, dissapointed. It took less time for me to put holes through it then for them to read the old posts. He does need a magic barrel, I'll just leave it at that. To anyone who things I fouled this thread, I'm sorry!  ------------- Think and give them all you have from the beginning, and never weaken! |
Posted By: Betterdays
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 6:31pm
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Get a Lapco Bigshot. They're an accurate barrel at a good price and it will serve you well no matter what your style of play is. As you can see by some of the other posts, the topic of "snipers in paintball" causes serious debate around here (hold yer fire there Nick... the poor kid's new. He's only got 8 posts!) Seriously though, you might want to re-consider your tactics a little bit. All Paintball guns (with the exception of those using flatline and Hop-up barrels) have essentially the same range. That makes any sniper style of play hard to pull off. If you stay at a range where you are relatively safe you will be ineffective. (If they can't hit you...you can't hit them) and if you're close enough to be effective, it's just going to turn into a full on fire-fight. Not, that there's anything wrong with practicing the art of the ambush, but good paintballers have to be ready do a little bit of everything. Hope that's some food for thought and welcome to the forums! |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:30pm
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Super Chromium. It doubles your range... me watches as the new guy gets confused |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 10:31pm
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Can't wait till I get platinum. I've heard it can shoot 2 football fields! ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: Unicorn
Date Posted: 10 May 2005 at 11:22pm
That's a product I haven't seen mentioned in a while. |
Posted By: morbyss
Date Posted: 11 May 2005 at 10:04am
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JUST A FRIENDLY TIP WITH NO ADDED SARCASM...... IF YOU WANNA SNIPE PEOPLE MEANING STAY OUT OF HARMS WAY AND PICK THEM OFF ALL YOUR GONNA END UP DOING IS BUNKERING YOURSELF IN ONCE YOU GIVE YOUR POSITION AWAY WITH THE FIRST SHOT ( WHICH MOST LIKLY WILL MISS) AND LIKE IVE DONE TO SO MANY NEW KIDS ONCE YOU GIVE YOUR SPOT UP IM GONNA JUST GONNA WORK MY WAY AROUND YOU AND SHOOT YOU IN THE BACK.... AS FAR AS PAINTBALL GOES IVE FOUNT BOTH IN SPEEDBALL AND WOODSBALL A SMART AGRESSIVE STYLE MIGHT GET YOU SHOT ONCE IN A WHILE BUT YOU WILL BENIFIET YOUR TEAM AQ LOT MORE AND TRUST ME YOU WILL GET MORE KILLS ------------- A-5 Flatline Barrel lpk tippmann reg R/T nitrogen tank red dot sight car stock from Vernon, Connecticut |
Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 11 May 2005 at 2:01pm
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You want consistency from a barrel, not accuracy. Accuracy is based on your ability to adjust for windage and range of your own accord (moving gun left and right, raising it a correct angle for arcing). Consistency is your gun's & barrel's ability to place the next shot near the first one. This is also affected by windage, but the major factor is your gun's velocity change (a ball at 260 fps will hit "lower" than one at 280 fps), barrel quality (smoothness of finish), type of porting (location and amount- bad location will cause air to become uneven and force the air to readjust, creating a small amount of spin, and too much porting will cause more air needing to be released to acheive the same velocity, which can cause the initial blast of air to damage the ball causing a "barrel break"), and ball bore to barrel size (paint that is too big needs to be squeezed through, and causes a random spin when exiting the barrel, paint too small allows the air to pass around it creating random spin). These are the factors you need to address. You want consistency from your equipment, and accuracy from your arms & eyes. Bright paint helps you see where the previous shot went, improving your accuracy ability. Get Nitro/ HPA with a reg, and get a good quality barrel kit (like the Powerlyte Scepter) and learn to match the paint you're using to the inserts. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |