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Topic: 98 custom sniper ideas
Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Subject: 98 custom sniper ideas
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 11:36pm
Transforming my 98 custom into a sniper needs to be kinda cheap but accurate please help!

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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 10:56am
Define what you mean by the above please.


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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:11am
Allow me to translate jarhead for you Mack.
He wants to build a "sniper paintball marker" from his 98.


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Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:26am
what kind of barrel and hopper and that kind of stuff should i buy?

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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:36am
Originally posted by Semper Fi Sniper Semper Fi Sniper wrote:

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

14 inch barrel, J&J or Lapco are the more popular.


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Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:45am
ok how much would that run me?

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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:50am
$30 to $40.

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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 12:30pm
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.

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Posted By: Arson24
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 1:47pm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

what he said Thumbs Up


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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 4:31pm
Originally posted by Ceesman762 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.


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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 4:37pm
Since when did you speak in grunts and whistles?^^^^

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Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 5:31pm
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.

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Posted By: Arson24
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 6:00pm
but this is paintball games last 15-20 mins
at local feidls
maybe a big game biut for local games its more of a run and gun


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Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 6:26pm

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.



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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 7:57pm
Friend of mine gets all jazzed up about sitting in the woods in the cold for hours on end waiting for a turkey to come close enough to shoot it. The gleam in his eye is almost haunting when he talks about it. I can't understand how he can find that exciting, he doesn't get why I don't.
 
Sounds incredibly boring to me, but hey to each his own.


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Posted By: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 11:05am
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.

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Posted By: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 11:06am
almost forgot make sure to get the 98c collapsibale stock.  tippmann sells one so i would recommend it.

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Its not that i think stuipidity should be punishable by death, i just think we should take the warning labels off of things and let the problem handle itself.


Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 11:34am
^^^ 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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Posted By: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 8:38pm
i see what your saying with the apex and flatline,  The flatline cannot just be unsrewed and cleaned like a normal barrel.  the apex being just a tip can be unscrewed and put right back on.  as for the adjustments its easy to tell if it is set back to normal you just have to know the settings which is extremely easy. forward is flatline and back is nothing. in between is just a different range.  the flatline (or atleast mine) is amazingly inaccurate and breaks balls much more than a normal barrel.(everyone should know that).  I prefer the Apex just because its quite a lot better IMHO.
As for stocks i know the tank is often used as a stock but that puts the gun way above your head. Of course you can still see but i love my stock and i would much rather use that than my tank. 
Just remember, if your going to be a sniper TAKE CARE OF YOUR THINGS!  And Mack can you explain this rear the feaper thing that i have seen 1000 times 


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Its not that i think stuipidity should be punishable by death, i just think we should take the warning labels off of things and let the problem handle itself.


Posted By: kimboy
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 8:25am
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.

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