98 custom sniper ideas
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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
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Transforming my 98 custom into a sniper needs to be kinda cheap but accurate please help! ------------- Semper |
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 10:56am
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Define what you mean by the above please. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:11am
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Allow me to translate jarhead for you Mack. He wants to build a "sniper paintball marker" from his 98. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:26am
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what kind of barrel and hopper and that kind of stuff should i buy? ------------- Semper |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:36am
14 inch barrel, J&J or Lapco are the more popular. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Semper Fi Sniper wrote:Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:45am
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ok how much would that run me? ------------- Semper |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 11:50am
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$30 to $40.
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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 12:30pm
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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
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said  ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 4:31pm
I figured that. I was trying to determine which category of potential paintball "sniper" he fell into before answering. PB Sniper Categories:
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 4:37pm
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Since when did you speak in grunts and whistles?^^^^ ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Semper Fi Sniper
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 5:31pm
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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. ------------- Semper |
Posted By: Arson24
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 6:00pm
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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
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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. ------------- Semper |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 7:57pm
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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. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 11:05am
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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. ------------- 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: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 11:06am
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almost forgot make sure to get the 98c collapsibale stock. tippmann sells one so i would recommend it. ------------- 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
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^^^ 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:
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. ttocke -------------
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Posted By: tacogood
Date Posted: 01 April 2011 at 8:38pm
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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 ------------- 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
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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.
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