Snipers

Menohl wrote: Click here for the official end to the Sniper Argument

Why even bump this back up...its been 10 days since someone responded wit a comment.....GOD people will never learn!

**looks left, then right**

Look, nobody will resolve anything by petty bickering over it.  Give it a rest, a little while anyway.  I mean, call yourself what you want.  The opinions already expressed have been.  Just, let it go.  Zen with me here.  Ooooohhhhmmmmmmm.....

-Tyger

Ok... To the person who said "there are no snipers in paintball"   

I AM ONE!!!  And I never miss either.  

The last game I played, I layed under the snow.  Then, as three guys walked by, I shot each of them before they even knew what hit them.  So there ARE snipers in paintball.  First, buy yourself a Flatline.  They put backspin on the ball and will make your shots accurate.  As gravity pulls down on the ball, it will lift itself up due to backspin, creating a perfectly level shot.  They DONT lower the speed of the ball like some people say.  They are very good if you install them correctly. 

Then, buy some stock..  No not the kind from a company.  Buy some collapsable pro team f/x stock.  It is light and very durable.  Then, you can mount the gun on your shoulder and shoot level.  Buy a sight, and mount it on the end of the gun.  I found that buying the ADCO Hotshot sight comes with a great little mount.  I made a bracket for the mount.  It holds my 9x scope on the side of my 98 and it takes mere seconds to snap it off.

Then, take the reflector mount off of a bicycle, and snap it on the barrel.  Then, feed a keyring through it.  The stock will have a place for a strap to go, so put a keyring there too.  Then, go to Wal-Mart and buy a camera-case-sling.  Connect each end to the keyrings.  You now have a foolproof and cheap sling. 

Now, here is the fun part.  Every sniper needs a pack.  Buy the Wenger SOHO backpack.  Buy either the green or black one.  it has slots for anything paintball.  (its intended to be a laptop backpack, but it is GREAT for paintball) its vinyl is super easy to clean.  I strap the gun to the side of the backpack and annihilate with my A-5 when close combat is the game.  Otherwise, I lay back and shoot people in the butt from hundreds of feet away with the Flaltine. 

Good luck sniping...

In my mind the term sniper in the paintball world is someone with powerful gun with the ability to shoot accurately at longre ranges

And why is it such a big deal if someone says that they are a sniper? U guys make it sound like a freakin sin

Having re-read a few of the arguments on here, I don't understand why some folks rush to close these threads.  I enjoy reading the well thought out/supported positions of OS and others.  I will admit to being annoyed by the folks (on either side of the argument) who have the arrogance to just proclaim their opinion as if their saying it makes it gospel truth. 

These threads will always be here, because new folks will always come in and post without searching.  Someone will always tell them to search and some of them will always be offended.  Some people who can spell and argue will provide very well supported positions while others who can't spell will resort to name-calling and proclamations.  Eventually it will end up in flames.  Maybe the mods (who I am sure are busy with real lives outside this forum-unlike me) are watching this and have decided to let it ride because mostly everyone is behaving and there are some good points being made for all the new players who might be reading this.  Additionally, having this here gives both the sniper and anti-sniper crowds a single place to post as opposed to having topics pop up all over the forum.