The purpose of this web page is to promote the style and techniques of "sniping" within the game of paintball. I hope to continue to update this page with thoughts and suggestions on this style of play and how they have helped or even "hurt" me on the field.
About myself: My handle is "white Paint" and no, I am not an American Indian but because of my best day of paintball. On that day it started out normally with my first game being shot out without a "kill" (I hate the first game of the day). My third and fourth game really kicked off by playing in an urban environment shooting out the opposing players to my front and circling around taking other players from the back. Then my game of all was a "trench" field (looked like World War I) and when the whistle I ran to the right and took a trench that ran along on right side to the right corner of the field. Never looking up I got to the corner and waited for the line runners. A minute went by and being pretty quiet I stood up (I am still bunkered in the trench) and to my surprise I was on the left flank of the opposing team. Yes, I was in-line with them and I stood there for a few seconds watching them prepare to advance. My team was on the left side of the field just outside of range. I use the C98 with the reative trigger and C/A so I proceeded to unload! In my life I never seen a team panic as they did. I recieved no return fire as the players hit were walking off the field but the others were just running away! 10 "kills" in less than 30 seconds and the right flank was ours! After the game the other team kept asking who was shooting white paint since all the players in the dead zone had white paint. No one else was shooting white fill paint and I was found out at lunch break. Many were surprised that I was shooting a C98 and asked it I did anything special to it. Just what you see and a Lapco Bigshot barrel. I even chrono'd to make sure I was under the field speed and was good to go. I was a great day and the reason I play paintball!
I first played paintball here in Northern Virginia was back in 1987 at the Virginia Adventure Games (VAG) paintball field. I was a member of a team called LRRP (said as LARP) and enjoyed many games with them (using shop goggles and a Nelspot pump...you old timers know what I mean ;-) but also ended on the wrong end of the gun against another local team like the Green Machine.
I was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1989 and took a few years off from paintball but I now have the fever and back on the field. I enjoy the many fields here in Northern Virginia and would like to rate them when I get the chance to use them. I enjoy both Hogback in Leesburg, VA. and Skyline Paintball in Stratsburg, VA.
Hint: Look for me wearing a helmet (usually at big games and scenarios).
No such thing as a "paintball" sniper : Specialized equipment is used in the military for those soldiers in the role of the sniper to achieve shots at a very long range. Although paintball does not have "long range" {the Flatline barrel by Tippmann does increase range but we are still talking 250' and change} I believe that sniping is more of a style of play for the game and works best mainly on wooded fields and scenario games.
A harder time for a sniper will come on the speedball courts and I mean "courts" for many are as small as 2 or 3 tennis courts. Game time will also be hampered by the time limits of the games and I am talking in game time sometimes in minutes.
While markers shot about the same your style of play will be different and you will not be standing out. You will be lying in wait for your next target...
A true name for this style of play would be ambusher {if such a word} but the word "sniper" sounds much cooler.
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White Paint
Updated: 11-22-2003
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