Sniper Paintball Ghillie Suit

There are Snipers in Paintball.
Fact or Myth?
Truth is, this has even been something discussed on Mythbusters.

The answer to the question really varies based on what your personal definition of a sniper is.

Some people believe snipers MUST shoot much longer ranges than other players, and must always do one-shot kills from a concealed position.

Some people believe in differing ways, but the main concepts of “sniping” in paintball are stealth and accuracy. These are quite hard to maintain in paintball.

For one, you’re shooting a round projective (not that accurate to begin with) which is filled with paint, which destroys all skill to accuracy. It’s very difficult to get a one-shot one-hit from a long range in paintball. This aspect of a sniper is pretty much destroyed simply by the ammunition used in the sport.

Others might define a paintball sniper as someone who plays paintball, but plays from a concealed position and relies on stealth to win the game. In this aspect, yes, paintball snipers may exist in paintball. People are easily allowed to hide, camoflauge, and remain hidden from the enemy while firing. This is relatively hard to do unless you hit the enemy target immediately and aren’t required to fire several rounds; they’ll figure out your position and will typically take you down eventually.

So as far as paintball snipers go, they don’t exist to the fullest. However, I prefer the term marksman, because they are more similar to a marksman in terms of paintball.

For equipment, I wouldn’t get a “sniper kit”. These kits are extremely expensive, and give you several useless parts. For one, a red dot scope, or your traditional scope are both horrible to try and use in paintball. Paintballs aren’t accurate! Therefore the point of a scope does what? Nothing. It wastes your time and tactics with trying to aim.

“Sniper Barrels” are never to be 3 feet long. Don’t go over 16 inches. After a good 16 inches, you’re going to start losing accuracy and power, believe it or not. Flat lines are about the best barrel system a marksman
could ever have. They double your effective range, seriously. It’s true that the balls may not always break at such a range, but the accuracy is so much better, and there is no need to arc your shots anymore-they all travel in straight lines!

So overall, sniping may be possible in paintball, assuming the definition is the shooting from a concealed position. However, actually scoping in and taking down enemies from a much longer distance than what they can shoot you at is highly unlikely in a sport with such inaccurate ammunition such as paintball.

Written by Jerry