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Everyone wants to be a sniper?!?!?!?
Why is it that everyone that comes up to me and wants to join the Headhunters wants to be a sniper? What is the big deal about being a sniper? You stay in one area and wait for the enemy to come to you. Sure real snipers slowly move up to the target area and take their shot. In airsoft you have to be within 250 feet of your target. You may get one or two shots off and then you are no longer a sniper, you are a ground pounder because you have been discovered.
Not me, give me an objective and let me go reign terror on the thing. I want to be running around and raising HELL and stringing my enemy out so that they are easier to attack. Give me a two to three man team and watch the fire works start.
Why oh why does everyone want to be a sniper? I guess they have watched too many war movies. Sorry everyone but your not going to get that magic Hollywood shot from 900 meters away with an airsoft gun.
Snipers are cool if you have that scenerio built into your mission but not everyone can be a sniper so quit asking. We are a light infantry structured unit. We do not need any snipers. We need highly motivated people who are willing to run their asses off and send rounds down range.
That is my rant. Tell me what you think. If you disagree then you probably want to be a sniper. Sorry about that.
Not me, give me an objective and let me go reign terror on the thing. I want to be running around and raising HELL and stringing my enemy out so that they are easier to attack. Give me a two to three man team and watch the fire works start.
Why oh why does everyone want to be a sniper? I guess they have watched too many war movies. Sorry everyone but your not going to get that magic Hollywood shot from 900 meters away with an airsoft gun.
Snipers are cool if you have that scenerio built into your mission but not everyone can be a sniper so quit asking. We are a light infantry structured unit. We do not need any snipers. We need highly motivated people who are willing to run their asses off and send rounds down range.
That is my rant. Tell me what you think. If you disagree then you probably want to be a sniper. Sorry about that.
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Permalink Reply by Ronin on -
I recently learned of the sport, and i have to say I was intrigued at the thought of being a sniper. I did the research though and for the most part you are correct in my opinion. These guns dont allow for that kind of range, but i also have to disagree with you. To snipe effectively in airsoft one should us a long barrel AEG and have it at the max FPS the field allows. Throw a decent scope on it and use the single fire to snipe. Then if your position is compramised you can go to full auto. Bolt action rifles shouldn't be used too often they are way too slow.
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Permalink Reply by Ronin on
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to be a bit clearer its like a LMG is used in a squad on the front lines to provide suppressive fire. This type of sniper would be the surgical attack that would hit them when they popped thier head out to the side.
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Permalink Reply by Talon on -
I do agree with your thinking, my primary is a Steyr AUG. I love the selective fire trigger, but, then you are a designated marksman or rifleman not a sniper with most scenarios . The sniper role is usually designated as using a realistic replica sniper rifle. (The same goes with a heavy gunner, you have to utilize a replica of a machine gun, SAW, RPK, BAR, etc.) The sniper has to either be bolt action or sometimes semiauto only, full auto disabled internally. Then your rifle can be considered a sniper rifle and allowed to fire at higher fps(500-550 usually), usually with prior clearance from the field operators. Your minimum kill distance is also farther (50-100 ft). They do this to keep people from putting a long barrel, scope, 5000 round box mag, and internal upgrades to fire at sniper fps all on the same gun.
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Permalink Reply by ghilli man on -
u know what i do i put on my ghilli suit but i use my m4 how u like that so i can hide good and ooz people up but i agree to many people wont to be snipers
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Permalink Reply by Saint on -
I am new to the sport, and my first thought was that I wanted to be a sniper, but for a different reason. I've found that I'm great at disappearing. I can literally be within five feet of someone and them not see me when I want to (It's happened) and with a deceant airsoft gun, I am a crack shot and you probably won't see me afterwards. The problem is, not many people play in my area. The role of a sniper would only be helpful if you had a large team. A team of literally twelve or more is the only way a sniper/spotter team can be utilized. While the main body is fighting, the sniper and his spotter slip in, and with the spotter covering in case of attack too close, the sniper takes his shots.
Another problem, to be a good sniper, you can't utilize stock weapons. You need to outshoot everyone. You need to be able to hit them from far enough away that their gun won't reach you in return. To do that costs money to get your gun to shoot effectivly... I'm talking the cost of a whole gun's worth of money.
In short, you have to be dedicated to be a sniper. You have to literally eat, drink, and breath sniping. If you don't have the mind set to want to reach out and touch someone, then you should stick with an AEG. If you don't want to be able to support the Marine Corps Scout Sniper's motto, "If you run, you'll die tired," you don't need to mount that scope...
I wanted to be a sniper. It's my passion. But there are too many new players on my team, and to get in those new players, they like to see alot of bb's and alot of action. I had to smash my dreams and get an AEG until I get more people... I don't think new players should snipe. They need to get into the spirit of fighting first. If you have a sniping position, I'd suggest instating a sniper/spotter team, and have your wanna-be sniper play spotter a little bit. They'll probably see that it's not as fun as they thought, and they'll want an M16 so they can get into the action...
That's my thoughts on this, and I hope they added to your rant well enough...
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Permalink Reply by Rampage on -
My first real airsoft gun (by real I mean a respectable non-Walmart gun) was a L96 bolt-action sniper rifle because I wante to be a sniper. I tried the role out and didn't like it, because it was very slow firing it and the BB's didn't even go that far. So I switched my role to Squad Support. All in all I don't think airsoft snipers are very effective.
Rampage
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Dogs of War
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Permalink Reply by ghilli man on
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anyone who thinks snipers have no effect in airsoft is out of there mind i would destroy main assult men and they would not even see me that is a fact not being cocky even with my bolt action sniper
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Permalink Reply by Rampage on
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I never said airsoft snipers had no effect, I just said they aren't very effective. Sur if you're within 50 feet of an enemy and it's not windy you could snipe the crap out of them. But snipers are designed for range, which the airsoft sniper rifles simply don't have.
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Permalink Reply by Capt.Firedog on -
Totaly agree with you on this Headhunter true sniping can not be achived in Airsoft,But at times posting up and taking out a few from a distance is quite fun,then again so is scoping out that postup and putting a few bbs from the rear
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Permalink Reply by Brady Shelton on -
To be honest, our sniper only fires about every other game. He's always valuable, usually in a tree with alot of camo and a radio using his scope to give me real-time updates of the enemies positions. He's a smart guy. Sometimes he'll let them walk right under his tree if he's outnumbered, but it's his intel that wins the day more often than his considerable marksmanship.
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Permalink Reply by James on -
I go sniper when the game is a defend or capture the flag. I found it's useless for trying to extract or expire VIP. The range on my gun is about 250'-300', reliably, allowing me to sneek up above the flag, waiting for recon to take fire then take out the shooting party. Defending the flag I plant myself, call out tangos and eliminate the fools that had the same idea about being on that hill. I use a bolt action gun and have great shoot and cock timing, and I always use black .43's.
So, long story not so short, I mostly agree; there is a place for a sniper, and then they are out of place sometimes too.
Today was the first day ever I used an AEG in a skirmish. Didn't get to kill anyone. As a sniper I average 4. Still, as long as I'm shooting something it's a fun day.
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Permalink Reply by Cpt. Shook on -
I play a sniper for my rag tag team. I personally believe a sniper can be a very efective tool on the air soft battlefield, if used properly. A snipers role first is to scout. I just got out of an airsoft war today and you wouldn't believe how many times I saved my squad by informing them of up coming hostiles. Their second role (in airsoft) is to give accurate long range covering fire for your team/ eliminate important targets. If your fighting on one front and start getting shot at from a different direction, but can't see the hostile. The first thing you would probaly do is try to get cver on both fronts, which means your going to move out in the open, which means an easy target for a firing squad. Also most people I've faced, in this situation, also have a moment of panic and that one moment could men the difference in the battle.
Just my two cents
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