No B.S. No frills. Just plain and simple, tried, tested and true paintball sniper gear. The marker choice WILL surprise you. The camouflage pattern may not.
Click here to see my “Paintball Sniper Gear List
“.
If you just want the list, here it is:
- Tippmann SL-68 II Pump Marker
- 50 Round Hopper
- 50 Round Pod
- V-Force Morph Goggle System (with amber lenses)
- Crye Multicam BDU Cargo Pants
- Mossy Oak Brush Long Sleeve Shirt
- Mossy Oak McNett Camouflage Tape
- Merrell Moab Ventilator Hiking Shoe
- Extreme Rage Flexi-Swamp Squeegee
- Tippmann Booby Bomb Grenade
- Major Paintball Master Paint Mine
- Rotcho 3 Pack Face Paint (for your hands)
Have a look at the photo below. Have you utilized this position before? What positions do you us most? Any better than any other?
Leave a comment below and I’ll chime in as they roll!
Posted in paintball sniper Paintball Sniper Training by .
This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the “Paintball Sniper Field Training Manual“.
The whole manual is available to members of the Paintball Sniper Codex Training program available here: Paintball Sniper Codex
Patience is "Character Quality #1" for a Paintball Sniper
Quality #1: Patience
Timing is everything. The first rule of skilled paintball snipers is: one shot, one out. This is an ideal scenario that we work to achieve. (The reality is that paintballs are unreliable. Two shots, one out is more accurate and a better strategy in most practical situations.) More on that later but with that objective in mind, you can imagine that a lot more than the right marker goes into a snipers success. In fact, one of the best weapons you can have on the playing field is patience.
During a scenario game of tactical paintball, most players become enthralled with the excitement of the game. This enthusiasm leads them to move too quickly or to respond without thinking through all of the options. The patient player has an extreme advantage. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been stepped on by players rushing the field or how many eliminations I’ve made within feet or inches of my target because they were blundering blindly.
Dictionary.com defines patience as “the ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay.” It takes time to wait out a situation, plan a skilled move, or uncover your opponent’s weak spots and tactical plan. A paintball sniper who is disciplined in patience and stable enough to endure the “rush” of the game without rushing ahead will give them an advantage. This takes training and trial and error to perfect.
Quality #2: Fortitude
Fortitude is "Character Quality #2" for the Paintball Sniper
Being able to remain mentally and emotionally strong during a threatening or difficult situation is a quality that all successful paintball snipers share. The basic skill set that snipers are trained to master cannot be successfully maintained and performed if they cannot remain in control during turmoil. Having the fortitude to remain strong in a hectic environment will give you an advantage over your opponent. Your eyes stay clear, your breathing stays regulated, your thoughts sharp. As the famous author, Rudyard Kipling, wrote: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs….then you’ll be a man my son.”
Patience and fortitude aid in achieving stealth since you must be able to wait out the best opportunity and slowly approach your position undetected.
Posted in Offensive Mindset paintball sniper Paintball Sniper Training by .
So summer has hit and I’ve got a few weeks off from the usual awesome work I get to do. And I thought I’d put together this massive collection of paintball sniper training. A full course.
And it’s keeping me super busy. But I’m stuck on a name for this thing. Something exciting. Something informational. So I thought I’d put it up here for your ideas and input.
Leave a comment below with your idea for a name for this wicked training.
Posted in paintball sniper Paintball Sniper Training by .
The paintball ghillie suit can be a wicked addition to the paintball sniper arsenal of tricks. But, outta the bag, it’s really lame actually. Yes, you’ll hide on people while wearing it. But hiding on most people is simply a matter of sitting still, just out of their field of view. But if someone starts looking for you, spotting a massive, furry lump of yarn isn’t too hard. This 30 second tip will make your paintball ghillie suit 10x more effective.
DR: Please tell us a little about yourself (your name or callsign, your team if you are a part of one, your marker setup, etc.):
My mom and dad call me Doug. That works. My kids call me daddy but that’d be a little weird. You can just call me Doug. I don’t play on a team typically. My oldest son and I play weekly as a two man team. Just scenario ball. I run an A-5 with 3 position collapsible stock and a 14″ J&J barrel. I play with tank on the marker and still run CO2 only because HPA tanks are so danged expensive. I’m going to be testing out the Ninja 12 cubic inch high pressure tank this year. It’s small and will only require me to sell one kidney on eBay.
I rely on my Tippmann A-5. It’s a workhorse. Louder than heck unfortunately but I have literally, in 7 years, never had a ball break in it. Anywhere. I’m not sure what other “equipment” I really use honestly. A good pair of shoes. I use the Merrell Pivot-Lace with a Vibram sole. Wicked shoe. Doesn’t have the higher ankle support that I would recommend but it’s light and very durable. And it comes in a brown and tan color scheme, which is a fine base for camouflage. Um, I always have my beef jerky and Jelly Belly gourmet jelly beans close at hand. And I drink G2 Gatorade through the day. But I cut it 1/2 and 1/2 with water. Otherwise that stuff will actually dehydrate you more.
Getting camouflaged is a big ritual for me. It’s like donning battle armor. When you settle yourself down and really pay attention to the details of your camouflage, you’ll sink into that zone where nothing escapes your notice, your attention. Then I just carry that into the field. And I believe in helping people be better people. So I socialize before the game. I look for the players that look like they want to be paintball snipers. I help people with their gear. Especially younger players. I ask questions, joke it up. And I’ve always got it in my mind “How can I leave this person better than when I first encountered them?”
The paintball sniper, as much as players want to believe it, is NOT a long distance shooter. Sorry. You can do a few basic things to increase your distance and, by all means, I encourage that, but by and large a paintball only goes as far as a paintball goes. Focus on being an ACCURATE shooter. A stealthy, invisible, accurate shooter who’s primary tool, next to his marker, is his cunning and his ability to cause hesitancy, incite confusion and decimate morale.
Technology? Paintball technology? Nah. I’m probably still going to be shooting my camo’d A-5. Still gonna wear my Borderwalker ghillie jacket. I might (and that’s a big “might”) try out a pistol or two. I like the freedom of movement. When you get into the close-range zone, moving around a 14″ barrel is a huge liability. So I might give a TPX or Tiberius pistol a spin. A paintball sniper does not rely on technology. Give me my old PMI Trracer, a small hopper and 10 balls and I’m going to be effective. You definitely don’t need expensive gear. In fact, that’s the freedom of the paintball sniper. Light, fast, mobile and invisible.
Yep. The same issues are still there. The world still moves too fast. Then when you try and get on the field and slow down, you can’t do it. You’re twitchy, impatient, because you’ve been moving a hundred miles an hour, in and out of malls, traffic, high speed interweb, phones. Try and sit still, perfectly still, in a chair in your living room for thirty minutes. Better yet, try it outside in your yard or the local park. Bet you can’t make it past five minutes before you get itchy. Slow down. The pace of the western world is literally killing us.
Well I’ve got two huge suggestions. One is our site. No jokes. I’m not tooting my own horn. The web is largely devoid of concise, clear, actionable content for paintball snipers. That’s what we’re bringing. Articles, videos, interviews, photos. And there are some HUGE surprises to come in the next two months, before the season gets started. For early bird access and to download our “10 Keys to Killer Camo” training module, go to http://www.tacticalpaintballsniper.com. Send us your e-mail and we’ll get you hooked up with that module and weekly training articles and videos.
The other is a gear site that I highly recommend. I did an interview with the owner, Dan Klaas at http://www.rockstartactical.com. He specializes in gear for the paintball sniper along with all other manner of tactical paintball equipment. Dan knows his stuff, runs a great online store and I highly recommend him as an information source too.
Posted in paintball sniper Paintball Sniper Training Tactical Paintball by .
Free Training Videos for Paintball Snipers
Enter your e-mail address now.
Instant delivery!
