Sniping - the low down

[Baz JJ]

Reading through on the subject, I get a couple of messages; 1) If you really want to get serious about sniping you have to spend a lot on upgrades 2) dont choose it as a first gun path as a newbie.

Ive found myself shooting adjacent to some snipers during a few games and it interests me as a role within a game.

Ive used air rifles and sights in the past and Ive got my first general purpose AEG gun sorted so am looking at a secondary specialised rifle and trying to get my head round the options.

The site allows bolt action rifles up to 500FPS.

What are the main contenders for sniper rifles meeting this criteria?

I dont mind spending a reasonable budget on a sniper rifle in order to get a decent weapon from the outset. In fact I would rather get to a decent platform without having to keep paying for professional upgrades as I go along which I imagine involves trips to the local Airsoft dealer techies ?

 

[M_P]

VSR 10 or the well l96.

Any gun you buy will need lots of upgrades, regardless of the initial outlay. Upgrades are what you need to get them to work well.

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

You can buy pre-upgraded VSR 10s on ZeroOne for around the £550 mark I think, or you could get one built for you by Airsoft Sniper Parts UK because then you'll know what's gone into it and know it's been put together properly.

Best to find them on Facebook or drop them an email at the website.

 

[Liam Porter]

What Ed said, also check their Facebook regularly in the weeks upcoming to when you plan on buying, they quite often sell rifles that they've upgraded for a really good price.

About paying for someone else to upgrade, I personally didn't bother. I bought the gun, quickly realised it was bad out of the box, then used YouTube to fine a complete disassembly guide for it, and learnt how to take it al apart. As it's a bolt action, it doesn't have a gearbox, so you don't have that worry, the most fiddly part is the trigger unit. I bought a complete replacement, rather than individual sears, so never had to take it apart.

Once I knew the gun inside and out, I ordered upgrade parts. I'd recommend starting with hop and barrel, and then upgrade the air seal (cylinder, piston, cylinder head), then the trigger and finally the spring, although I ordered everything at the same time.

If you know how to take the gun apart, it's really simple to install upgrades, so don't get ripped off sending it away to get upgraded if it's something you can easily do yourself.

 

[Unrustle_Thine_Jimmies]

Bolties are really easy to take apart. Only thing is that losing little springs is rather easy,as always the trigger is the most fiddly part.

Liam hit the nail on the head,always start hop and barrel upgrades first,followed by air seal parts and reliability/power based parts.

I made the mistake of blowing all my money on new sears and piston while leaving air seal and hop stock. Gun still broke all the bloody time.

Do have a search for pre upgraded guns though,you can find some gems if you dig around a bit.