What is the best marker to use when trying to make a paintball sniper rifle?

i would go with a spyder mr1. You can find it for cheap at http://www.actionvillage.com/010-214-0066 (you could also get one in black). If you get it you should get the cheapest compressed air tank there is because it is ALOT better than co2 in the long run. You will notice this as your paintballing experience expands. Next you would have to get a sniper kit. You can find a good one here -------> http://www.rap4.com/paintball/os/spyder-marker-upg... . They're kind of expensive Tho :S.

I personally wouldn't make it a sniper, I would go more tactical because a barrel over 14 - 16" actually isn't beneficial because as the ball goes down the barrel, after 16" it starts to drag which decreases velocity. Scopes also suck for paintball because everyone is always hidden very well and you usually don't get any chances to shoot or aim because you get taken out as you aim down your scope in a scenario field, BUT for woods ball with a gully suit, if your experienced you can but it's still pretty crappy. You SHOULD get a red dot scope, they're really awsum.

You should get a 14" barrel. The company Custom products makes an amazing one piece barrel that is dead accurate. Or you can get an APEX barrel from BT. It has an adjuster that puts a spin on the ball which curves it, it's really useful and it's fully adjustable.

Honestly...its kinda pointless to do. Most Paintball fields aren't big enough, markers just don't have the range and games move too fast to be an effective TRUE sniper (lie and wait, popping single shot kills w/o being detected).

But you can have a reasonably accurate marker with good paint and a quality barrel (length matters little other than appearance).

Tippman's Flatline barrel system adds range...but you have to turn the velocity down which can cause bounces instead of breaks at distance.

Closed bolt markers like Autocockers are said to be more consistant/accurate than blow-back markers as well.

You can get just about whatever marker you want as long as it has a sniper kit that will fit the gun. You can convert your current marker into one or buy one that already has the kit with it. Take a look at some kits here. http://thepaintballsniper.com/index.php?cPath=3&os...

And you can look at some packages here.

http://thepaintballsniper.com/index.php?cPath=5

I just use my Tippman 98 as a sniper gun and I have an A5 that I use in CQB. I just like the Tippman cause you can get it fairly cheap but it is a great gun and is very dependable. Lots of kits to convert your gun including a few sniper kits.

A trilogy competition. With a pump kit. Use stock barrel. Works fine.. Then get a small tank. 9oz co2 but compressed air usually is better. And a 40rd hopper.

rap4 t68 they have many kits if you don't want the 18 round mags get a qloader.it is one of the most accurate guns and Realistic

a mil-sim marker but just stay away from anything that has the name spyder or tippman

if you wanna spend a thousand dollars, get the bob long m-tac

http://www.amazon.com/Spyder-MR1-Paintball-Gun-Bla... get a longer barrel and a scope and upgrades..its not a bad cheap gun