Posted by: Dale "Head_Hunters" DuPont on November 10, 2003 at 09:35:17

: can u put a scope on a tippmann custom 98 Yep, but let me talk you out of it unless you have a Flatline on it. Paintballs drop like rocks. A Red Dot, Scope, and the Stock open sights on the Tippman are all line-of-sight aiming devices. You will discover very quickly that the guy you are aiming at is NEVER at the distance you are zeroed in at. 5 yards closer or farther is a foot of elevation off. A MISS on a facemask. Now with a FLATLINE the ball trajectory path is plus or minus 4 inches either side of your line-of-sight out to about 25-30 yards. That is about the size of a facemask. THEN a scope, red dot etc. WOULD be a practical aiming device. I believe the top rail on a Tippman 98 accepts standard 7/8" scope mounts. K mart/Wallmart has some cheap ones in the $10 range. You don't need beefy ones to handle the recoil of a 7 mm Mag. Hose clamps and some shims are even cheaper and you can side mount it..... Scope mounts are usually made for 1" Outside Diameter Tubes. Standard for most deer hunting type scope bodies. You don't really need any magnification to see your facemask out to 30 yards. You just need to line it up with your ball path. Hence the Red Dot suggestion. How would you like to have a zero Power scope that you can see through even if you take a ball hit right on the front of it.....? For 50 cents......? Just use a 6-8" piece of 1" OD schedule 40 PVC pipe. Add those cheap scope mounts and put a rubber or closed cell foam shim under the tube at the rear mount to "zero" in the elevation. Use some longer scope screws and use some Rubberish shim stuff so you can adjust your zero by compressing/decompressing the rubber. Some rubber HOSE like car heater hose would compress and decompress very well over a 1/2" range. Paint the INSIDE of the tube a flat black to get the shine out of the inside of the tube. Paint the back end of the tube with some Red, Yellow, or Orange paint so you have a very visible RING around the outside edge when you look into the tube. When you look into the tube you see a ring of daylight and field that you use to acquire your target. Once acquired, center THAT into the middle Back RING. It is a very natural thing for your eye and the attached brain to do. A Ring around a circle. Squeeze off your round. If your are a little high or low, you can adjust your elevation easily within the field of view of the tube. Very repeatable with the top and bottom edges of the tube as a reference point. Very Accurate. Very Cheap. Teaches you to point and shoot which is 90 percent of your shots on a rec field anyway. You don't have time to line up a guy for a sniper shot unless you play woods ball or scenerio games. It will teach you GOOD Snap Shooting skill and after a while you will likely take it off. ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE: And then you can send me an e mail at: www.ddupont@charter.net and ask for my FREE plans to build your own Auto Rangefinder. Cheap, low tech and it gets the elevation right for any facemask out to 50 yards! It is more accurate than your marker and paint.... Requires VERY consistent shot to shot chrono velocities. It requires good quality paint. Just like your scope, red dot, or open sights. Why do you think they call me "Head Hunter"? The Auto Rangefinder.

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