The Myth of the Airsoft Sniper

You're crawling on your face tracking the operator you know to be the enemy commander. You've been low crawling for about 100 yards as you've been giving chase. The enemy command element has finally stopped and begun to establish a rally point. Now is your chance to make that shot. By eye you estimate the shot would be just over 200 feet. Knowing your rifles limits, this is within your range. Pulling your bolt action rifle out from your drag bag you pop the bipod open and set up for a shot. You press your PTT on your radio and say "Recon 1 to Command" there is a moment of radio silence before the response "Command, go ahead Recon 1." You pause for a moment as through your scope you see one of the enemy command turn possibly hearing you speak. You wait for him to go back to his work before saying "Command, I have the enemy CO, RTO, and XO in sight. Permission to fire." There is a long pause as you observe the three enemies and the Commander debates on if he wants the shot taken. Then over the radio a short message is relayed "Go for it Recon 1"
You let out a hefty sigh as you get comfortably behind your bolt action sniper rifle. Sizing up the shot you place your sight where you think would be best to hit, aiming for open skin to be sure you get a called hit. Controlling your breathing you exhale and give the trigger a light squeeze and the rifle lets out a hefty 'twack' and you watch the white BB fly down range and nail the enemy CO right in the tip of his spinal column. Letting out a whispered 'yes' you watch in horror as the enemy CO reaches up and scratches the back of his neck.
This is the kind of horror stories that some airsoft snipers have to deal with on an op to op basis. The unfortunate truth of airsoft is that the 'One Shot, One Kill' philosophy will never really apply to the formula of Milsim Airsoft. The role of sniper is considered by every airsofter at one time in their career. Typically it is considered by those who are new to the sport because it is a glorious position that new folks like to imagine themselves in. The allure of this is the idea of getting the 'One shot, One kill.'
What alludes most of these people who are new to the game is that the role of sniper is not one of precision shooting but one of the unseen. There are two sniper like roles in the airsoft communities those are that of Recon and Designated Marksmen.
Recon is what people would envision as the normal sniper crawling around in a ghille suit deep behind enemy lines with a bolt action rifle and maybe a automatic sidearm. Personally this gives me a rush because there's no room for error because you have no medic and no back up. The idea behind this role isn't to hunt, but to scout and relay enemy movements and numbers to the Command element of his team, Recon Sniper's most dangerous weapon is his radio. The chance of this variety of sniper actually using his bolt action is low and is only in the instance of a 'perfect shot' their main purpose is to relay information to the CO of their team.
The Designated Marksmen (DM) is a integral part of the squad unit. This operator has been designated by his command as having excellence in marksmanship and has the added responsibility of being he go-to guy for called shots. For example, the CO were to say "Enemy second story, third window in." the the DM then is obligated to neutralize that sniper. The weapon used by this operator is one of semi-automatic nature such as the M-14 and the SR-25. Being in this position is recommended for responsible and experienced players who know every capability of their weapon system.
In truth there is no true airsoft sniper, a person designated for distance assassinations of HVT deep behind enemy lines. The truth is that the myth of the airsoft sniper is actually two jobs that can't be performed simultaneously, as someone who might be interested in becoming an airsoft sniper I ask you to look at the jobs of Recon or DM and select one of those jobs for yourself.

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