---
title: "Gun Lab: Sniper Competition Gear"
description: "This video, shot during the Sniper's Hide Cup, goes through all the gear a shooter needs to get started in sniper competitions. We cover everything from cartridge selection, to optics and electronics."
date: "2015-08-04"
modified: "2015-08-04"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Snow"
    job_title: "Shooting Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/john-b-snow/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/gun-lab-sniper-competition-gear/"
categories:
  - "Competitive Shooting"
  - "Guns"
---

# Gun Lab: Sniper Competition Gear

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/RMIGLMMRAY5BSVPD6PEB5RCEEE.png>)

This video, shot during the **Sniper's Hide Cup**, goes through all the gear a shooter needs to get started in sniper competitions. We cover everything from cartridge selection, to optics and electronics.

## Author
John B. Snow is Shooting Editor of *Outdoor Life*, where he oversees the publication’s firearms and shooting coverage. This includes gear reviews, features on technical innovations, stories on shooting techniques and general hunting coverage with the occasional fishing story thrown into the mix. Originally from Seattle, he has lived all over the country, crisscrossing it by car and truck no fewer than 10 times as he’s moved from one location to the next. Since 2010 he has lived in Bozeman, Montana where he currently resides with his bird dog, Roo.

### Author social links  
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