Can you use an airsoft shotgun as a sniper rifle? With the G&P M870 PTE, you can according to DesertFox Airsoft as he used one at Wildlands Airsoft. There is one other M870 airsoft shotgun that you can use as well apart from the G&P vesion... "Airsoft shotguns are really fun, except when they're actually a JG BAR 10 in disguise."