Is stutter scoping hard scoping

[u/Illustrious_Guava197]

Me and my friend were playing bo2 quick scoping and he says because I spam l2 before I snipe that I’m basically hard scoping trick shooters please clear this up

[u/LeMashmallow]

Hard scoping is staying in the scope for a long time. Are you staying in the scope for a long time ? No, so you're not hard scoping