Sniping

[Josh95]

if u want to get into sniping, i would suggest a jg bar 10 and upgrade internals

 

[Bullet]

Apparently my maths is crap! I stand corrected. Still shows what a well made rifle with decent ammo is capable of.

 

[Albiscuit]

Had a go with a springer sniper last week, didnt feel I hit a thing with it. Wasnt keen at all.

LOVE the idea of sniping, but felt (due to films n computer games) "If I could see them, I could hit them"... Clearly wasnt the case. Felt my M4 had the same range and power to be fair.

Maybe the rifle was not zeroed properly, or I was just being a doofus (also highly likely) but I found it easier to hide out in cover and wait until loads of enemy were close by, hit em all by surprise with controlled fire and bug back to my teams line of defence and repeat.

This being said I would love a chance with a rifle which was proven to work and be set up and zeroed properly.

 

[Josh95]

Had a go with a springer sniper last week, didnt feel I hit a thing with it. Wasnt keen at all.

LOVE the idea of sniping, but felt (due to films n computer games) "If I could see them, I could hit them"... Clearly wasnt the case. Felt my M4 had the same range and power to be fair.

Maybe the rifle was not zeroed properly, or I was just being a doofus (also highly likely) but I found it easier to hide out in cover and wait until loads of enemy were close by, hit em all by surprise with controlled fire and bug back to my teams line of defence and repeat.

This being said I would love a chance with a rifle which was proven to work and be set up and zeroed properly.

stock bolt action rifles out of the box are not much better than AEGs to be honest, they need to be upgraded to make the most out of the FPS advantage

 

[Albiscuit]

stock bolt action rifles out of the box are not much better than AEGs to be honest, they need to be upgraded to make the most out of the FPS advantage

It certainly didnt fell any better....

not put off tho

 

[Josh95]

It certainly didnt fell any better....

not put off tho

I have only just got into sniping myself

 

[Samurai]

Good airsoft sniper rifles aren't much better than good aegs in range. It's the tactics you use with them, that make you a sniper, not the gun.

Theoretically sniper rifles have longer range, but on the field, that's rarely used. You are more accurate, but shoot much less, so the effectiveness is about the same as aegs'.

 

[Snakeeyes75]

Sorry to necro this but after a month or two of trying to make good my claim of a 100 meter sniper.... I've F*cked up! It appears that my Gspec has been experiencing Joule creep! I've been firing .43's at 2.99 Joules! to remedy this I've cut 3 coils off an M150 to bring it down, now fires at 433 with .2's but 340 with .43's! I think i'll probably be the only person at my local site with a correct gun but from the sh*t storm that I've just created on FB looks like I won't be playing there much longer! Can I ask, does anyone go to a site where they ask you to test using the weight you intend to use for the day?

 

[M_P]

Only combat south let me use the weight I was using in the guns (and rightly so, especially in gas guns). Every other site including my main one insists on .2s which is pretty stupid imo, I turn my guns down sufficiently to make sure regardless but it doesn't take much to print out and laminate a conversion chart.

 

[Snakeeyes75]

Only combat south let me use the weight I was using in the guns (and rightly so, especially in gas guns). Every other site including my main one insists on .2s which is pretty stupid imo, I turn my guns down sufficiently to make sure regardless but it doesn't take much to print out and laminate a conversion chart.

So, would Combat South insist on chronoing me using my .43's? I spoke to Russ this morning and he said that they prefer to chrono using .2's? I'm not trying to sneak a hot gun in, it's more a case of making sure it's "One rule for everyone".

 

[M_P]

So, would Combat South insist on chronoing me using my .43's? I spoke to Russ this morning and he said that they prefer to chrono using .2's? I'm not trying to sneak a hot gun in, it's more a case of making sure it's "One rule for everyone".

Oh I couldn't say for sure, I told them I was using .28s and they carried on as normal. Was a while a go though so they might've changed.

So many places don't acknowledge/believe joule creep though so it's tough situation.

 

[BBrotherwood]

Sandpit (ucap) allows you to chrono on the weight your using. Apocalypse also had no problem with it either.

 

[Snakeeyes75]

But if I told them I was going to chrono with .2's but i'd be using .43's would that still be acceptable? It's being dishonest to a point but I can't complete if others are getting away with it!

Yes! I realize this is a BIG BIG issue and most people are just avoiding it! I'm happy to play on either side of the answer, MED sort of solves the issue but I don't want to be the one guy that is adhereing to the rules when no-one else is

 

[M_P]

To be honest, I'd have no problem trying max my gun's potential to what the rules allow. If they insist on chronoing with .2s then go with it. Hit 495 on that (a little leeway to be safe) and then swap to .43s. You won't have done anything wrong by their rules and you'll benefit from it, strictly speaking it may not be in the 'spirit of the rules' but then if they ignore joule creep then that's up to them. I'd just go for it, especially if you're doing a sniper rifle build.

 

[Snakeeyes75]

To be honest, I'd have no problem trying max my gun's potential to what the rules allow. If they insist on chronoing with .2s then go with it. Hit 495 on that (a little leeway to be safe) and then swap to .43s. You won't have done anything wrong by their rules and you'll benefit from it, strictly speaking it may not be in the 'spirit of the rules' but then if they ignore joule creep then that's up to them. I'd just go for it, especially if you're doing a sniper rifle build.

Thank you