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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus
whatever floats your boat, I used the firefly to really great effect
But seriously, if you're already 80fps above AEG's, and you're still not getting sufficient range over them, an extra 40fps isn't going to produce much of a difference.
I've personally seen, on more than one occasion, a few 330-360fps guns out range 380-470fps guns.
What's critical in range and accuracy is BB weight matching your fps (which you should be using .36s right now), compression and seal, barrel and hop quality.
With your current setup you should be getting at LEAST 260ft of range, and able to hit a guy at 200.
With my VSR at 430fps, using .30s, I was ranging out to 240 at best, and able to hit people out at 200.
I just want to make sure your system is actually working before you go needlessly increasing your fps to try to compensate for a problem that isn't fps related.
Now all that being said, with the new Rhops and polarstars and some other great AEG parts coming out, their range is increasing as well. My PTW is pretty damn close to par with my old bolt action. You might just have to adjust your tactics. Unfortunately this isn't real steel where a bolt action rifle has double the effective range of an assault rifle...
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Hmmm, Ok I get what you're saying. I'll give it another go this weekend and really pay attention to my ranges. Maybe you're right and I'm actually putting out to 260 ft and just not really noticing it.
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Yeah all these unfortunate realities have discouraged me from getting a bolt action and after I got my AEG to reach out to around 220ft Ive decided what's the point? My AEG is worth $400 and for a bolt action to get up to that range with the same accuracy would cost double that
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It's more about the style of play. Sneaking around, finding a good prone spot, observing, etc. I realize you can do this with an AEG but the bolt actions force you to play smarter. Also, my G-Spec is dead quiet. Unlike the unmistakable whir of an AEG or pop of a gas gun, the single shot that comes out of the G-Spec won't give my position away.