| From: | Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Sniper rifles again and again |
| Date: | Fri, 15 Oct 1993 12:52:02 -0400 |
> Ok so the general consensus about knocking a sniper rifle out of line seems
> to be that the rule sucks. Mainly because it's not realistic, ie you really
> have to whack these things to knock them out of line. Now this still leaves
> the problem of game balance, in my opinion the damage code of the sniper rifle
> is too high to allow my PC's start using it as a large pistol.
>
Now that I can breath again, I can put my 0.02c in the ring.
I had an older .306 rifle I hunted with that I put a real nice scope on.
Can't remember the name offhand. Might of been Optix or something obscure
like that. It was sweet. Mag was around x15 and my dad sighted it perfect.
Weelllll, the first day of deer season I missed a shot, clean. Shot was
50 yards. Cake for that .306. And I knew I was not that bad. So I targeted
that night. Sure enough the sight had moved. All that from walking about
1 mile. No bumps or anything. (It was a new gun!).
So from my experience hunting, I would say that something with such an
optics system may be very delicate in terms of targeting. What may be just
a small deviation from ANY sudden impact or jostle may in effect knock
the optics off. Now think about the range of sniping rifles compared to
hunting rifles (SR).
> How about this then, sniper rifles have a hell of a kick back, that's why they
> are generally fired by someone laying down with their whole body behind the
> gun to take the recoil. Now technically the recoil wouldn't effect the first
> shot, but would effect the second, but sod technicalities and say that there
> is +2 recoil mod per shot if fired from a non-sniping position. Ok so gas v 4
> would cancel that, so how about making the PC`s make a body test against the
> power of the weapon minus any recoil compensation they have on the gun. If
> they fail they fall down.
>
I am a pretty big guy (6'8" and 260#) and the only gun that I have shot that
actually effected my shot from recoil was my father's 8ga. Slugs from that
thing really rip your arm off and I can't hit anything. But, that is a
shotgun. I have yet to experience any effect from anything like a .308.
> Ie SN has damage approx 14S, give it a gas vent 4.
>
> Player fires, first shot resolved as normal. Before the second shot the PC
> rolls body against (14-4) 10, no succeses ? Whoops, the PC just landed on his
> back.
>
> Just some ideas, comments, flames and more ideas gladly accepted. Thwaps are
> knocked back with my dikoted sniper rifle that I'm using for a baseball bat.
>
> Another thing, I really don't know that much about guns but are sniper rifles
> really that much more powerful than an assault rifle firing a single shot ?
>
Compare the shells. 7.62mm versus a .308. That .308 travels a hell of a lot
faster and that 7.62 is also smaller. More weight, faster. It just sort of
compounds.
Man, I can't wait till Thanksgiving and I get my two days of hunting in.
-- Quiktek
-- Todd Montgomery
tmont@****.wvu.edu
tmont@***.wvu.edu
un032507@*******.wvnet.edu
Wearing flanel looking out the window wishing for more time and closer to
home. (Guess I am a good ol' country boy afterall.
