Apolyton gun thread

[Drake Tungsten]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Personally, I like the SMG + pistol combo best - combines range and ROF, pistols load all over the place, and beats the usual SMG + SMG or SMG + plasma rifle combo most people grab unless they're close and shoot first. I'm also fond of SMG + plasma pistol, since it's also easy to find and people go down in half a second once the charge shot takes out their shields.

If you have the necessary skill, you should go with the plasma pistol + magnum combo. There's nothing like killing an overshielded opponent with only two shots...

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by nostromo
Here's the Steyr-Aug. Look's cool.

That is the fugliest gun I have ever seen.

And WHAT is that color? Liberace Glittering Gold? Who's says you can't look fabulous while mowing down you enemies?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
If you have the necessary skill, you should go with the plasma pistol + magnum combo. There's nothing like killing an overshielded opponent with only two shots...

Yes, but I've found that the SMG is more tolerant of mistakes, which are easy to make with thirty of them going off in random directions

[Nostromo]

That is the fugliest gun I have ever seen.

And WHAT is that color? Liberace Glittering Gold? Who's says you can't look fabulous while mowing down you enemies

I happen to like fugly guns, the fuglier the better. And, no, that's not Liberace Glittering Gold, its just a bad photo. Liberace Glittering Gold... Btw, I was under the impression that girls don't like guns.

[Dis]

aren't gay people supposed to like liberace glittering gold?

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Personally, I like the SMG + pistol combo best - combines range and ROF, pistols load all over the place, and beats the usual SMG + SMG or SMG + plasma rifle combo most people grab unless they're close and shoot first. I'm also fond of SMG + plasma pistol, since it's also easy to find and people go down in half a second once the charge shot takes out their shields.

I personally prefer grenades to a second weapon. I used to love the M6D pistol. It's too bad they stopped making them. Since then, I've preferred the M90 shotgun to the M7 caseless submachine gun. You simply get a whole lot more power from it.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by nostromo
I happen to like fugly guns, the fuglier the better. And, no, that's not Liberace Glittering Gold, its just a bad photo. Liberace Glittering Gold... Btw, I was under the impression that girls don't like guns.

*Sigh*

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129463

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Dissident
aren't gay people supposed to like liberace glittering gold?

Glitter is evil. Sequins are evil. Shiny clothes are evil.

Glittery, shiny, sequined costumes? Satan himself wimpers in fear like a badly beaten puppy.

[Combat Ingrid]

The ag90 (Barrett M82A1) is a cute little toy

[Combat Ingrid]

It has cute ammo too

[Mr. Harley]

For long range target shooting, either one of the .50 caliber sniping rifles - I don't have my gun digest handy. For varmint shooting (long range small caliber sniping) a bolt action .243, though some of the wildcat .243 cartridges, i.e. the 30-06 cartrigdge necked down to take a .243, are supposed to be awesome, especially with a long bull barrel (heavy barrel). In medium calibers the Weatherby cartridges are nice, and the wildcat 7mm-30. caliber Weatherby (a .30 Weatherby necked down to 7mm) has taken some of the 1000 yard competitions, at least a decade ago when I was still following that sort of thing. I have the .30 Weatherby, it's one of three factory produced southpaw rifles, and I got it for a very good price. Kicks like a MF.

[Nostromo]

*Sigh*

I know, I know. I was screwing with you. I also saw that thread.

[Nostromo]

For the record, my experience with weapons is limited to slingshots and bow and arrows.

[atomant]

Originally posted by shawnmmcc
For long range target shooting, either one of the .50 caliber sniping rifles - I don't have my gun digest handy. For varmint shooting (long range small caliber sniping) a bolt action .243, though some of the wildcat .243 cartridges, i.e. the 30-06 cartrigdge necked down to take a .243, are supposed to be awesome, especially with a long bull barrel (heavy barrel). In medium calibers the Weatherby cartridges are nice, and the wildcat 7mm-30. caliber Weatherby (a .30 Weatherby necked down to 7mm) has taken some of the 1000 yard competitions, at least a decade ago when I was still following that sort of thing. I have the .30 Weatherby, it's one of three factory produced southpaw rifles, and I got it for a very good price. Kicks like a MF.

Takes three people to carry a .50 cal sniper rifle, and you can't snap shot worth a damn.

I have had trouble with both weatherby and remmington cartridges in tropical environments (which have been corrected by removing ten grains of powder). Still I stand by my orignal post, .375 is the best al round calibre I have used. As a totally useless statistic, a 375 cal bullet will only leave between a 3 and 7mm hole in the heart of an african buffalo (depending on if heart is contracted or not) if fired from front and less than 50 metres. Additionally, a person hit in the lung with a 30 06 has a 72% chance of survival if he/she gets basic (compression bandage) treatment within five minutes and a 98% chance of survival if they are still alive one hour afterwards. The only real danger is if an arterery was hit on the way through apparently/ I will track down the source of that little tidbit.

There are sme good book available on bullets, calibres and rifles (with impressive analysis on wound ballistics) available if you care to look or ask.

[:) Smiley]

BFG 9000.