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Depends on the kind of bullet, s long as it's cast and not jacketed...

Some people do use BP in smokeless firearms "just cos". It would foul up weapons a lot more and probably wouldn't even cycle in most automatic firearms. Also if you push lead bullets too fast you get leading. From what I see you could probably drive a cast bullet to 1600 fps in a rifle, that would do about half the usual damage, and that's with good powder... lower-velocity rounds would not suffer quite as much from using black powder. I don't think it's practical for the game, though, no one wants to sit around for hours and hours casting bullets and somehow making their own powder.

Search "FSA ultimate sniper". It's definitely a huge bolt-action. I would assume it would use a common caliber, so most likely 23mm... That doesn't sound much larger than 20mm but in terms of energy it's over 80% more powerful with at least a 50% larger explosive charge.

I did see some Syrian rebels using a crazy homemade weapon... must be a lot bigger than 20mm... I don't know what this has to do with DayZ but it's cool. :P

Although when I said "explosive" I was thinking more along the lines of high-velocity quick expanding bullets. :P

The hardcore players play in Russian. :D

A bit of foliage would be good but not many people run around in full ghillie suits 24/7, they're kind of inconvenient... honestly I think it's pretty weird seeing bandit squads all sporting ghillies (it just doesn't happen in real life) so I hope this isn't the case in standalone. I hope they give us some more practical camouflage for the standalone... a less "all-encompassing" ghillie would be good, and I would like to see some hunting camouflage as well as old woodland military surplus stuff. Most importantly they have to make sure the camo actually works at distance... A ghillie like this would be nice Or camouflage like this And it must blend in with the terrain from afar As for local foliage I see it most useful for hiding vehicles, supply caches, etc.

Indeed. All (Western) calibers lined up Different bullets for different tasks, the 5.56 is supposed to fragment at high velocities whereas the 9.3mm soft-point is designed for controlled expansion and deep penetration. Having your bullet fragment is the very last thing you want when hunting a moose, better to have it break both shoulders, take out both lungs and exit out the other side. But for smaller game like humans a more... explosive effect can be suitable. If you're not planning to eat it.

:thumbsup: And where are you supposed to randomly find powder, primers and bullets?

Yes.

Depending on what guns they put in... I like it because it throws a big slug. I hope no one will be able to brush off one of these: Compared to 55-gr FMJ

Alright, I found out what the "hunting rifle" in standalone is. It's a Blaser B95 or B97 Luxus. Even the engraving on the receiver is identical. Seeing as this is a multi-thousand dollar gun (prices from 4000 to almost 6000 Euros) I hope it is extremely rare and not sitting in the back of every dilapidated farm house... The B95 is a combination rifle, the B97 is a double rifle. The shotgun barrels come in 12 or 20 gauge. The rifle barrels come in .22 Hornet through 9.3x74R. Personally I hope they go the combination route, more interesting. As for caliber I would like 7x57, 8x57 or the 9.3.

Just me.

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Meh, if the blade is of acceptable length I believe the most important factor is how sharp it is... is it dull, "working sharp", or can it whittle human hairs? After that I think pointy > non-pointy and heavy > light.

Seems like someone had a tough time deciding between .17 HMR, .22 LR, .308, 7x64mm and 9.3x62mm.

The hunting knife right now is pretty "military" as well... combo edge Seal Pup... oops, that's "SEAL" Pup... :/ They should have an example of all types, IMO, ie: Personally I don't think damage should vary all that much.

I would be shocked if they didn't have it... and hopefully they'll have a few types just for variety, ie, chef's knife, butcher's knife, a couple hunting knives, bayonets, folding knives, etc...

Also kind of looks like a BRNO 802 Still looks like a combination gun to me, shotgun top, rifle bottom...

Note the express sights... not exactly needed on a shotgun... bottom barrel is significantly smaller in diameter... also note the receiver looks designed to accept some kind of scope mount... It looks more along the lines of this Krieghoff to me although clearly not the same...

There's some kind of box on the ground...?

Batchete? This is serving me Batman teas... I'm sure I have the wrong idea...

Hey, I'm not preventing you from going out and spending $10000 to lug around a 40 lb rifle that's nearly 5 feet long and uses cartridges that weight 1/4 lb each... I'm sure it will also come in handy in those rare situations where you're not shooting survivors through walls at hundreds of yards.

I'd call it Day.

Someone posted on this forum somewhere, it was also on this page: http://www.dayzbuzz.com/dayz-standalone-weapons/