Standing? You should immediately take a kneeling or prone position! :P

The SVD is much more accurate than the SVT. I'm just being realistic here. Many SVT rifles simply aren't accurate enough to be true sniper rifles, but as Americans (and Canadians) love throwing optics on even the SKS, they'll throw them on the SVT. As many SVTs don't have rails, it is necessary to add them. But then you could add either rails for a PU mount or rails for a PSO mount.

The SVT-40 didn't take the standard scope mount for the PU, which works on the SKS or Mosin (the mount is the same, the rail is quite close, one being rounded, the other flat). However, in order to use the mount on the SVT (separate from the other two mounts), you need to get an SVT with a railed receiver. This is all well and dandy, but not all the SVTs have this rail, especially once the soviets stopped using it in the sniper's role. That being said, several companies due offer drill and tap mounts, which could then allow you to field a plethora of optics, of which I would choose the PSO. Why choose the PSO? #1 The PSO's rugged construction #2 The PSO's chevron's should already mostly work with the SVT, being of a similar barrel length and the same round (and a similarish action) #3 The optics are bright and clear, it's a good scope! But what else could I consider? The PSOP with an 8x magnification. :D

I look at it as: Mosin Nagant: $150 Sks: $350 SVT: $800 in USA/ $400 in Canada and other countries without bogus GCA of '68 PSO: $200-$600 depending on configuration

Yes, I am aware of the problem. There are several solutions to this problem. You could find a scope mount that had a shell deflector, attach a shell deflector to the rifle itself, use a shorter scope, or find a scope that can take the beating (or attach something to the scope itself to help withstand it). There are plenty of very solidly built scopes out there, the PSO is one of them. Dude that's the weakest argument ever though, I came up with several highly viable solutions. Do you really think anyone still alive this far into this game, fictionally, would be so unfamiliar with firearms as to have not a knowledge of such things? Also, why would the PSO become rare? It's used on AK pattern rifles. There is a common adapter used to attach a PSO to a Yugo SKS (the kind found in the game). The PSO is such a common sight, they've created ways to attach it to an SKS, and using this, an SVT, or even a mosin nagant! The PSO is a decent scope, and if it's so prolific, why not create ways to slap it onto anything? I have no idea the true rarity of these attachments as I've only ever checked on the internet. http://kalinkaoptics.com/firearm-accessories/molot-sks-original-rail-with-rivets.html Note: Proof of concept only. Never buy from Kalinka. Unless you're a gambler. Regarind the rail, they're not slap on and go like an m4 accessories, but it's not rocket science. Depending on how handy you are, and if you have access to the internet, (and what tools at hand!) this could possibly be done in a home workshop. There's now even different flavors of PSO like scopes made by the original producers in different magnifications, mounting styles, calibers, and platforms.

Eh, it'd be fairly close. they both use the 7.62R and and have approximately the same barrel length (and thus fps). I'd be close enough where I wouldn't think twice. It'd be close enough whereas the PU doesn't even have chevrons and needs to be adjusted everytime. I mean, it' be so spot on, I can't see why it wouldn't work. Also, here's an SVT with the PSO Here's another SVT-40 with a PSO http://s269.photobucket.com/user/4307R/media/DSC03666.jpg.html

We should not put another scope mount int the game but make it to where you have to have a screwdriver or something to mount the PU mount onto the SVT40 base. Because it is best weapon Pavlov True it does not take the PSO-1 or the SVD magazines, but we need a scope(s) here. The Russians issued 3 different sniper rifle scopes. The 4x PU, and the 6x PE (adjustable) and the PEM (non adjustable) scopes. All 3 can fit on the Mosin-Nagant and SVT40 PU mount. If you have a flat receiver on the side of your rifle (any rifle), chances are you can willy nilliliy drill and tap a side rail to it (not always though, YMMV), you could in theory then attach either a PU scope, SVD scope, or just random mounts or picatinny rails allowing for the attachment of whatever scope fulfills your desires. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SVT40-Scope-Mount-Picatinny-MIL-STD-DRILL-AND-TAP-VERSION-/251501226588?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scope-Mount-with-Picatinny-Rails-for-SKS/271582220452?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30794%26meid%3Df1ce8b5c7ec84ecfb0d1a6b8b389ebdf%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D380763370118

Balance blows. Completely and utterly blows. I've been playing this game "Depth" where they make the rifles do 30% less damage than HANDGUNS (despite the obvious increase in powder charge), which should do substantially more. I'm foaming at the mouth. I'd love to hose down the devs (for Depth, not Dayz) with an APS underwater rifle, just to show them how little damage it really does. :D That being said, I feel one shot to the upper chest, neck, or head should be fatal with a 5.56. (the 5.56 is peculiar actually, the newer rounds penetrate better and fragment less, the older rounds did more damage to soft tissue, and penetrated not as well, but the penetrating ability of the m855 is still not that of a true AP round)(this was due to round design and rate of barrel twist)(really going off on a tangent here, perhaps in a perfect world the devs would grace us with m855 and m193) I'd also make that (head, upper torso, neck) lethal with the 7.62R, as well as the upper legs and lower torso, and have much better penetrative capabilities. Also, we need spine hits!

Oh yes, I've mentioned this several times, especially the SVU-A, with it's 20 round mags. You got yourself a makeshift lmg. Makeshift. LMG/DMR can't decide what it wants to be. It's like a curvy celebrity that can't decide whether she wants to be remembered for her chest or her bottom, and just as sexy. Oh, and Chaingun, what gives man? I like looks of the svt-40 too, but they stopped issuing them as marksman rifles because they just weren't accurate enough for the job! Of course, I'm sure there exist by random chance, superior specimens up for the task(much like the mosin). Still, I'd rather play it safe. That being said, irl, I'm gonna track done one of those superior SVT-40s, and do everything I can to make it a proper DMR.

gibonez, you clearly missed by point, and missed it hard. I'm saying that it is MORE common for mosins to have modern day commercial scopes than old PU scopes. Period. Period. Period. I can take my mosin (I own one, thanks) into any gunsmith, and pay him to slap a scope on it. A good scope. Either on the side, or on top of the receiver. But try to find a PU scope? You'll have to go to ebay, or gunbroker, or a milsurp forum to buy it from some guy. Or maybe classic arms or jgsales. My point is, is that any idiot teenager in the US can go out and buy a mosin for (it was $100 when I did it) and throw whatever optics they have onto it. And if I can get a decent 8x scope or whatever for cheaper than a PU scope, and more readily available, why on earth would I expect to see a PU scope? Do you own a mosin gibonez, did you scope it? I bought a chinese knock off of a PU scope to throw on my SKS (4x is entirely acceptable for the 7.62x39 round) and let me say that I prefer the zrak. (also a 4x scope, but far more modern). To be honest, I didn't even buy my mosin as a shooter, I just bought one with pretty tiger striping on the stock. My shooting gun is my k31 for longer distances (I'm still young and broke, don't judge me). For which I plan on buying the st. marie clamp on scope mount, and then finding whichever [optic] I find the most useful. Listen, the mosin nagant is a weapon with old (imo crappy) sights. Old farts want to throw something on it to let them aim, so it's very common to see scoped mosins. However, as I said, PU scopes are meant more for collectors and not necessarily shooters or hunters, though of course one can be both (I know I am). Anyway to wrap this up, you're supposed to keep your weed in the buttstocks of guns, not put weed decals on them. (The cosmoline and oils and wood help to mask the smell a bit). That's right, I used to keep my stash in the buttstock of my sks. But I got tired of squished and broken buds, and my state passed its medical thing, so no more fucks given.

Wrong. Wow, first google image search of a mosin with a scope actually turned up a scope other than a PU scope. You must be supremely lazy. Note how it's not a PU scope. Woa jeez look at this scope, I wonder if it's long range! I just can't figure out how all these rifles have scopes that aren't PUs, and some even have bipods! It must be in the aftermarket stock. Note how the scope is attached to a scope mount which is attached to the receiver. Clearly, it's in the stocks. Well there goes that idea! I guess mosins are capable of taking a wide variety of optics so long as you attach a rail to the upper side of the receiver, or drill and tap a side mount. Hell, it even takes the bipod! Then again, if half this forum would pull their head out of their asses and head on down to the local dunham's/mc sports/etc, they'd find not only are mosins dirt cheap, but the PU scope isn't even the most common way of mounting optics! It's used by people who want to recreate the classic look, whereas modern American optics, most with greater (double or triple) zoom than the PU scope are actually MORE common. Meh meh meh, this is Chernarus, why would they have modern American optics, they are a poor eastern european country just out of a civil war! A better question would be why would they be mounting either original PU scopes (sorta rare) or purchasing replicas (needless, as better things can be made for the same money). So let's take a $100 rifle, and find historically accurate optics issued in limited numbers, or newer, better, crisper modern optics which can be mounted just as easily. Or we could stop pretending there's any attempt at realism and just admit it's being done for balance. The mosin nagant was a crap sniper rifle, not because of it's inability to accept optics, or it's inability to take a bipod. It's an inaccurate rifle, period. (usually) (except for the finnish version) (this is not a finnish version) Or maybe the fact that they all have bent bolts means they're all "exceptionally accurate ex snipers". That's the only solution I can find. Maybe I'll ask the guy behind the gun counter at the local mc sports, I'm sure he can help me out.

Many rifles require drilling and tapping to add a scope. The expectation of having already existing rails is a new one. There's nothing really special about needing to drill and tape the rifle. Hell, it needs to be drilled and tapped to take the PU scope! The SKS has a flat rail that needs to be attached, and the Mosin has a rounded one. And using the side of the receiver, you could attach different scopes and rails than the PU scope. (The SKS was originally designed to take the PU scope, but using a side rail, which is still the only method I'd bother with, I've seen a plethora of scopes used on the sks. I'm partial to the zrak line.

Bullpup rifles are known for having poor triggers because the trigger is connected via a trigger bar. I have heard rumors of some bullpups having decent triggers, and having never disassembled this latest generation of bullpups, I can only imagine they either figured out a better connection, or somehow totally figured out a new way to do it. Furthermore, if you can reach your arm back into your armpit and yank out a hair, I'd imagine you could reload a bullpup in the prone position.

As stated previously just put them in a nato crash site. It doesn't need to be german specific. I'd rather see the full version as well (or a g36k), considering we can use both sets of optics. That being said, the vp70 is capable of burst fire, and thus is illegal in most countries. Also, the SLR-8 is super rare. I saw one at a gunshop where it was being repaired, it wasn't even for sale. Retail is in the thousands. Honestly, I'd rather buy a sig and call it good.

The way you attach a blade to the stick primitively is using leather straps. You use untreated leather, wrap it tightly, and tan the leather still attached. It'll shrink and even more securely snug up the head to the shaft.

Right, and if you like artificial balancing, perhaps find games where this is the norm. Payday 2 has a great many mods where lengthening the barrel decreases damage, despite the extra length of barrel for the gases to work. Because I mean, if it increased accuracy and damage, everything would be OP. Also, nevermind that shorter stiffer barrels are actually more accurate. Or perhaps try CoD? The wonderfully inaccurate UZIs are a real caricature of the real thing, maybe you'd like that sort of thing? Maybe counterstrike is your deal where the same round fired from different guns of similar barrel lengths due incredibly different damages. I'd like a game that sticks to reality. The reason the VSS isn't an omni weapon is it's overall limited range (just stay 800m away, you'll be straight), and the fact that it has a forged hardened steel receiver, which is very expensive to make. Suppressors need regular care and cleaning as well. It's just not cost effective. On a side note, we need kobra sights for the AK-74su, I believe. Hey, just be thankful we're not getting the SVU, especially an SVU-A. Rumor is it's a full auto SVD that's got a wicked muzzle brake to actually make it somewhat usable, and a suppressor on top fo that. Throw a 30 round mag into that, and you got yourself a suppressed marksman rifle/lmg that handles better than either.

Why should everything be rare? ___________________________ Ivan: Hey Peter! We need to get out of here, which guns do we take, the ones that take the common 5.45x39, or the super rare 9x39? Peter: the 5.45x39, it'll be more useful too End of story: It seems it'd be one of the guns most frequently left behind, ammo too. On the other hand, a groza might be valued for it's grenade launcher alone.

The AK has less of a drop, thus for me, I just set my AK on 200m and rock and roll. You need to obsessively note distance when using the 9x39 round due to the extreme parabolic nature of the trajectory. While it carries enough kinetic energy and momentum to still have reasonable penetrating capabilities at these distances, like the rifle round it is, one still needs to account for this drop. So you're sitting here trying to figure out if I'm 300 or 400 yards away because let's say you don't have a range finder, or even if you do have a rangefinder, you'd have to pull it out first. Like I said, I'd just eyeball it with an AK, and blast you while you're still fiddling with the distance. Now, maybe you have the drop on me, or I don't know you're there, but you could say that about nearly any gun. The VSS is not a well rounded battle rifle or assault rifle. It is a highly specialized counter-sniper weapon.That being said, I can't help but love the thing. On a side note, Gews, where are you from? This recent string of semi-auto hunting rifles is like nothing I've ever seen before, the wooden ornamentation on the receiver is especially bizarre to me (I suppose the relatively few rounds (or round) fired during a hunt wouldn't heat up the receiver that much, or maybe it has some kind of heat shield). But wouldn't that make it a pain if you took it to a range and actually wanted to blast away?

How good are you at lobbing bullets? If you think you can aim a man high at 500 yards, be my guess. In other news, massive rush of CoD players to otherwise non mainstream games where the only notion of balance that exists is controlled by only the laws of physics has been noted. Run for your lives! Higher rof means lower damage and all guns now have reticles when fired from the hip except scoped guns, because apparently you're entirely aware of where your bullet goes even without aiming, unless you put a scope on your rifle. Or we could just throw balance to the wind and try to model things according to what's real instead of trying to achieve an artificial balance where no gun is better than any other. The VSS shines as a counter-sniper rifle. It has a very specific purpose. Unless you're purposefully hunting snipers, try something else! The immense drop means you better have your range finder out and hope your target isn't moving, like, you know, a sniper. So the devs finally create the rock to the scissors that is the mosin, and you're not happy? It's still a rock to the AK's paper.

So I noticed in experimental, and have heard in stable as well, the zombies are tremendously faster, more dexterous, agile, coordinated, resilient, and powerful. So, I know the zombies are created from a prion-like or prion infection which infected approximately 98% of the population, with a low number around 10-15% making a partial recovery becoming what we now know as zombies or the infected. These are just normal humans, albeit highly brain damaged. Which brings me to my major point -how are the zombies superior physical specimens to healthy humans? I could see the brain being damaged to the point where the person is driven to an animalistic state, and thus being less prone to pain, or psychologically induced failure (like the phenomenon where somebody being shot just drops to the ground, alive or dead). I could even see them having a heightened adrenal response, giving them this improved physical prowess. However, this would come at a cost. Continual high doses of epinephrine and norepinephrine would dramatically reduce their ability to digest food, and increase their water expenditure tremendously. Thus, I can see every damned one of these things being dead in LESS than 3 days. But let's say, every night, the zombies head downhill to find a water source and gurgle it up to prevent desiccation. Of course, this would give them cholera and they'd shit themselves dry very soon. I have no problem dealing with weak sickly people in a rabies like state (the excitative phase), while aggressive, they are mostly harmless, and this is a more realistic scenario. Sick people don't just get out of bed and become olympians, this is ridiculous. I played the mod, I get it. I want zombies to be stronger, but taking multiple hits with a sharpened axe is something a steel plate of armor would do. Are the zombies now made of steel? It's not a matter of resilience regarding steel contact with the skull or neck, it would simply destroy or remove the head. Here's a video to prove my point. It doesn't show anything happening, but read the description. It's the aftermath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CdnTCsSmVg I've also seen liveleaks of machetes to the head, also one hit droppers. Maybe not dead, but out, and out hard, and likely to die if not treated if not already dead.

Yes, they all have different versions in real life. Sometimes it's messy trying to find a PSO-1 that works well with the 7.62x39 (with all the features you want), so I've just settled on a zrak instead. :P So I'm wondering, in game, should I just adjust by pressing page up and page down, or do the chevrons actually correspond to the proper distance? Note though, as I said, the AK and AK-74 still use the same scope in game which is just nuts. But not as nuts as the VSS using the same scope too.

I think if they add the 9x39, they'll probably add the 7.62x25 tok. That being said, I was first introduced to the VSS in the game America's Army, and then in BF 1942: Desert Combat, and then in Stalker. I absolutely love this gun. It was always my go to gun. I'd fire it in quick 2-5 round bursts within 100 yards. Beyond that, I had to lob it like crazy, but it worked. A fun thought though, regarding scope compatibility. Scopes with chevrons tend to be purpose built for a particular round. The m43 round drops much faster than the 7n6, and thus would need a different scope. So the scope for the AKM would be compatible to a point with the AK-74, but the bullet drop would be off.

You could just enlarge the gas port. Personally, mounting the rail to an SKS receiver is also some work, yet our characters can manage that, instantly, and without tools.

See I can't tell if you're being funny or not. One one hand, you don't use copper solvent, on the other hand, you criticize how I clean my guns. I've never seen a need to clean the trigger control group, for instance, of a semi-auto rifle (aside to remove any cosmoline). At least not one that uses a piston. I admit, I'm not very keen on the inner workings of an AR. Anything that just sprays powder into the bolt like that seems like a bad idea.

See the wire? That's what you pull through. See the brushes? That's what you scrape it with. Those are all different brushes on the back as well. Then you have those different heads, which you attach to the wire, which you attach the rag to. Wowee, that was tough. Personally, I prefer a rod instead of a wire, that way I can push. To be honest, you don't even need to use the brush, just rags. But the brush loosens it all up beforehand, and you don't need to take as much time. Seriously look at that, it's all wire, rags, brushes, and heads to attach to the wire and rags. The brushes are all listed by caliber/gauge. Man, if you guys can't figure out a gun cleaning kit, I shudder to think of any of you guys with a car. Also, you don't clean the "inner" parts, as those aren't exposed to powder. Even a semi auto, at most you'd clean out the bolt, bolt carrier if there is one, gas tube, piston if there is one, etc. etc. The barrel takes the most of it.