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I'm a big fan of the auto-5. I'd also like to see a cut down version that's still shoulderable however, albeit with a shorter stock. Why not have it take regular 12 gauge? The 12 gauge can hold 5 rounds already.

I wonder if it would be possible to implement a sort of "resting" function in dayz. I've found in another game, no names mentioned, that shooting offhand is fairly inaccurate, but you can "rest" your weapon by either laying your hands on a windowsill, or bracing yourself against a doorway or tree. I feel this would make accurate fire possible, and add a level of realism to the game. Proning should somewhat "rest" your weapon with a bipod really adding to the accuracy. Also, why no clamp-on bipods for use with nearly every longarm, from the mosin to the sporter .22? Also, shouldn't every weapon have the ability to have a bipod? Many after market bipods are simply drilled into the stock, use swivel studs, or other common methods. I feel this should require a screwdriver or some tool to accomplish, but other than that, why shouldn't every rifle potentially have the ability to take a bipod? Main points: Resting Rifles and Universal Bipods. Side rant: Maybe you aren't from a country where firearm ownership is permitted, but if you are, and you hunt, you know, I'm sure, just how common all of these after market parts are, from cheaper than dirt, cabela's, gander mountain, etc. Don't give me this anti-sniper crap. The mauser has been around for over 100 years and has proliferated the firearms market and is still used and sold today in the form of the remington 700 and other widely available hunting rifles. It's accurate, dependable, and reliable. I'm sorry, but in a post apocalyptic scenario, the basic mauser pattern hunting rifle would be very very common. Personally, I prefer repeating rifles, but this doesn't make my point any less valid.

Still though, even in the absence of universal bipods, I'd love to see the resting feature. That is the key point to this.

For the sake of gameplay, I'd like to see both sharp swords, and sharpening stones, to make swords sharp again. A sharpening stone and oil together (crafting?) could bring to worn. Metal polish could bring it to pristine.

Marijuana is useful for steadying the nerves. Alcohol, marijuana, and beta blockers are all useful at steadying your nerves. That's why they're all banned by the olympics, they used to have shooting components. Caffeine has the opposite effect.

I like it though. Also, maybe they could have a small machete and a big machete? Also, after seeing this topic, as mentioned above, I created this thread as a plea for more usable melee weapons. I'd like to see swords and maces and stuff. I mean, if it's the end of the world, and you're looking for a silent way of taking out zeds, why not use a broadsword? I'm not here to play gardener. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/211004-museum/

I'd like to see the area they were hit at become soaked with blood. Like in... wait for it... RO2. You shoot someone in the leg, they become a bloody mess: on their leg itself, there is substantial blood, on the ground beneath them, and even on the wall behind them. Blood everywhere! I know handgun wounds aren't always that messy, but rifle wounds sure are. I'd like to see copious amounts of gore.

So I was wondering, will we get the 8mm mauser round? You're probably thinking, but oh, what else can use the ammo for it? Well, here's my idea: You can use the k98, the g43, the g41, the yugo m78/m76, the mg34, and the mg42. The k98 was very common, and the g43 isn't exceptionally rare either. They used to import them in the US in the 1960s before that silly GCA of '68, for what, like $50? ($200 today). The k98 would also make a good sniper platform. The g43 has a detachable mag, but was primarily loaded through stripper clips, while the g41 has an integral mag loaded only through stripper clips. The g43 is vastly superior to the g41, but the issues of reliability aren't captured in dayz. All of these weapons, even the mg42, have options for optics, as the 8mm is potent and effective long range.

These bad boys are pretty common and seem to work ok, a must for any carry handle ar. Note: the pic is just for show, it's not the same make/model I'd use if my life depended on it. There are better mount/scope setups in this style than this particular one shown that look very very very similar, but it doesn't seem loss of zero and optic clarity are an issue on dayz, and I didn't feel like wanting to link to a separate mount and scope. So take this as proof of concept. Edit before posting: Note I found out the original also came as a one piece unit like the one shown here and is of good quality, unlike the one here.

I'd like to see poison in the game. You'd need tools to grind it, and mechanisms to cook it down (which already exist in the game). I imagine it could be stored in glass bottles (which already exist in the game). There's plenty of poisonous plants out there, but in a jiffy, even poop could work, or a rotting corpse. For plants I'd like to see: (These plants are found in Europe, thus fit in the lore) Deadly Nightshade Hellebore Aconitum (Monkshood aka wolf's bane) And also perhaps harvested from vipers? I'd like to see this be applicable to melee weapons as well as bows and arrows. In fact the modern word today, toxin, is from toxicum, pertaining to bows.

I'll make a new thread on this in a bit, but what about a medieval broadsword? It can't be used to get kindling, but it'd be a quick 1 hit kill.

Exactly, once the rail is on either an AK or an SKS/SVD/Mosin (the v clamp or the mosin style rail), you can easily attach the PSOP, PSO-1, or the PU scope. It's not brain surgery to attach a rail to a rifle. If anything, it's tougher on the mosin because of the rounded receiver, and the rail is slightly different (not in the interface to the scope mount, which it has in common with the SKS and SVD, but to the rifle). Thus a PSO-1 style scope shouldn't attach to both the AK and the SVD, but if it can attach to both styles, it should be attachable to everything with either one of those two styles. Edit: I made a thread on scope compatibility. It's worth a look for all parties.

In many military guns, iron sights aren't "adjustable" per se. You'll need a small hammer. Though in some of them you can raise or lower the front sight post. Of course, there are exceptions. Generally adjusting is just click the button and moving the rear sight forward or backward to adjust for distance. They're usually already "sighted in". Good scopes used by snipers will generally require even less adjustment (once sighted in). Some cheap ass scopes never seem to hold a zero, but any decent one will, and won't need to be adjusted. The idea of snipers adjusting scopes is for super long ranges. Anything within 400 yards won't really require adjustments, except for maybe a slower moving round that needs to be adjusted for distance. Many military scopes have different chevrons for different distances anyway, so if you had for say, a PSOP scope calibrated for the 7.62x39, you just put it on the chevron for 400 meters and call it good. That round really isn't any good beyond that distance anyway. Edit: the PSO comes in two different flavors, in addition to the method of mounting, there are two reticles, one for long range with a single chevron used for precise shooting and 3 lower chevrons for area shooting at extreme long distances, and the other for a 400 meter 7.62x39 round which each reticle corresponding to a 100 meter, 200 meter, etc. to 400 meters.

Scopes generally don't lose zero from firing. They can lose zero from getting smacked around.

It's not fucking machining, it's riveting a small rail onto the receiver and cutting out a bit of the stock. It's real basic. Edit: Here's a youtube video.

Check out my other thread about scope compatibility.

The mosin and the sks both use the same scope mount. They both require the same rail to attach the mount and scope. With both rifles, you need to literally remove some of the stock and rivet on a rail. They both require literally the same amount of work and same setup to attach the PU scope. It's a standard rail. Mosins don't come with rails by default either.

So, I've noticed the sks can't use the PSOP scope, and various other issues. Now let me state for the record, I've seen more SKSes with PSOP scopes than I have PU scopes, though I've seen PU scopes, and I had a PU knock-off I was planning on putting on my SKS before I decided to go with a zrak because I just need to have a range finder. Also, I've seen mosins with various scopes, including the PSOP scope. What is the real issue here, is not the scope being used, but the way in which it is mounted. Thus I would like to see a greater compatibility with scopes and rifles. Now, with the PU scope, it uses the typical mosin/sks/SVD style mount, so I could see this not being used on an AK, which requires a different mount. However, the PSOP comes in two main flavors, being the "V" clamp, and the standard side rail. The AK uses the v clamp, and the SKS/SVD/mosin uses the standard side rail. If you wish to keep the PSOP scope the same on both the AK and SVD (which use two different methods of mounting), then, logically, the SKS should be able to mount it as well, as well as the mosin. All that being said, why doesn't the AR have the ability to use a long range scope, or the SKS? The SKS shares the same side style mounting mechanism as the mosin, and as no actual method of mounting is shown in game, who's to say you couldn't have rail mounts on an AR?

Why should the PU scope not work on an SKS? The SKS was designed to use the PU scope, and all you need to attach it is a to cut out a little bit of the stock and rivet in a basic side rail. The same procedure is necessary on a mosin. Also, there's a bajillion different varities of the PSOP, calibrated for different guns. Check these guys out: http://kalinkaoptics.com/

Do you have something against scopes? Scopes make spotting much easier, and allow for far more accurate shot placement. It's not just snipers that have scopes, most modern militaries now include scopes on their basic rifles.

You won't find many good quality optics for $100. That being said, a quick search of amazon reveals: A $632 very well made reproduction scope from an original contractor. Not including the mount. http://www.amazon.com/Sniper-Riflescope-Meopta-Storage-Accessories/dp/B008AKK08O/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1410823636&sr=8-9&keywords=zf4

But the mauser is so much more accurate than the mosin, and the SVT-40 btw, can take PU scopes, I would hope. So why not a generic scope for the k98, g43, etc.? The zf39 or the zf4 could be used for either.

I'm talking about mechanical accuracy, not practical accuracy. It's not the length that adds accuracy, length decreases accuracy. It's the thickness. That is why bull barrels increase accuracy, the reduce barrel warp. Check out this video, it shows barrel warp in slow motion, as well as receiver warp. The stiffer the receiver and barrel, the less this happens.

The Jericho seems like a decent gun. Of course, we have it's ancestor, the CZ-75 already. That being said, I wouldn't mind more cz-75 variants. Why not the Cz-97B? I have a real hard on for the Cz series of pistols. The desert eagle should be praised, really it should be. They figured out how to make a rifle, what with the gas tube and all that, in the shape of a pistol. How much can a pistol be fired before it needs to be cleaned? I feel this technology, if miniaturized, could be useful in making a handgun even more reliable. Of course, the gas tube isn't easily accessed, is prone to fouling, and overall terribly done. I feel the desert eagle is a thought exercise more than a practical firearm.

No man, mgs are accurate. Their heavier barrels meant to withstand of rigors of continuous firing, combined with thicker receivers, produce a firearm that is more accurate. It's inate. Consider that. Accuracy is due to bolt lockup, stiffness of barrel and receiver, and crown (and bedding and triggers, but that's for another day). (And other factors attributed to the bullets, but we're dealing with the actual gun itself here). While a good crown can be put on any rifle, the key here is the stiffness of the barrel and receiver. A barrel follows classic harmonics physics; the stiffer the barrel, the less it oscillates. Because machine gun barrels are so thick, they greatly reduce the effects of harmonics on the barrel, thus greatly increasing accuracy.