Abandoned utility building - Gunsmith (Hear me out, please)

[Thirdthorpe 87]

As I was exploring the landscape I got to thinking about my weapon's condition an in real life how I would need a gunsmith to fix some of this stuff. Then it occurred to me that it might be useful to have abandoned GunSmith shops, just small empty buildings that can spawn any non-military weapon, ammo, or weapon mod in game, as well as weapon cleaning kits. Additionally these buildings could have a workbench in the back for repairing or modifying weapons. I don't mean to imply that every town should have one, but in an area equal to the in-game size in Chern. one could only imagine there might be at least one or two professional gunsmiths who left empty shops when the outbreak occurred. Maybe one in Cherno and one in Stary or something?

Edited March 16, 2014 by Thirdthorpe

[kaix12 34]

I was thinking to have gun shops, they would have quite a few guns, but into order to get in you have to have a key as the doors are heavily barricaded, so they would be hard to get into and require luck to get into.

[DayzForumer 284]

As I was exploring the landscape I got to thinking about my weapon's condition an in real life how I would need a gunsmith to fix some of this stuff. Then it occurred to me that it might be useful to have abandoned GunSmith shops, just small empty buildings that can spawn any non-military weapon, ammo, or weapon mod in game, as well as weapon cleaning kits. Additionally these buildings could have a workbench in the back for repairing or modifying weapons. I don't mean to imply that every town should have one, but in an area equal to the in-game size in Chern. one could only imagine there might be at least one or two professional gunsmiths who left empty shops when the outbreak occurred. Maybe one in Cherno and one in Stary or something?

>implying europe has the same gun laws that USA has

[Thirdthorpe 87]

I thought of that forumer, my logic was that there are obviously hunting huts all over the woods, so the city must have had individuals with firearms.

[thedogfoodyayho 295]

>implying europe has the same gun laws that USA has

Chernarus seems to have few gun laws. Seeing as in Arma civilians had fucking AKMs.

And they also have guns in SA, so.. it is similar to the US.

[Thirdthorpe 87]

How would you guys feel if certain guns required different tools to break down and clean/repair? For example if memory serves a Mosin requires the barrel to be unthreaded from the reciever in real life so in game a player could take a spare mosin they found apart if they have a pipe wrench and a screwdriver in their inventory. Those parts could be taken to a gunsmith workshop and have their condition repaired bringing the overall condition of the weapon back up once its reassembled. Similar to the way you can break down an M4 into different parts, each having its own condition.

[Valadain 270]

How would you guys feel if certain guns required different tools to break down and clean/repair? For example if memory serves a Mosin requires the barrel to be unthreaded from the reciever in real life so in game a player could take a spare mosin they found apart if they have a pipe wrench and a screwdriver in their inventory. Those parts could be taken to a gunsmith workshop and have their condition repaired bringing the overall condition of the weapon back up once its reassembled. Similar to the way you can break down an M4 into different parts, each having its own condition.

 

The only problem is that you don't really "repair" parts on a gun generally. You replace them. You may sand or polish here and there to improve tolerances, but really you aren't fixing a cracked barrel or welding a trigger together. Not when you can more readily find replacement parts.

 

Not to mention, generally speaking, good guns don't break. That isn't to say they never break, they do at times, but not in a scale of days or weeks or even months really. Cheap guns break, but then they really aren't much worth repairing.

 

In short, I think the cleaning mechanic is better than gunsmithing. I wouldn't mind a part replacement system, so long as it doesn't introduce unrealistically breaking guns after a few shots (most parts make it through tens of thousands of rounds).

[Thirdthorpe 87]

I suppose I wasn't very clear. My idea was that if you have a mosin with a damaged barrel and come across another mosin in the world you could take the second mosin to a gunsmith bench to break them both down to cannibalize the best parts off both to make a mosin in better condition. I suppose its even concievable that a gunsmith shop would have various weapon parts lying around you could use as well.