Mikey said:Snauhi said:SHERMAN said:I hate it. The M82 is semi-auto, and that thing is harder to load
And I assume you say that based on experience on both weapons? Bolt action rifles are usually more accurate.
Have you tried M82 and that one and have you ever shot an bolt-action rifle?
M82 is super heavy,while this looks much more lighter.
Because the M82 looks cool doesent mean its good... movies aint nothing to take info eather.
I never understood the wish for a bolt action accuracy over semi-auto firepower. Prime example they now have 3 man sniper teams in Iraq, because of security issues. Especially in an Urban enviroment would you rather have a let's say a remington 700 bolt action or an M-14. It sounds funny but sometimes I think sniper are too obsessed with accuracy.This isn't US SWAT taking out a lone suspect holding a hostage, this is urban combat, and bad thing can happen fast. The M-14 is accurate enough at long ranges and I rather have the option to help my team and throw a lot of lead at the enemy if a large group of them gets wise to your location and pops up less than 50ft away. The same hold true for the high caliber M-82. It is great for taking out vehicles plus personel (which I still don't understand how they get around the geneva convention thing) but in terms getting caught in a bad spot, I rather not have that big heavy thing.
Everything doesn't take place in todays Iraq. There are situation in war when accuracy and being metodic rather then to get several rounds off in a shot amount of time pays off. Theres different areas for different types of situation.
A sniper isn't always (at least wern't) a method of protecting your troops (well it does it in any ways, but not always directly)
Another use for a sniper is to take out key figures, often used in guerilla fighting (maybe not the modern bomb generation) and this is where acuracy comes in.