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Originally Posted by dstole
Is there any reason to use a Bolt Action or Gas Sniper rifle over a stock TM AEG? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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As a first gun, no. Using a sniper rifle effectively requires a lot of skill and familiarity with the weapon and airsoft ballistics.
Having said that, FPS generally means nothing when it comes to range and accuracy. What will effect that is the length, bore, and quality of the inner barrel, the quality and weight of the BB's you're shooting, and the quality of the hop-up. A well built sniper rifle will outshoot a shitty AEG any day -but the reverse is also true. A good AEG will always outshoot a shitty BAR. Stock, most sniper rifles are comparible to AEGs in range and accuracy. You need to drop some money and TLC into it to make it really sweet.
FPS ranges over 400 tend to do really stange things with BB's anyway because of the ballistics of a sphere. Some of the best shooting AEGs chrony in around 330 FPS stock. They shoot well because they are well built out of really good quality parts.
What makes a sniper rifle so useful is the fact that it's consistent and nearly silent -consistency is good for longer range shots that would normally need 5+ rounds from a less consistent AEG, and silence is good for the scout that normally has the sniper rifle and is trying to stay hidden. If you remember that the role of a sniper is primarily recon and scouting, then the sniper rifle makes a lot of sense.
And finally, bolt action rifles are fun. I'd recommend having a secondary on you though (like an MP5 or MP7) incase you need to actually do a bit of stand-up fighting.