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ThunderCactus · October 10th, 2013, 22:21

whatever floats your boat, I used the firefly to really great effect

But seriously, if you're already 80fps above AEG's, and you're still not getting sufficient range over them, an extra 40fps isn't going to produce much of a difference.

I've personally seen, on more than one occasion, a few 330-360fps guns out range 380-470fps guns.

What's critical in range and accuracy is BB weight matching your fps (which you should be using .36s right now), compression and seal, barrel and hop quality.

With your current setup you should be getting at LEAST 260ft of range, and able to hit a guy at 200.
With my VSR at 430fps, using .30s, I was ranging out to 240 at best, and able to hit people out at 200.

I just want to make sure your system is actually working before you go needlessly increasing your fps to try to compensate for a problem that isn't fps related.

Now all that being said, with the new Rhops and polarstars and some other great AEG parts coming out, their range is increasing as well. My PTW is pretty damn close to par with my old bolt action. You might just have to adjust your tactics. Unfortunately this isn't real steel where a bolt action rifle has double the effective range of an assault rifle...

October 10th, 2013, 22:21	#5
ThunderCactus Not Eye Safe, Pretty Boy Maximus on the field take his picture! Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2007	whatever floats your boat, I used the firefly to really great effect But seriously, if you're already 80fps above AEG's, and you're still not getting sufficient range over them, an extra 40fps isn't going to produce much of a difference. I've personally seen, on more than one occasion, a few 330-360fps guns out range 380-470fps guns. What's critical in range and accuracy is BB weight matching your fps (which you should be using .36s right now), compression and seal, barrel and hop quality. With your current setup you should be getting at LEAST 260ft of range, and able to hit a guy at 200. With my VSR at 430fps, using .30s, I was ranging out to 240 at best, and able to hit people out at 200. I just want to make sure your system is actually working before you go needlessly increasing your fps to try to compensate for a problem that isn't fps related. Now all that being said, with the new Rhops and polarstars and some other great AEG parts coming out, their range is increasing as well. My PTW is pretty damn close to par with my old bolt action. You might just have to adjust your tactics. Unfortunately this isn't real steel where a bolt action rifle has double the effective range of an assault rifle...