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Originally Posted by Gerkraz
Unless you're planning on using it with a grenade-like projectile, I think they're pretty stupid. If you're using grenade rules for it, then it's fine, but otherwise it's just a glorified shotgun...
Sure, it's a BB-shower, but why don't you just aim your gun and fire it normally?
People say they look badass? I can't really say I agree with that. The only thing I think when I see a grenade launcher on a gun is how much heavier it is, for not that great a function.
I've seen them used and I can't say I was impressed. In my opinion, it's not worth the money.
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Forgive me if I'm making incorrect assumptions but Gerkraz, if your only experience was me firing those little 18 round'ers in three or four degree weather that day then you might not have an accurate idea of what they're capable of. Of course that's all the experience I have too but with a higher bb count and especially warmer weather I think they would work much better.
The problem with grenade like projectiles is that there's no way to get them to explode while keeping them safe enough to be shooting at people (it's been discussed at great length here on ASC by people with much the same opinion as you, they haven't managed to come up with anything yet). The honor system is great but I don't know if it's going to stand up to the imaginary blast radius of a solid projectile. Not to mention the problem of recovering the projectile afterward. I fired my solid slug off last game and missed. I had alot of trouble recovering the slug after that miss and that wasn't even in the heat of battle or into brush.
You ask, why not shoot normally. Well yeah, for those little 18 round'ers that makes some sense. But for the 120 or 240 round'ers, that's like a mid and hi cap respectively in a second. It'd take you alot longer to fire off that many rounds firing normally, and then you only get a stream rather then a spread. There's a reason why alot of people hunt with shotguns rather then solid slug rifles, it's a hellofa lot easier to hit something, especially a moving target. Are they worth the weight gain? That's a matter of opinion. Personally I think so, obviously you don't. To each their own.
A glorified shotgun they might be but you can't say they wouldn't be damn useful in room clearing or ambushes. *shrug* They are expensive, the grenades more so then the actual launcher, but they have their uses. Many of the same arguments except weight could be applied to GBB's but everyone keeps buying them. Yeah, AEG first definitely. Then sidearm. Then if you have the money think about a grenade launcher as a distant third. They're maybe not for everyone but they aren't useless. And, at least in my opinion, they really do look badass. =^_^=
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