can anyone recommend a good DMR with an FPS of 350?
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Adolf Hamster
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it's a headmelter though, had the same thing with the f2000, sounded pretty damn loud as the shooter with your ear basically right next to the box but everyone else doesn't hear much.
ofc for silence not much is gonna beat a well tuned solenoid hpa engine with a big foam filled can, i remember lending an f2 build to a work colleague and mid game musta been only 10 feet away and the only indication he was firing was i could see his finger pulling the trigger.....
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true, and there's an argument to be made of the limited utility of even a truly silent pew given if you get a sneaky spot the first person you hit will be coming for you after respawn even if you avoid detection by his buddies.
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True, quite a lot of pewers dont know where they got shot from though 
The appeal of 'DMR' for me is not the ultimate extra range, but the effective accurate punch at 60-70m to penetrate leaf cover etc, ive had plenty of 'assualt' guns that are accurate at 65m but not enough punch.
And then the other benefit is suppresion out to 80-90m.
The appeal of 'DMR' for me is not the ultimate extra range, but the effective accurate punch at 60-70m to penetrate leaf cover etc, ive had plenty of 'assualt' guns that are accurate at 65m but not enough punch.
And then the other benefit is suppresion out to 80-90m.
Adolf Hamster
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True, quite a lot of pewers dont know where they got shot from though
in my experience the likelyhood of encountering someone who can't tell where hits came from is inversely proportional to how far you are from your respawn flag
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I'm pretty sure that I've never heard the screech and grind of any airsoft gearbox at 25-30 (real world) metres.
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Thanks I think I will, I keep forgetting that internet forums are full failed commedians.
Yes? Whats confusing about this?
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Recommend anything - Yes your overall play style. Once you work that out, then ask that question. Will save you time and money….
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That we don't know whether you need absolutely remedial advice, like "change the spring". And now you're asking about a "350fp" "DMR/sniper" and we have no idea what it is that you actually want, or why, or even whether you've got the idea that slinging 0.48g at 350fps means you don't need a MED (and yes, we have seen that assumption).
If you want to be too cool for school and not actually engage with the process of figuring out what you really want, that's fine. We'll be here all night either way.
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You had a sniper rifle that shot under 350fps but you wanted to "fix it", by which I assume you meant make it shoot closer to 500.
Now you're asking for recommendations for sniper rifles that shoot below 350fps.
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Yeah that tends to happen when people get snarky responses from other posters when asking reasonable questions.
So if I'm going to get something useful sure, I'm looking for a sniper rifle that I can use with no MED. ideally semi auto so I can shot folks with it, My knee capper is cool but I'm finding that at single shot at 300 FPS, its not really a useful sniper/ DMR.
I am do you have any recommendations? Or should i assume no?
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As mentioned above, Cyma M14. The SOCOM is more manoeuvrable (being shorter) but still has great range.
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the problem is that with such a vague definition of a semi-capable pew that's sub 350fps and can have a scope mounted you could recommend pretty much anything.
for example:
m14
sr25
dragonuv/svu
vss/val
fal
g3
psg1
and that's a non-exhaustive list off the top of my head based on the vague notion of them being chambered in "dmr" cartridges (well, maybe not the vss/val but they commonly get used in airsoft for that purpose anyway). Needless to say they're available from multiple manufacturers according to your budget/taste, a few are available as gbb's, and all of them can, with varying degrees of effort, be converted to hpa. if we're not limiting ourselves to looking the part and only care about bb lobbing then you can add pretty much every aeg and even mk23 carbine conversions to that list (although granted that's assuming a level of tweaking over stock).
so for example i could recommend you buy an RS dragonuv and install a polarstar F2, but that wouldn't be helpful if you didn't want to spend that much, if you didn't like hpa, or if you just simply don't like the dragonuv.
likewise @Lozart's suggestion of the cyma m14 is totally valid, unless you just happened to not like the m14 in which case it's kinda pointless.
if you want more targeted advice then it's worth thinking about how you're phrasing the question, eg;
what sort of guns do you like the looks of?
do you want it to look like a dmr or just be good at lobbing bb's?
are you willing/able to modify over stock levels of performance?
do you care if it's also capable of auto?
do you want it to be a gbb, or is a regular aeg fine?
what sort of budget do you have?
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Not really.
Yours is very, very vague, almost "how long is a piece of string" vague.
This is what I mean.
You already have a no MED "sniper rifle", which you don't seem to enjoy (if you were, you wouldn't have made this thread). Then you ask for a no MED "sniper rifle".
That you already own.
And that you don't like.
You can get away with a basic M4, a good air seal and a good hop rubber, while retaining the fun switch. HPA if you can afford it and your site has the logistics to keep you going (compressor/fill station).
As you can see there are a million + 1 possible answers to your "reasonable" question. No need to go full new age feminist in here.
Not a good start. For silly, completely unnecessary "advice", Facebook and Reddit are great places where the various Skylar the bedroom techs will always tell you to use PTFE and sorbo pads and that high speed motors are better.
I suggest you rephrase the question, this time with more details on what you actually want.
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This came up tangentially a while back, and I'll just paraphrase what I said then; that the 'DMR' role - and it is more a role within a group than a personal strategy - is more a state of mind than about what particular gun you are using.
My 'DMR' setup is a bog standard Lancer gen3 AEG with an ACOG on top, only internal mods are a new hop rubber and nub. I rarely stray into full auto, take considered shots, try and back up my team where marksmanship is required. The fact that I still have access to the Fun Switch if I happen to need it is all to the good.
If you don't want an MED - and I don't! - then the world is your oyster, you can pick from literally any AEG as long as it meets the criteria for accuracy and your own personal aesthetic and ergonomic choices.
My 'DMR' setup is a bog standard Lancer gen3 AEG with an ACOG on top, only internal mods are a new hop rubber and nub. I rarely stray into full auto, take considered shots, try and back up my team where marksmanship is required. The fact that I still have access to the Fun Switch if I happen to need it is all to the good.
If you don't want an MED - and I don't! - then the world is your oyster, you can pick from literally any AEG as long as it meets the criteria for accuracy and your own personal aesthetic and ergonomic choices.
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Completely unrelative to the physics of airsoft, but IMO completely necessary from a REAL Imitation Firearm - a DMR should have real world validity.
That being 7.62/303 or 6.5 etc.
Or if 5.56 etc then at least 18” barrel.
Amongst others it’s why I don’t like MK23 carbines.
That being 7.62/303 or 6.5 etc.
Or if 5.56 etc then at least 18” barrel.
Amongst others it’s why I don’t like MK23 carbines.
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If you're wanting to keep it under 350/1.13J, would a better question not simply be "How do I get the most accuracy and consistency out of my gun"?
You can use any normal AEG, just make it perform well, and then never use full automatic.
Then it'll be usable in your non-DMR DMR role, but simply have it depend on your ability & skills, as getting rid of semi won't give you any material advantage if you're keeping it at standard AEG levels.
You can use any normal AEG, just make it perform well, and then never use full automatic.
Then it'll be usable in your non-DMR DMR role, but simply have it depend on your ability & skills, as getting rid of semi won't give you any material advantage if you're keeping it at standard AEG levels.
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Preach. Sticking an m130 into a m4 with a drum mag isn't a DMR and a lot of battlesim/filmsim or milsim events will require real world DMR replicas, like an m14, SR-25, SVD or if it's 5.56x45mm something like a mk12 etc.
I'm an immersion nerd though. I like things to look the part, which is why I love Vietnam filmsim so much (and will probably try another milsim at some point as long as I can play more of a civpop role) as it's my kind of gameplay combined with everything looking the part.
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If you want to run at higher FPS and with MED yes, but there's nothing at all stopping you from playing as if you are a Designated Marksman with any gun, even at nerdy stitch-counting events.
If we want to compare it to Real Life, most actual soldiers would probably resemble an airsoft DM more than they would the rest of the suicide squad...
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