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Old 11-20-2009, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
The M60 for example, a weapon I am intimately familar with, is one of the above. However, even though it fires at 550 rounds per minute, or 9 per second, it is possible to fire single shots after just a few minutes practice. Don't count on the shots being as accurate as a rifle though as it was designed to spread the rounds about a little (not enough that you'd notice normally, but enough that you're not going to want to snipe with it).
I actually have used it as a sniper rifle -- albeit with MILES gear and against hapless ROTC cadets...
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