RPG Forums

Go Back   RPG Forums > Role Playing Game Section > Twilight 2000 Forum

View Poll Results: What is your favorite sniper rifle for your PC?
M-21 17 22.08%
SVD 8 10.39%
M-40 4 5.19%
Barrett M-82 .50 cal 10 12.99%
Accuracy International .338 Lapua Magnum 17 22.08%
C3A Parker Hale 4 5.19%
other (explain below) 18 23.38%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 77. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-05-2010, 07:43 AM
chico20854's Avatar
chico20854 chico20854 is offline
Your Friendly 92Y20!
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Washington, DC area
Posts: 1,826
Default Poll - Favorite Sniper Rifle

And to close the loop, let's get this one rolling too!
__________________
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-05-2010, 08:06 AM
Targan's Avatar
Targan Targan is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,735
Default

Other: Gepard in 14.5mm. Not for girlie-men though.
__________________
"It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-05-2010, 08:21 AM
chico20854's Avatar
chico20854 chico20854 is offline
Your Friendly 92Y20!
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Washington, DC area
Posts: 1,826
Default

Ok, I missed that one.

I put the Accuracy International in specifically for you, Targan! My long-distance mind reading failed... ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
__________________
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-05-2010, 08:24 AM
Targan's Avatar
Targan Targan is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,735
Default

Heh heh. I went even more munchkin in my campaign and let the PCs get hold of an A1 version of the Gepard in 15mmBMG.
__________________
"It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 02-05-2010, 12:50 PM
pmulcahy11b's Avatar
pmulcahy11b pmulcahy11b is offline
The Stat Guy
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 4,345
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Targan View Post
Heh heh. I went even more munchkin in my campaign and let the PCs get hold of an A1 version of the Gepard in 15mmBMG.
I'm with you. I'll take the Steyr IW-2000, which fires a hypervelocity 15.2mm sabot round. It's gigantic, but looks like fun!
__________________
War is the absence of reason. But then, life often demands unreasonable responses. - Lucian Soulban, Warhammer 40000 series, Necromunda Book 6, Fleshworks

Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 02-05-2010, 07:50 PM
Matt Wiser Matt Wiser is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Auberry, CA
Posts: 1,002
Default

Stoner SR-25 and variants: designated by SEALs as the Mark 11 Mod 0. Adoped recently by the Army as the M110 (the Military Channel's Top Sniper show highlighted several Army teams using the weapon, along with the AF's team)
__________________
Treat everyone you meet with kindness and respect, but always have a plan to kill them.

Old USMC Adage
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 02-05-2010, 08:23 PM
Legbreaker's Avatar
Legbreaker Legbreaker is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Posts: 5,070
Default

PTRS firing AP ammo. It might be 60 years or so old and weight a tonne, but what range! What punch! What target?

__________________
If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

Mors ante pudorem
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 02-05-2010, 11:23 PM
jester jester is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Equaly at home in the water, the mountains and the desert.
Posts: 919
Default

I'll take those 20mm sniper rifles used in the Winter War! Top that without going for nuclear weapons....HA!

Realisticaly though, I'd take a Styer SSG 69 in .375 with a detatchable box magazine of 10 rounds, to go. And can I get it supersized
__________________
"God bless America, the land of the free, but only so long as it remains the home of the brave."

Last edited by jester; 02-06-2010 at 11:29 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-06-2010, 03:02 AM
General Pain's Avatar
General Pain General Pain is offline
...not exactly open casket material
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Tiger City
Posts: 1,953
Send a message via MSN to General Pain
Default The Cheytac Longrange sniper system

I love this one...

and the Mechem 20mm AMR

http://thebigbookofwar.50megs.com/DO...iper%20Rifles/
__________________
The Big Book of War - Twilight 2000 Filedump Site
Guns don't kill people,apes with guns do.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-06-2010, 03:52 AM
simonmark6 simonmark6 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Swansea, South Wales, UK
Posts: 374
Default

120mm cannon
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 02-06-2010, 04:36 AM
Legbreaker's Avatar
Legbreaker Legbreaker is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Posts: 5,070
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmark6 View Post
120mm cannon
Why limit yourself? Why not go 155mm or better yet 203mm?
__________________
If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

Mors ante pudorem
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 02-06-2010, 04:51 AM
simonmark6 simonmark6 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Swansea, South Wales, UK
Posts: 374
Default

Only if they fit in an Abrams turret.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 02-06-2010, 04:58 AM
Legbreaker's Avatar
Legbreaker Legbreaker is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Posts: 5,070
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmark6 View Post
Only if they fit in an Abrams turret.
203mm HE - near enough is good enough.
__________________
If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.

Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"

Mors ante pudorem
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 02-06-2010, 09:50 AM
simonmark6 simonmark6 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Swansea, South Wales, UK
Posts: 374
Default

You have a point, do they do tac nukes in that calibre?
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 02-06-2010, 10:12 AM
Targan's Avatar
Targan Targan is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,735
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmark6 View Post
You have a point, do they do tac nukes in that calibre?
The US developed nuclear munitions for the 203mm and the 155mm.
__________________
"It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 02-06-2010, 03:14 PM
mikeo80 mikeo80 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Posts: 962
Default Just my two cents

I my reading, the rifle that stands out from all of the others is the 1917 Enfield A3.

With a trained man behind the scope, the Enfield served both the US Army and the Marines through WWI, WWII, Korea and into Vietnam.

Now that's a history of performance.

Mike
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 02-06-2010, 03:48 PM
pmulcahy11b's Avatar
pmulcahy11b pmulcahy11b is offline
The Stat Guy
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 4,345
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Targan View Post
The US developed nuclear munitions for the 203mm and the 155mm.
Called by the troops "golden bullets."
__________________
War is the absence of reason. But then, life often demands unreasonable responses. - Lucian Soulban, Warhammer 40000 series, Necromunda Book 6, Fleshworks

Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 02-06-2010, 06:24 PM
jester jester is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Equaly at home in the water, the mountains and the desert.
Posts: 919
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeo80 View Post
I my reading, the rifle that stands out from all of the others is the 1917 Enfield A3.

With a trained man behind the scope, the Enfield served both the US Army and the Marines through WWI, WWII, Korea and into Vietnam.

Now that's a history of performance.

Mike
The same thing with the 03 Springfield.
__________________
"God bless America, the land of the free, but only so long as it remains the home of the brave."
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 02-06-2010, 06:54 PM
StainlessSteelCynic's Avatar
StainlessSteelCynic StainlessSteelCynic is offline
Registered Registrant
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 2,375
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by simonmark6 View Post
120mm cannon
I'm sensing a theme running through this, can't quite make it out though
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 02-16-2010, 01:54 PM
waiting4something's Avatar
waiting4something waiting4something is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: midwest, U.S.A.
Posts: 316
Default

The AR-10/ SR-25. Love the AR action and is one one the most accurate semi autos you can get.
Reply With Quote
  #21  
Old 02-16-2010, 01:56 PM
kato13's Avatar
kato13 kato13 is online now
Administrator
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicago, Il USA
Posts: 3,647
Send a message via ICQ to kato13
Default

Munchkin answer but the Walther WA 2000 always seemed near the top stat wise.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 02-16-2010, 02:16 PM
waiting4something's Avatar
waiting4something waiting4something is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: midwest, U.S.A.
Posts: 316
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kato13 View Post
Munchkin answer but the Walther WA 2000 always seemed near the top stat wise.
Yeah they look nice, but I read somewhere they are not that duriable, and for as much as they go for I would be afraid to look at it wrong.
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 02-24-2010, 04:29 AM
kcdusk's Avatar
kcdusk kcdusk is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 510
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by waiting4something View Post
Yeah they look nice, but I read somewhere they are not that duriable, and for as much as they go for I would be afraid to look at it wrong.
As used by James Bond in one of his movies.

Does it have the range to be a good sniper rifle?
__________________
"Beep me if the apocolypse comes" - Buffy Sommers
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 02-24-2010, 05:47 PM
pmulcahy11b's Avatar
pmulcahy11b pmulcahy11b is offline
The Stat Guy
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 4,345
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kato13 View Post
Munchkin answer but the Walther WA 2000 always seemed near the top stat wise.
The real-life cost of one of those is hideous, and they can get thrown out of accurization very easily.
__________________
War is the absence of reason. But then, life often demands unreasonable responses. - Lucian Soulban, Warhammer 40000 series, Necromunda Book 6, Fleshworks

Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 02-24-2010, 08:49 PM
StainlessSteelCynic's Avatar
StainlessSteelCynic StainlessSteelCynic is offline
Registered Registrant
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 2,375
Default

The WA2000 was made as a highly accurate match rifle for competition shooting, it's far too delicate to be used in the field. It would be like taking your girlfriend to sit in the front row at a dirtbike race while she's wearing an evening gown - the slightest bit of dirt and it's ruined and so are your chances at anything else for the night
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 02-25-2010, 02:35 PM
waiting4something's Avatar
waiting4something waiting4something is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: midwest, U.S.A.
Posts: 316
Talking

Quote:
Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
The WA2000 was made as a highly accurate match rifle for competition shooting, it's far too delicate to be used in the field. It would be like taking your girlfriend to sit in the front row at a dirtbike race while she's wearing an evening gown - the slightest bit of dirt and it's ruined and so are your chances at anything else for the night
Very well put.
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 02-25-2010, 02:37 PM
waiting4something's Avatar
waiting4something waiting4something is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: midwest, U.S.A.
Posts: 316
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kcdusk View Post
As used by James Bond in one of his movies.

Does it have the range to be a good sniper rifle?
Yeah, it has good range it fires the .300 winchester magnum which is one of the flatter shooting rounds you can get without getting to exotic.
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 05-09-2010, 09:20 PM
Graebarde Graebarde is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Texas Coastal Bend
Posts: 528
Default SSG-69

I 'fell in love' with this gem in Germany back in the late '70's. German came to the range at the Rod and Gun club in K-town where I was putting holes in paper on a Saturday. He asked if he could shoot (they had to be 'sponsored by a member), which I agreeded to. He comes with this metal case, not long enough for a long gun I thought, but he opens it and takes out the UGLIEST rifle I've seen, at least the color on the plastic stock was. He procees to snap the barrel assembly to the receiver group, and takes a Zeiss scope out and attach.. He had it out, assembled and loaded in about two minutes I think. Then fired a three round test fire.. SHIT!!!! you could cover the group with your thumb, not in the bull, but close.. minor adjustment and X's ... I stood there with my jaw hanging.. and drooling..

I asked him what he did for a living? (Gun laws in Germany were (and still are) vERY strict and I could NOT see this guy just having a weapon like that as a private citizen.) He was a train driver (engineer to us Yanks) for the DB... (yeah you betcha.. so I figure he was either Police or BW reservist and this was his assigned weapon... I didn't pry, but he had a ROOM full of Mausers at his apartment.. He collected them.. had FIVE racks full and was only missing a couple to complete his collection goal to have one of each.. )

With double set triggers and the Zeiss scope.. what a dream to fire.. it is a TRUE sharpshooters weapon.
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 05-10-2010, 07:10 AM
pmulcahy11b's Avatar
pmulcahy11b pmulcahy11b is offline
The Stat Guy
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 4,345
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
The WA2000 was made as a highly accurate match rifle for competition shooting, it's far too delicate to be used in the field. It would be like taking your girlfriend to sit in the front row at a dirtbike race while she's wearing an evening gown - the slightest bit of dirt and it's ruined and so are your chances at anything else for the night
I kind of did that to a player once -- his character was meeting a female NPC his character was interested in at a hastily set-up dinner table in a slightly-damaged building. The female NPC shows up for the date in a red dinner dress (I never explained to the player where she got it, and never really thought it out either -- the NPC was CIA and I let her be a bit mysterious). The Uzi slung over her shoulder kind ruined the effect of the red dress, though.
__________________
War is the absence of reason. But then, life often demands unreasonable responses. - Lucian Soulban, Warhammer 40000 series, Necromunda Book 6, Fleshworks

Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 05-10-2010, 07:18 AM
waiting4something's Avatar
waiting4something waiting4something is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: midwest, U.S.A.
Posts: 316
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
I kind of did that to a player once -- his character was meeting a female NPC his character was interested in at a hastily set-up dinner table in a slightly-damaged building. The female NPC shows up for the date in a red dinner dress (I never explained to the player where she got it, and never really thought it out either -- the NPC was CIA and I let her be a bit mysterious). The Uzi slung over her shoulder kind ruined the effect of the red dress, though.
Really? I think you just added to her sex appeal. That's like a bonus to her charisma roll.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
polls, weapons


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:03 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.