The only FPS game I've played that had any sort of realistic modeling of firearms and their use in combat is Escape From Tarkov because it's all about ergonomics and ammo quality. It's probably why .308 semiautos have had an increase in demand, see Null's posts about wanting an AR-10.
I’ve got one of these too, goes over gangbusters at a range day, everyone loves it. I must say I am a little bit impressed by it, maybe 200-300 rounds through it without any issue, I expected far worse.
As others said Buybacks are good for generating cash for things you actually want and might pay you more than a Pawnshop would. Or for the rifles and shotguns you could just form 1 them and take hacksaws to their barrels. Increase the number of SBR's and SBS's and make grabbers seethe at the same time.
One of the things that keeps causing problems with the realism in tarkov is that the ballistics simulation is at a reduced scale so things that are second or third order consequences of pursuing hard realism just don't work, like the rangefinders on scopes. .308 at 250 yards drops about a foot and a half. Shooting 5.56 at 400 yards you have to lead like six, seven feet above your target. From top of dome to the top of bunkers on reserve is probably the longest sniper vantage point in the game and it's like 450 meters, though, so i guess it's for a good reason?
This is what I do with mine. For better or worse my state doesn't do buybacks and plenty of mine are too shitty/broken for even the hood pawnshops to buy. An acquaintance gave me an entire gym bag full of Saturday night specials that she took from her schizophrenic felon relative. Now I just use them for practicing coating application, rust removal, threading etc.
I’ve got a mavrick 88 that I’m eventually going to turn into the Halo shotgun. Eventually
Someone already did it with a wingmaster so I assume its not that hard. Pretty sure Garand Thumb did a video running around with this thing
If a girl gave me a duffle bag full of Saturday Night Specials she'd very quickly go from acquaintance to fiance, c'mon guy what the hell!!!
Yeah I got the idea from garand thumb I think. Or possibly Ian because he also showed one. It’s been a while so I can’t remember. That project is destined to stay in the R&D phase for quite some time. But it makes me feel less guilty of owning TWO mossberg Mavericks
Normally yes but unfortunately I'm not into GILFs. Rust boiling is the process you want. If you boil the slide in a stainless steel pot of distilled water, it will convert the rust back into black finish. It wont reverse pitting but it will make red surface rust go away. You'll have to buff the metal between passes to blend it back in which is best done with a carding wheel (10-25 dollars on amazon) but you can also do it with steel wool. Not expensive or complicated, just time consuming.
what if the blue fuck was that finish? My Ruger and Winchesters are blued and I've carried them in the pouring rain and driven snow. In the highest humidity of southern summers and they've only developed spotted rust that wipes away with a cloth.
The Turkish and Brazilian guns are total dog shit and only fools buy them.
Thanks for the info, I hadn't heard of this. And good, fuck HK. All my niggas hate HK, and I own a few HKs myself.
Having a few nearly worthless guns around isn't a bad thing. It's not like they take up a lot of space.
Sheeit that's pretty terrible, how dry (no oil) was that finish? Now I've never even owned a Bersa and I can't tell what that finish is supposed to be in that condition, but I'd say it's a decent opportunity to watch some youtube videos about DIY bluing and re-finish that thing. In my younger days I did some cold bluing on the cheap after a brass brush scrub down and I've removed a couple of rust spots with pencil lead then cleaned and spot blued with cold bluing on an old Kel Tec, that came out ok in a pinch, but I've never dealt with something like that without a re-finish so I can't tell you how to salvage it. I can only offer the advice that you oil the new finish well and let it sit a bit before wiping it down to allow some oil to soak in, and I'd maybe look into finding a more durable camping/hiking gun in the long term.
