Spring or Gas sniper?

[Bukkerz]

Hi all,

After going to a new site I am looking to get a weapon more suited to an open woodland environment- a sniper. Before you all say that i shold get an AEG, and that i might not like sniping, i have tried both extensively and i must say an AEG does not appeal to me very much. So, ive seen two options for a sniper- a tm vsr10 pro sniper rifle and a well g25. However, i was wondering which system to choose.

All help appreciated,
Bukkerz

[The Keeper of Secrets]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

The TM, by unfathomable miles. Apart from the fact that british weather will ruin the consistancy of all but the most reliable gas rifles, TM beat the flying faeces out of Well.

[Bukkerz]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

so basically i should go for the vsr; TKOS, do you have any first hand opinions/observation on the vsr? e.g its range form stock etc?

[The Keeper of Secrets]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

Yes. I have owned the stock version, upgraded that a fair bit, and now own a fully upgraded Gspec.

The stock rifle is very accurate, but only gets as far as Aeg range (~50m). I would recommend either:

Tightbore, 320-340fps spring, going light and marksman style without a minimum engaement distance. Relying on stealth and fieldcraft to get the kills. Personally I found this to be very, very rewarding.

Or a full overhaul and a hike to 500fps, then rely on range to get the kill.

Personally I am currently trying a mixture. I have my Gspec with my personally preferred internal setup, at 400fps, and balance stealth with staying within range but further than minimum engagement distance.

Either way, the VSR is a perfect rifle, both on it's own and as an upgrade platform. And it's very well priced.

And no, I don't work for TM.

[kommissarboris]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

i like spring, simply for consistancy.

but it is a pleasure to cock a gas rifle, so much more easy and quiet.

Boris

[Teddykiller]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

but it is a pleasure to cock a gas rifle, so much more easy and quiet.

I have found a well kept Springer Rifle can be often or not, much quieter and easier to pull then most Gas Rifles. Heck, one of my friends has a TM G-Spec and that thing has one of the easiest pulls I have ever felt. It's like a hot knife through butter :D

[Bukkerz]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

Thanks for the input guys, i think im robably going to go for a tm vsr, and upgrade it a bit (only to 328 tho-site limit), Just wondering, are TK twist barrels worth the price? as in do they make the bb go much further than a tightbore?

Thanks all,
Bukkerz

[The Keeper of Secrets]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

They work well at 300ish fps, but over that a tightbore starts performing better. Personally, I'd just go with a tightbore. It'll be easily accurate enough.

[guard-sniper87]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

for the first venture into the world of being a sniper rifle user ,

go with spring ,

alot more consistant from the off out of the box , easier to use ,

and very nice to tune and tinker with as you learn about the rifle you choose ,

as TKOS said ,

TM vsr or TM g-spec ,

only 280fps but more then enough for the performance you get from it , after a while , can change the hop rubber to a more consistant one, a tightbore barrel to add more accuracy and tiny bot more distance ,

there are many things you can do to a spring sniper rifle , compared to the ammount can be done to a gas sniper rifle variant,

[sparrowhawk]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

if your going to upgrade it,you could maybe get a second hand JG

[The Keeper of Secrets]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

Issue is there that you'd rather have the hop chamber being TM, or I personally would.

Out of the three hop rubbers/chambers, the TM outranks both the Laylax and the JG, though you wouldn't believe it. What's more you can easily modify an AEG tightbore to go in a VSR.

[sparrowhawk]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

oooh so i should get a tm hop chamber...nice one

[VampireKangaroo]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

Tm vsr 10

[Crysis]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

Vsr 10 hands down as less can go wrong and its more consistent.

[Bukkerz]

Re: Spring or Gas sniper?

thank you all :D