Well it seems that Paramount has finaly started listening to what fans have been talking about for some time. They want a more realistic weapon. Well the production staff of Paramount has delivered.
The MACO Rifle has iron sights, a retracting stock, can be equiped with a under barrel flashlight, and it even has a scope that pops up. While I don't like the entire look, it looks very military, very practical, and very well designed.
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Supposedly for the next season? Tis there a pic? Can't wait to pick it apart. 
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
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Agreed!
The MACOs were one of my Favorate parts of Season 3, With any luck, at least a few of them will have survived the final Episode. My only complaint about them was there lack of armor, if they just had a helmet, they would have been perfect.
The MACOs were one of my Favorate parts of Season 3, With any luck, at least a few of them will have survived the final Episode. My only complaint about them was there lack of armor, if they just had a helmet, they would have been perfect.
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"The captain claimed our people violated a 4,000 year old treaty forbidding us to develop hyperspace technology. Extermination of our planet was the consequence. The subject did not survive interrogation."
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It appears to be two different rifles in those series of pics, though I might have known that that would be the site.
This seems an actually good design;
http://www.phasers.net/2150/sr-tx02.jpg (cut and paste)
Not too bulky, some what ergonomic, though the sight seems misplaced to me. Just seems like the shooter has to bend too much to get sight picture and sight alignment on it.
This seems an actually good design;
http://www.phasers.net/2150/sr-tx02.jpg (cut and paste)
Not too bulky, some what ergonomic, though the sight seems misplaced to me. Just seems like the shooter has to bend too much to get sight picture and sight alignment on it.
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
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Image linking is restricted from that site. Also the modification your talking about is the sniper variant.
It should be noted they also have a forward vertical grip that can be attached or removed. Again showing how versatile it is.
It should be noted they also have a forward vertical grip that can be attached or removed. Again showing how versatile it is.
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The iron sights in the picture at the top of that page appear quite rudimentary. The front sight appears to be white which is quite odd, must a bitch in bright light, and the rear sight appears to be nothing more then a bumb on top of the scope, I can't see a groove or anything like that in it, I don't quite know how is someone supposed to take proper aim with those things. See here, the rear sight even has a rounded top?!
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with the scope? Usually when they take the time to line up a shot they'll use the scope. When they're fighting close quarters or just laying down supressing fire, they'll have it up to their shoulder but they don't seem to take much time to look & aim.Sir Sirius wrote:The iron sights in the picture at the top of that page appear quite rudimentary. The front sight appears to be white which is quite odd, must a bitch in bright light, and the rear sight appears to be nothing more then a bumb on top of the scope, I can't see a groove or anything like that in it, I don't quite know how is someone supposed to take proper aim with those things. See here, the rear sight even has a rounded top?!
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Naturaly, but I am talking about the iron sights, what is the point in having worthless iron sights on their rifles? It's not like proper ones would be all that expensive.Matt Huang wrote:with the scope? Usually when they take the time to line up a shot they'll use the scope.
That figures, those iron sights are almost useless.Matt Huang wrote:When they're fighting close quarters or just laying down supressing fire, they'll have it up to their shoulder but they don't seem to take much time to look & aim.