using a M24 SWS? :D

Original'as · Post by **Original'as** » 2007-06-25 21:04

The M24 is a highly accurate bolt-action rifle, capable of engaging targets at ranges over 800m. It is effective in almost all types of open environments.

today i first used M24 SWS in EJOD Desert and i couldn't hit a shit with that rifle, wtf?

i fired about ~30bullets at targets around ~1000m and missed ALL! like M14 shots perfectly and shooting with M24 is totaly lame. i thought maybe that is cuz a bullet drop, wind or something.

so i wanted to no how to aim with what stupid m24?

some screenshots would be just great or maybe there is some guide movies on youtube..

KP · Post by KP » 2007-06-25 21:08

Bullet drop indeed. You have to aim above the target, mate.

wazza_ni · Post by **wazza_ni** » 2007-06-25 22:09

Yea like KP says...you gotta aim above the target depending on the distance it is from you.

Any pictures/diagrams wont help. Just takes time and practice. Althought in saying that im probably not the best person in the world to be giving advice on the sniper rifle - I think ive used it twice on PR. But personally speaking after using the DMR for a while, you'll get a feel for how much to raise your sights by depending on the distance to your enemy.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-06-25 22:21

It aint a railgun. All weapons have bullet drop, get used to it.

Ejod doesn't have 1000m view distance so your just BSing.

TexLax · Post by **TexLax** » 2007-06-25 22:56

he might of ment 100m

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » 2007-06-25 22:58

or 10m?

wazza_ni · Post by **wazza_ni** » 2007-06-25 22:58

El_Vikingo wrote:It aint a railgun. All weapons have bullet drop, get used to it.

Ejod doesn't have 1000m view distance so your just BSing.

frank and to the point as always Vikingo

Nimble · Post by **Nimble** » 2007-06-26 02:47

El_Vikingo wrote:It aint a railgun. All weapons have bullet drop, get used to it.

Ejod doesn't have 1000m view distance so your just BSing.

Or maybe he's a haxor.

He can see FOREVER.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-06-26 02:57

Practise on Bots. Go to Singleplayer Section of Forums, to get started.

Original'as · Post by **Original'as** » 2007-06-26 14:30

Cerberus wrote:or 10m?

Original'as wrote:at targets around ~1000m

"~" means around and i mentioned "around", that makes around^2

so thats could have been quite inaccurate

ok, that was 400m +-50m

Then i aimed to the head from ~400m and i didnt even hit a leg, so i thought wtf is with that rifle...

The M24 is a highly accurate bolt-action rifle, capable of engaging targets at ranges over 800m. It is effective in almost all types of open environments.

wazza_ni wrote:Any pictures/diagrams wont help.

i don't think so, cuz bullet drop depends on gravitation constant, that is ~10m/s^2, so it's pretty easy to count a bullet drop, it would make a nice diagram f(distance to target)=drop

v=s/t; a=v/t => a=s/t^2 => a=g, so s=a*t^2 there s-drop; t-time; v-speed; a=g-acceleration. but this model counts only gravitation, but there is still centrifugal force and etc. to sum up. i guess there is a nice diagram of M24 bullet drop

but i'm not a sniper in real life, so i dont know how to aim correctly with that M24

daranz · Post by **daranz** » 2007-06-26 14:38

Hey, it can be capable of engaging targets at ranges over 800m... That doesn't mean that you are

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-06-26 14:41

You can't obtain skills, you are born with or without them.

Long Bow · Post by **Long Bow** » 2007-06-26 14:55

There is also the cone of fire **** from EA plus hitbox detection working against you. The sniper rifles require you keep your sights still for a good 2-3 seconds to be accurate. If the target is on the move you then have hitbox lag to contend with.

I have no secret technique to using the M24, I avoid moving targets unless they are moving directly towards/away from me and fire for the body not the head (i.e. aim above the body a bit but go for body mass as my objective

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Good luck

gazzthompson · Post by **gazzthompson** » 2007-06-26 15:37

El_Vikingo wrote:You can't obtain skills, you are born with or without them.

not realy.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-06-26 15:39

gazzthompson wrote:not realy.

Tis is a text book example of someone who was born without them.

Original'as · Post by **Original'as** » 2007-06-26 16:36

i got it after practising with bots

M95 Anti Material Rifle has a scope with a scale on it

thats aligned for headshot

Mr.Nicklebe · Post by **Mr.Nicklebe** » 2007-06-26 17:15

You have to find the range before you start on people, shoot a wall in the area you're covering then adjust for bullet drop until you're firing at head/body height. Thats what i do anyway, or just go for trial and error on people. But that usually results in the target running away, and still alive.

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-06-26 17:16

Thats vanilla M95, not PR m95

Original'as · Post by **Original'as** » 2007-06-26 18:52

'[R-PUB wrote:Viper5']Thats vanilla M95, not PR m95

lol i took screenshot on PR single player. map: Gulf of Oman

and i don't have Vanilla mod.

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-06-26 19:03

"vanilla" refers to the standard BF2.