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how come the recoil with the scopes is so dam bad, it is almost impossible to kill anything with a three shot burst with a scope due to the recoil and even single shot has terrible recoil........that is **** to me but why is this?

Pretty sure that's realistic... I've never had any issues with recoil regarding scoped weapons because I know to expect it.

Scopes are magnified, so every movement made is magnified as well, such as moving left, right, up, and down, and includes recoil as well.

DaveOnrefni wrote:Scopes are magnified, so every movement made is magnified as well, such as moving left, right, up, and down, and includes recoil as well.

DaveO for the win!

Bigp66 wrote:how come the recoil with the scopes is so dam bad, it is almost impossible to kill anything with a three shot burst with a scope due to the recoil and even single shot has terrible recoil........that is **** to me but why is this?

Automatic Fire =/= accuracy.

As said, magnification increases the effect of recoil, so you'll "feel" 4x as much compared to using iron sights.

1. Put your selector switch in semi-auto

2. Start giving enemy helmets air conditioning.

use full auto/burst for suppression and close quaters, but when you want to kill people keep in semi.

Wow Bob, I'm surprised you neglected to mention that semi-auto was the standard setting for assault rifles in the military when not in close quarters...

Yep those scopes are called "Walking scopes" and meant to be used on semi by default.

Little tid bit, if your using a compass to navigate a 1 deg. difference from your intended bearing (azmith for the picky) equals 10m (33feet) over 1km. Imagine the degree off plane the recoil is and the distances you need the scope at and you have your answer. Well you had your answer several posts ago but I need something to do.

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