Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-25265432-20140806150515/@comment-23891957-20140822040943

The Stig 3136 wrote: Throws-Many-Darts wrote: Mastergabe2000 wrote: Throws-Many-Darts wrote: The Stig 3136 wrote: Pedroh1999 wrote: Throws-Many-Darts wrote: I know some of you are going to hang me for this, but the Magnus is the best sniper.

Yes, it doesn't have nearly as much capacity as the Retal, yes, it's bulky, yes, the darts do tear easily, but hear me out.

Arguably, the Magnus is far more accurate. The darts don't get pushed around nearly as much by wind (due to greater inertia), and they're actually pretty stable on their own, which makes predicting shots MUCH easier. The sights are pretty good (not that you'll need them) as well. And, if you're gentle with the priming (as a sniper, that should be an easy task) the darts won't get torn up.

And, since you already have a Centurion, you can actually replace the 3-dart internal mag with your 6-dart MEGA clip, as shown here. Add a stock and you're good to go. You

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Bro... you are a genius! Your theory make sense. Range master is way better... so is PVC Pfff, the ''Range Master?! ''That's a good joke.

That thing can't even top the Retaliator in range, and has a fire rate of pretty much 1 round per eternity. We're going for function here, not form.

A blowpipe, while good, can't match a Magnus in ease of use, possible rate of fire, or capacity. It's ranges are better, but you're sacrificing a lot to get it. Besides, he said Elite blaster. He doesn't want to use homemades. Or, for that matter, Buzz Bee. The Range Master still has extreme accuracy I will give it that- Buzz Bee makes extremely accurate blasters. I once shot my cousin with a Hawk through a gap barely wider than the dart itself.

But it's one-dart capacity, long reload time, and lesser ranges make it a worse choice overall than the Magnus or Retaliator or indeed, a blowpipe.

If we were going for homemades, little tops a +Bow with slugs for accuracy, although they can get really big (3-4 feet in length with barrel attached). He said sniping... Accuracy is more important over range for sniping. the rangemaster still gets respectable ranges. rof and capacity isn't that important in sniping...

A pvc blowpipe is hardly a homemade... its just cut down pvc... also he said elite not elite mega... heck if you don't care about feeling like a "sniper" buy a firestrike and get some accurate darts What happens if you still miss the shot? With a Range Master your target has plenty of time to find cover before you have another shot ready (minimally around 9 seconds from opening the bolt to reacquiring the target), whereas with the Magnus or Retal, their window is much, much slimmer (around 3 seconds from cycling to reacquiring). RoF and capacity do matter, just not as much as with a CQB-oriented blaster.

And besides, the Magnus and Retal are both more than accurate enough to dispatch targets at reasonable ranges (I've found the Magnus without a stock to be accurate to 50+). If you have to stretch your blaster to hit something at it's maximum range, you probably should move closer as your chances of hitting them are slim no matter how accurate your blaster may be.

A blowpipe is a homemade because you can't get it in stores as an official product of any known blaster company. Any Nerf gun that isn't built on a store-bought blaster is a homemade (Example: A +Bow, while heavily based on the 1994 Crossbow, is a homemade because it does not use any of an original Crossbow).

Elite Mega is a sub-series of Elite. You wouldn't say a Sonic Ice Retaliator doesn't count because it isn't "pure elite," would you?