Scoped PTRS for Veteran Soviet Sniper

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 10:58 AM__deleted__

AFAIK sniper rifles deal an automatic death crit but no conventional weapons damage - which is why you'll always get pretty low damage dealt when using a sniper centric approach.

As for Soviet glass, while the optical quality was indeed generally bad, the PU series of scope was mechanically pretty sound. But still, exceedingly unlinkely that it would hold up to a PTRS...

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 12:00 PMATCF

I can already imagine the Soviet Female sniper swinging a PTRS around, but we also had female partisans with lmg 42's and Panzerschrecks, so it might look funny and out of place, but it could happen

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 12:04 PMsomenbjorn

is it just an attempt to give t1 at?

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 11:08 AM☭ Калашникова ☭

I personally own a 91/30 PU and the optics is more of a reflex scope. Very low power at 3.5x,
And while yes durable. The mount for it would have to be extra strong, Drilling mounting holes into
the Receiver and putting a simple mount like the PU uses probably would not work.

But more importantly, The 3.5x zoom is a joke for a rifle with effective range like the PTRS.
The only thing that you would want PTRS for in a anti personnel role is the extreme max range
And you would need a very good piece of glass (Durable, Bright, And high zoom) and a very strong mount.

In war time Soviet Union.. i just kinda don't see it.

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 12:10 PM__deleted__

Neither do I.
3-4 power was par for the course for contemporary sniper rifles tho, the USMC with their 8-power Unertl were pretty much the outlier.
Anyways, if you own one, you'll know the actual problems with the rifle are more in ergonomics with the difficulty of getting a proper consistent cheekweld and the trigger, plus, the glass quality is so poor with such limited transmission that in low light it becomes useless fast. With that being said, I still like it, and as a wartime mass produced solution it was certainly still superior to at least the German Kar98 with the Zf41...

Jump back to quoted post6 Apr 2015, 23:50 PM☭ Калашникова ☭

.303 Brit was not fired from the K98k, That fired 7.92x57mm

Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2015, 13:11 PMTheSleep3r

You are correct but just to clarify german sniper uses scoped Gewehr 43