Modacity shooters' thread

[TVTyrant]

5.56 PDW is awful unless equipped with either a heavier, lead cored projectile or a lighter "match tip" style projectile. It does not transfer energy at all with the 14.5 inch at close range. The powder burns do more damage than the bullet does.

[PenGuin1362]

I don't think we'll see a cartridge change any time soon unfortunately I love the PDW-R and the fact that it can carry a standard ar-15 magazine, but yeah I don't think 5.56 is the best choice for a PDW

[Cortexian]

The powder burns do more damage than the bullet does.

Unlikely.

[TVTyrant]

Unlikely.

/sarcasm and/or hyperbole.

[Warsaw]

30-06 was used in the M1 Rifle (most common infantry rifle), M1919 machine gun (most common light machinegun), BAR (most common auto rifle), M1903 Springfield (sniper rifle), M1917 Enfield (was issued to artillery men).

Pretty damn good if you ask me.

True, but the guns I listed were also extremely common, and all standard issue. In hindsight, we haven't really changed much from WWII.


Also, Freelancer, don't you dare call the PDR an SMG. SMGs fire pistol rounds. This is akin to a really short carbine, not an SMG, since it is firing rifle rounds. If you call the PDR an SMG, you are also calling the AKS-74U and the SG-553 an SMG.

[Cortexian]

Their primary purpose is pretty much the same. They would be used in the same scenarios.

[Warsaw]

Doesn't matter. This is a technical definition. The PDR can also be effectively used outside of 200 yards, an SMG cannot be used effectively outside of 100.

An SMG is any gun firing pistol-caliber rounds in some full-automatic fashion (burst or all the way).

[TVTyrant]

PDR sucks. Bring back the 45 ACP SMGs of old!

[Warsaw]

No, no. Bring us the .50AE SMGs of not-yet-happened.

[Cortexian]

Issue Vector's in .45 ACP to everyone gogogogogo.