Rentax wrote:T-Time wrote:I agree with everyone else. But I would recommend a Co2 pistol over Green Gas.
Many good points, until this last one about CO2... CO2 pistols are more finicky to temperature. This means in the winter the seals will freeze up and the pistol will dump your gas and it will be a useless paper weight and in the summer the pistol may shoot over the FPS limit of the field your at... Why do you think CO2 pistols are always required to chrono, where as Green gas pistols almost never have to chrono? Although CO2 are built to take a higher pressure gas, this doesn't mean that companies like KWA and TM don't make a good product that will last a long time.
All that being said I'm going to have to agree with everyone else. Running a pistol as a secondary adds a lot of weight to your load out and begins to get costly when you realize you want two or three extra mags to make it worth while, then a holster, then mag pouches, then the green gas or propane to use it, then an accessory like a light or.... I think you get my point. All of this to have something that will hang at your side that you might use as a back up plan in a situation that, if you are running with a unit or a team, you really shouldn't be getting yourself into in the first place.
Steve is correct about the DM role. (Just so you know DMR, Designated Marksman Rifle is the gun itself and DM, Designated Marksman is the person wielding the rifle) The role is a squad level marksman, usually with a longer M4 variant or a specialized rifle, usually it shoots semi auto only, but has longer range than a regular M4. The role is for over watch and cover fire, selecting specific targets and eliminating them, rather than being in the thick of it and dropping bodies indiscriminately.
The way the DMR works in airsoft is at some events, primarily milsim, the rifle has full auto disabled and the DMR FPS limit is higher than that of the regular rifle. This in theory allows the DM to reach out and touch those very special souls he has selected, that are further away than a standard M4 users would be able to reach. (however, this plays a lot onto internal upgrades, and how much you are willing to spend)
Coming from paintball, my suggestion is going to be one you have heard here several times, go out and play before making the leap. There are few companies that are doing gun rentals around the Portland area, or find someone who may be willing to let you borrow a gun for the day. It sounds to me that if you rolled middle/front in paintball, being stuck with a long rifle in the back isn't the speed you are looking for. My suggestion is start with a standard M4, if you decide to go longer in the future, it's the cost of an inner and outer barrel, but if you step into a DMR to start with you'll be looking at some major changes if you want to go with something different in the future.
If you are looking to go milsim and you want to get the most bang for your buck, dump the high caps, most milsim events wont let you use them anyway. Also if you are needing to use that much ammo on an M4 platform then you are probably doing something wrong or are not working with your team members the way you should be. As for using them when your not at a milsim event, there's a saying that goes "Train like you fight, fight like you train. If you get used to using high caps then you are not getting used to mag changes and when you hit a milsim event that's going to slow you down.
When it comes to gear, that's a hard question. Steering people one way or another usually breaks down into a conversation about what gear is good and what gear is good enough. Now it's my opinion that each operator needs to make the decision on their own what is going to work for them, but I will suggest buying MOLLE product. It's going to be versatile and it will be able to adapt with you as you adapt your play style, or your role on the field.
Thank you, all of you so much for the help, I appreciate that I am getting help ( I feel a bit "babied" at points like with the explanation of the term DMR, I know what it stands for and had a vauge idea of the role, just not the specifics, I'm not saying "screw you" or anything for explaining it. You were being through. It's more just me wanting to show that I'm not a complete scrub
) Anyways I kind of agree with you now about the sidearm thing, And I kind of focused on DMR because I like the range and hanging back. I also love being in the thick of the battle and what not so I guess you could say I really need a hybrid. What I'll probably do is just build myself a DMR after I've been playing a while. Also to the point about no sidearm yet. My GF and I are in a complicated situation and it is that we live in a house with 7 people and are trying to find our own place so we are buying all of our "fun" crap that we don't "need" or otherwise won't be able to afford once we have an apartment. So we have to buy all of our crap in the next 2 months. Also (more also's yaaay) I have played a few times. I bought a classic army M4 off some rich kid for like 100 bucks who said, and I quote "It didn't shoot far enough" and he never touched it. That thing was meh and it actually soured me on airsoft for a bit. Anyways sorry for meandering points and all the nonsense!
