sidearms

hey guys, i need to know a good sidearm for a sniper i know most of you say gas pistols but which kind and what would be the best overall because winter is coming up so i take any suggestions, gas,electric etc.

Well neither gas nor AEG work very well in the cold unless the gas gun uses the NS2 system or the AEG uses a Li-Po battery. AEG's do work better though in the cold here in VA so that is what i'd recommend. So you could pick up something small like an MP5K, i've seen a few snipers use it as their backup.

What makes an AEG not work well in the cold??
I know durability isn't as good as plastic parts can freeze up and become fragile but other than that I've never heard of functionality decreasing in the cold...

I guess i should of said Ni-Mh and Ni-Cad batteries don't work very well in the cold. Yes the guns work fine but cold temperatures kills battery life.

ah ok well i can relate to the VA since we both live there and that snow was like \"Watch your language\" last year
yeah i was thinking an mp5k

Don't remind me about the snow we had last winter lol.

hehe, so how good are shotguns?

They're not too bad but i've never been a fan of them. Even real steel shotguns i have a hard time liking so i think i'm pretty bias lol.

gentry wrote:

hehe, so how good are shotguns?

they are good, but i think a GBB pistol is much more reliable for those tight situations when your primary goes down (out of bb's or technical problem)

the shotguns while a cool concept are really just a cool trinket. The tri-shots are decent but i hear they break sooo much.
Shotguns are mainly a one shot deal (they aren''t semi-auto, at least not the ones @ $20-100)

I would definitely say a GBB Pistol is your best bet. Smaller package than a shotgun, and more "firepower" (you are able to fire continuously with each trigger pull instead of having to rack the slide everytime)

NoNeed2Hate wrote:

gentry wrote:

hehe, so how good are shotguns?

they are good, but i think a GBB pistol is much more reliable for those tight situations when your primary goes down (out of bb's or technical problem)

the shotguns while a cool concept are really just a cool trinket. The tri-shots are decent but i hear they break sooo much.
Shotguns are mainly a one shot deal (they aren''t semi-auto, at least not the ones @ $20-100)

I would definitely say a GBB Pistol is your best bet. Smaller package than a shotgun, and more "firepower" (you are able to fire continuously with each trigger pull instead of having to rack the slide everytime)

I aggree whole-heartedly with nn2h. although, if it's going to be as cold as you say, you might have some difficulties with a GBB. I would say then, to get a small AEG, but they are really too cumbersom for a sniper to be lugging around along with a big ole rifle.

A. sniper wrote:

NoNeed2Hate wrote:

gentry wrote:

hehe, so how good are shotguns?

they are good, but i think a GBB pistol is much more reliable for those tight situations when your primary goes down (out of bb's or technical problem)

the shotguns while a cool concept are really just a cool trinket. The tri-shots are decent but i hear they break sooo much.
Shotguns are mainly a one shot deal (they aren''t semi-auto, at least not the ones @ $20-100)

I would definitely say a GBB Pistol is your best bet. Smaller package than a shotgun, and more "firepower" (you are able to fire continuously with each trigger pull instead of having to rack the slide everytime)

I aggree whole-heartedly with nn2h. although, if it's going to be as cold as you say, you might have some difficulties with a GBB. I would say then, to get a small AEG, but they are really too cumbersom for a sniper to be lugging around along with a big ole rifle.

But so are shotguns

Breckton wrote:

A. sniper wrote:

NoNeed2Hate wrote:

gentry wrote:

hehe, so how good are shotguns?

they are good, but i think a GBB pistol is much more reliable for those tight situations when your primary goes down (out of bb's or technical problem)

the shotguns while a cool concept are really just a cool trinket. The tri-shots are decent but i hear they break sooo much.
Shotguns are mainly a one shot deal (they aren''t semi-auto, at least not the ones @ $20-100)

I would definitely say a GBB Pistol is your best bet. Smaller package than a shotgun, and more "firepower" (you are able to fire continuously with each trigger pull instead of having to rack the slide everytime)

I aggree whole-heartedly with nn2h. although, if it's going to be as cold as you say, you might have some difficulties with a GBB. I would say then, to get a small AEG, but they are really too cumbersom for a sniper to be lugging around along with a big ole rifle.

But so are shotguns

super quote,
but that is exactly my point. A GBB pistol is much more compact etc, So therefore it would be more ideal

so what is an ns2 system

Quote :

The NS2 internal gas delivery system is a KWA patented design that utilizes an advanced lightweight composite gas piston with a two-stage internal expansion chamber that delivers the gas more efficiently than that of its predecessors. The NS2 design also increases the weapon cycle rate and provides for a crisp, realistic blow back action.

It basically just increases the efficiency and i've heard because of that it runs a lot better then other GBB's in cold weather because it's more efficient.

ah ok might pick me up the mac11, KP45 or kmp9
http://www.airsoftpost.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_45_238&products_id=33386

KMP9 ftw if you have the money for the gun and a mag or two.

KP45 if you want to be a bit less awesome.

Mac 11 if you want to be boring

By the way, this is now a Secondary, not a Sidearm. Just FYI

yao well ill prolly get the kp45 bit more compact think ill get a bit trigger happy with the kmp9