How does the scope work?

[Magra]

The scope you can buy at the trader? On the single shot rifle with 70 dmg?
Any help/suggestions please. TY.

[admos]

Originally posted by Barefoot:

I think you put in the boxes where the swim fins are. Not positive though.

yes, and then it works, that's all you need to do.

[bikes02]

Bear in mind the scope does not work with pistols

[Kilroy5150]

Originally posted by bikes02:

Bear in mind the scope does not work with pistols

I find that funny because it's the type that you would generally put on a pistol just made a little long. It's barely got 2x zoom.

[yukimurayukie7]

Originally posted by Magra:

The scope you can buy at the trader? On the single shot rifle with 70 dmg?
Any help/suggestions please. TY.

it's increase range not for target

[Draklamar]

What scope at the trader? all i saw there was a red dot not a scope.

[Tahnval]

Originally posted by Draklamar:

What scope at the trader? all i saw there was a red dot not a scope.

And it's still sighted incorrectly for the weapon it should be most useful for - the bolt action rifle that the OP referred to. And the dot is too large and it's opaque, so it interferes with you seeing what you're looking at.

Originally posted by Magra:

The scope you can buy at the trader? On the single shot rifle with 70 dmg?
Any help/suggestions please. TY.

I suggest leaving the sight in a box in your base for now, at least until the game is patched to make it possible to have the red dot sight (which I recall being green, not red, but never mind) correctly sighted for the bolt action rifle.

Although you might like it, of course. I'm guessing some people might do. If you try it and you don't like it you can take it off again, so no great loss.

[Draklamar]

Tahnval the term "red dot" is a general term in reality depending on the manufacturer you can now get them in alot of different colors even blue. But red and green are the most common. Aimpoint sells both red and green ones as well as Brownells. But as for the game i agree the dot is way to big and does cover up the target like you say which is why i don't use it.

That being said i would rather have a red dot for a machine gun and not a bolt action rifle. I'll take a Trigicon 4x16x30mm MRAD scope for a bolt action any day. Bolt actions are for 1 shot 1 kill at long range with a scope. Red dots are good for quick target acquisition in the heat of battle and to help maintain aim when firing like crazy at a target "spray and pray".

But thats just my opinion.

[Pappy Hodunk]

Originally posted by Draklamar:

Tahnval the term "red dot" is a general term in reality depending on the manufacturer you can now get them in alot of different colors even blue. But red and green are the most common. Aimpoint sells both red and green ones as well as Brownells. But as for the game i agree the dot is way to big and does cover up the target like you say which is why i don't use it.

That being said i would rather have a red dot for a machine gun and not a bolt action rifle. I'll take a Trigicon 4x16x30mm MRAD scope for a bolt action any day. Bolt actions are for 1 shot 1 kill at long range with a scope. Red dots are good for quick target acquisition in the heat of battle and to help maintain aim when firing like crazy at a target "spray and pray".

But thats just my opinion.

Well said and spot on!

[Tahnval]

Originally posted by Draklamar:

Tahnval the term "red dot" is a general term in reality depending on the manufacturer you can now get them in alot of different colors even blue. But red and green are the most common. Aimpoint sells both red and green ones as well as Brownells. But as for the game i agree the dot is way to big and does cover up the target like you say which is why i don't use it.

That being said i would rather have a red dot for a machine gun and not a bolt action rifle. I'll take a Trigicon 4x16x30mm MRAD scope for a bolt action any day. Bolt actions are for 1 shot 1 kill at long range with a scope. Red dots are good for quick target acquisition in the heat of battle and to help maintain aim when firing like crazy at a target "spray and pray".

But thats just my opinion.

Cheers for the info about "red dot" being a generic term for any colour dot in this context. Out of curiosity, why are they called red dots regardless of the colour? Were they originally all red and the naming became established then? Was it a brand thing, with a very dominant brand being red? Guns aren't part of the culture in the country I live in (the UK*), so most of the terminology isn't used much here. But I'm mildly curious about them. I watch some of the videos on the Forgotten Weapons channel. The presenter seems to really know their subject and they're very good at presenting it.

I was thinking in the context of Sunkenland when I said the sight should be most useful for the bolt action rifle. In Sunkenland, the sight somehow allows you to see further and shoot further. Gameworld physics.


* The common idea that guns are illegal in the UK isn't entirely true. There are ~1.5M legally owned firearms in the UK. They're just extremely highly regulated and not part of the general culture, so most people here have no contact with them. One oddity is that there's no hard restriction on calibre here. At least one person in the UK owns and uses a main battle tank with a fully functional main gun. Completely legally, with a licence.