Is it just me or the .338 Rangemaster horrible for what it is?

[CaliburxZero]

Single shot, RIDICULOUS recoil, for a gun chambered in .338? What? I'm kind of amazed at how little (to the point where I don't notice) its stopping power is over say the 7mm. I wish we had a way to sell back our guns because this thing is a waste while also being much more of a pain to use. Let's not even get into the insane recoil it has despite the hilariously unnoticeable increase in stopping power which even if it did hit hard is still is too much.

I guess this game just wants to shove you into buying the DLC to own the .300 equivalent, which I caved and did. GG devs.

[Turcox]

Feel the same... I was using the 7mm, now the 338, but sometimes i feel that it hits like a .22 in real life ahahaha Y don´t know if i should go back to the 7mm or not.

Ps: Moose... Naah, don´t talk about that here xD They are like Usain Bolt.

[Striker]

7mm, .338, 50 cal smoke pole...all single shot weapons with a slow reload time so their excessive recoil doesn't matter all that much. I've opted to husband my money until I can afford the .300 rather than buy the .338 It doesn't have the same stopping power of the .338 but being able to put a second round into an animal before it recovers from the 1st hit enough to begin to run away more than makes up for it.

[CaliburxZero]

Originally posted by Striker:

7mm, .338, 50 cal smoke pole...all single shot weapons with a slow reload time so their excessive recoil doesn't matter all that much. I've opted to husband my money until I can afford the .300 rather than buy the .338 It doesn't have the same stopping power of the .338 but being able to put a second round into an animal before it recovers from the 1st hit enough to begin to run away more than makes up for it.

The reason why the recoil is so awful and irritating for me is is that at long ranges the recoil means you completely lose sight of your target, therefore by the time you re-look you sometimes lose where they ran off if they didn't immediately die.

[Falcon]

Having shot .338 IRL, I'm not sure the in game recoil is all that ridiculous. Taking 10 shots with one of those is guaranteed to leave you black and blue the next day. If anything, the recoil on the .300 seems light for what it is.

The .338 has more stopping power than the .300, which has way more stopping power than the 7mm. With how quickly everything disappears after you take a shot since the update, I'm not sure that it being single shot really matters all that much anymore.

I don't like the .338, but that has mostly to do with the break action and added scope wobble compared to the .300. I'd never own a break action rifle and don't understand why the devs are so in love with them. Maybe they need to offer a muzzle brake for the .338 to make it more on par with the .300?

I think I got the Yukon DLC for like $5 on sale, which doesn't really feel like a ripoff.

[FoZ]

There is no reason to use the .338 after the .300 was released. They really need to fine tune some of the riffles to make it compelling to use it as well..specially some of the old ones..

[The Texan Hunter]

I agree the recoil is too much, but I personally have no trouble using the 338. After I got ambushed by lions in Vurhonga, I decided to wipe them out before hunting an area, so I climb up on a high point and shoot them at any range with the 338. If you go over to the target range in Hirschfelden, it is a pretty flat shooting gun, in spite of the recoil. It drops Water Buffalo like a rock.

[Pete Gaimari]

In real life the .338 mag has almost twice the recoil of a 30-06.

I owned a .458 mag once. The first time I shot it, it knocked my hat off. Man, that thing kicked.

[CaliburxZero]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

In real life the .338 mag has almost twice the recoil of a 30-06.

I owned a .458 mag once. The first time I shot it, it knocked my hat off. Man, that thing kicked.

Yeah, and in real life the .338 wouldn't be so much of a joke in damage output compared to what it is in-game relative to 7mm.
This is a video game. If you want downsides for a weapon, you need the upsides to justify it.

[hunterPRO1]

yep, all guns are nerfed to hell.

[Robbie Taliban]

I used the 338 last week .
Because i unlocked the 338 championship skin (from the argentina map)
but changed it fast back to the .300 way better gun
Only thing the 338 has is a few mm extra pen and leaves a tiny bigger hole to let the animal bleed out but almost not noticeble.

[Pete Gaimari]

Originally posted by CaliburxZero:

Originally posted by petegaimari:

In real life the .338 mag has almost twice the recoil of a 30-06.

I owned a .458 mag once. The first time I shot it, it knocked my hat off. Man, that thing kicked.

Yeah, and in real life the .338 wouldn't be so much of a joke in damage output compared to what it is in-game relative to 7mm.
This is a video game. If you want downsides for a weapon, you need the upsides to justify it.

I agree it should blow through any animal in North America.

[CaliburxZero]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

Originally posted by CaliburxZero:

Yeah, and in real life the .338 wouldn't be so much of a joke in damage output compared to what it is in-game relative to 7mm.
This is a video game. If you want downsides for a weapon, you need the upsides to justify it.

I agree it should blow through any animal in North America.

Yeah, if it did that much for its price tag and such I probably wouldn't have ever made this thread.

[CaptainNebulous]

It really depends on if you confidently get 1 shot kills or not. I think the 338 is pretty good for that, personally. Definitely want the 300 or M1 if followup shots are common place needs. I might even give the 338 the edge for single shot kills over the other two.

The recoil on the 338, however, is actually pretty realistic. That's one of the rifles I actually have shot in real life. It's kind of like a rifle version of bull riding. It's also pretty rough on the upper body lol.

[CaliburxZero]

Originally posted by MetalMastodon:

It really depends on if you confidently get 1 shot kills or not. I think the 338 is pretty good for that, personally. Definitely want the 300 or M1 if followup shots are common place needs. I might even give the 338 the edge for single shot kills over the other two.

The recoil on the 338, however, is actually pretty realistic. That's one of the rifles I actually have shot in real life. It's kind of like a rifle version of bull riding. It's also pretty rough on the upper body lol.

The realism or not of a .338 for the game is not what i'm here to complain about-- What I AM here to complain about is if u want all of these downsides, the per-shot power better offset this. And I have found it has not. In a *video game*, downsides need to be balanced out by upsides.

Have I one-shot an animal before with the .338? Yes. Have I done it more often than a 7mm? or .30-06? No way. Is it realistic to assume when you encounter an animal where you're presented an angle/profile that lets you do a one-shot all the time? Also, no way.

[Vedo]

Originally posted by CaliburxZero:

Originally posted by MetalMastodon:

It really depends on if you confidently get 1 shot kills or not. I think the 338 is pretty good for that, personally. Definitely want the 300 or M1 if followup shots are common place needs. I might even give the 338 the edge for single shot kills over the other two.

The recoil on the 338, however, is actually pretty realistic. That's one of the rifles I actually have shot in real life. It's kind of like a rifle version of bull riding. It's also pretty rough on the upper body lol.

The realism or not of a .338 for the game is not what i'm here to complain about-- What I AM here to complain about is if u want all of these downsides, the per-shot power better offset this. And I have found it has not. In a *video game*, downsides need to be balanced out by upsides.

Have I one-shot an animal before with the .338? Yes. Have I done it more often than a 7mm? or .30-06? No way. Is it realistic to assume when you encounter an animal where you're presented an angle/profile that lets you do a one-shot all the time? Also, no way.

Im assuming when you guys say "one shot" you mean dropping the animal on the spot?
I actually want less of that. In real life you dont get insta drops all that often, most of the time the animal bolts before it staggers and falls. No matter what you shot it with.