Single shot rifle

[TW-Franz]

It would be awesome if we could have more single shot rifle in game ,like springfield trapdoor ,sharps ,rolling block or martini henry...etc

just really like Single shot.

[misfitsailor]

Sounds good, the more options the better!

[Cruentar ©]

+1
im also in love with that 7mm-mag single shot rifle. it just feels more rewarding, langing that one deadly shot.

is it just me, or does the old 7mm-mag single shot feels more punchy compared to the new Malmer 7mm? i know theyre both using the same ammo, but somehow it feels a bit different for me. what do you think?

[HH375mag]

Originally posted by TW-Franz:

It would be awesome if we could have more single shot rifle in game ,like springfield trapdoor ,sharps ,rolling block or martini henry...etc


just really like Single shot.

Well you're in luck as the next DLC (Sundarpartan) will have the Gahendra rifle, which was a copy of the Martini-Henry made in Nepal under the direction of General Gehendra Shamsher.

[TheOldMan]

Originally posted by HH375mag:

Originally posted by TW-Franz:

It would be awesome if we could have more single shot rifle in game ,like springfield trapdoor ,sharps ,rolling block or martini henry...etc


just really like Single shot.

Well you're in luck as the next DLC (Sundarpartan) will have the Gahendra rifle, which was a copy of the Martini-Henry made in Nepal under the direction of General Gehendra Shamsher.

Awesome looking rifle! By the looks of it, it should be able to reach out to 500m/yards easily. My first hunting rifle was a .22 back when i was 11, it was a single shot with a pull back plunger, can not remember the brand though. Many a squirrel and rabbit met it!

[HH375mag]

Originally posted by Neoslayyer2:

Awesome looking rifle! By the looks of it, it should be able to reach out to 500m/yards easily. My first hunting rifle was a .22 back when i was 11, it was a single shot with a pull back plunger, can not remember the brand though. Many a squirrel and rabbit met it!

Martini's are great rifles to shoot, they certainly can reach out to 500m, it's hitting something reliably at that distance that's another thing entirely...

Sadly I don't have one in my collection, my next could be a M14.

[Lonesome 77]

Originally posted by Neoslayyer2:

Originally posted by HH375mag:

Well you're in luck as the next DLC (Sundarpartan) will have the Gahendra rifle, which was a copy of the Martini-Henry made in Nepal under the direction of General Gehendra Shamsher.

Awesome looking rifle! By the looks of it, it should be able to reach out to 500m/yards easily. My first hunting rifle was a .22 back when i was 11, it was a single shot with a pull back plunger, can not remember the brand though. Many a squirrel and rabbit met it!

Originally posted by HH375mag:

Originally posted by Neoslayyer2:

Awesome looking rifle! By the looks of it, it should be able to reach out to 500m/yards easily.

Martini's are great rifles to shoot, they certainly can reach out to 500m, it's hitting something reliably at that distance that's another thing entirely...

Iraqveteran8888 has a video titled "Martini Henry Sniper Rifle?" where he tested a Martini at 600 yards (which is about 550m). I just rewatched it after seeing this and the Gahendra announcement! He used 600 gr slugs, which had a hard time getting on target, but the ones that did, hit "with some authority."* (skip to 11:29 for the first hit, if you watch the video!)

[squire-balo]

Render distance in the game is around 420m ... so no hitting of animals further away (unless you use a mod for more render distance).
And dont forget about the Drilling. While it technically has three shots, two of them are from the shotgun. The third one is class 5-9. It used to be the only class 9 dlc for a long time. There are also the muzzle loaders. Using them is fun on its own.

[TheOldMan]

Originally posted by squire-balo:

Render distance in the game is around 420m ... so no hitting of animals further away (unless you use a mod for more render distance).
And dont forget about the Drilling. While it technically has three shots, two of them are from the shotgun. The third one is class 5-9. It used to be the only class 9 dlc for a long time. There are also the muzzle loaders. Using them is fun on its own.

Yeah, i wish the render distance were more, my farthest kill is still 437 yards. Would love to get them farther out. I think 500 yards would be a better option, but i do understand they had to take into account lesser rigs playing the game, so they settled on whatever the exact render distance is. But there should be an option for us players that have the rigs to play at the highest settings, to increase the animal render distance out to at least 550 yards. I dont even have a need to any scope besides the Hyperion because of the short render distance.

[HH375mag]

Originally posted by Lonesome 77:

Iraqveteran8888 has a video titled "Martini Henry Sniper Rifle?" where he tested a Martini at 600 yards (which is about 550m). I just rewatched it after seeing this and the Gahendra announcement! He used 600 gr slugs, which had a hard time getting on target, but the ones that did, hit "with some authority."* (skip to 11:29 for the first hit, if you watch the video!)

I watched most of the video and as I said the round can certainly reach that far, it's just managing to consistently hit a target at that distance that's the issue. The three of them managed to hit the target a total of three times and that was off a bench, in perfect conditions with custom made rounds.

The .577/450 Martini–Henry round is certainly no slouch, The traditional load is a 480gr bullet over 85gr of black powder; it's only around 500 ft/lbs less powerful than a .303 British round.

[Geronimo]

Luv using those flintlock long guns...but those were used by real buffalo hunters in the west prairie lands, and they had to be precise in their strategy. That meant using a weapon that could shoot the farthest of all. Cotw got these things nerfed bad.

[TheOldMan]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

Luv using those flintlock long guns...but those were used by real buffalo hunters in the west prairie lands, and they had to be precise in their strategy. That meant using a weapon that could shoot the farthest of all. Cotw got these things nerfed bad.

More Buffalo died from being wounded, until Sharps came out with a rifle that could handle long distances, and be super accurate. The rifle was requested by those dirty Buffalo slaughters, so they wouldnt have thousands os wounded Buffalo wandering around. Old time flintlock rifles were not as accurate as you think. Smooth bore flintlocks were notoriously inaccurate. Farmers saved for a good 2 seasons to buy a Winchester cartrige rifle, while trying to support their families.

I do love using the inline .50 cal muzzle loader in game. Still have one i use, and with 3 pellets of powder and a plastic wadded slug, it will reach out and touch any deer at 200 yards easily.

[TW-Franz]

Originally posted by HH375mag:

Originally posted by TW-Franz:

It would be awesome if we could have more single shot rifle in game ,like springfield trapdoor ,sharps ,rolling block or martini henry...etc


just really like Single shot.

Well you're in luck as the next DLC (Sundarpartan) will have the Gahendra rifle, which was a copy of the Martini-Henry made in Nepal under the direction of General Gehendra Shamsher.

It's perfect!

[Lonesome 77]

Dang, in my excitement to get my first tiger with the new Gandhare, I forgot that it only goes up to class 8, and tigers are class 9. However perhaps this is a case in point as to why the Gandhare should be a 4-9 rifle...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3270784479

I'd think that being able to shish kebab a tiger's vital organs head-on with a .577 slug makes it plenty acceptable as a class 9 rifle. Thoughts? The real irony is that not long afterwards, I got my 2nd tiger with the Arzyna .300 (7-9), but only got a single lung.

[HH375mag]

Originally posted by Lonesome 77:

Dang, in my excitement to get my first tiger with the new Gandhare, I forgot that it only goes up to class 8, and tigers are class 9. However perhaps this is a case in point as to why the Gandhare should be a 4-9 rifle...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3270784479

I'd think that being able to shish kebab a tiger's vital organs head-on with a .577 slug makes it plenty acceptable as a class 9 rifle. Thoughts? The real irony is that not long afterwards, I got my 2nd tiger with the Arzyna .300 (7-9), but only got a single lung.

Well with today's modern firearms it wouldn't be my first go to calibre. However, you cannot say that during the Victorian Empire, they're weren't any tigers that were taken down by a Martini Henry; because there were and I'm sure many of them.

I think because it's an old black powder cartridge from the 1870's, people think that it's not that powerful. Well a 480gr projectile going at 1350 ft/s is certainly no slouch.


By the way it's not a .577 projectile, it's .455. It's misleading, as the ".577" in the name actually comes from the .577 Snider, the cartridges parent case. Previously, the British used the .577 Snider, which fired a 450gr .570 diameter bullet going at 1300 ft/s.

For the Martini-Henry they basically used the same cartridge and necked it down to a .45.

[florble mcfumperdink]

Originally posted by HH375mag:

Originally posted by Lonesome 77:

Dang, in my excitement to get my first tiger with the new Gandhare, I forgot that it only goes up to class 8, and tigers are class 9. However perhaps this is a case in point as to why the Gandhare should be a 4-9 rifle...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3270784479

I'd think that being able to shish kebab a tiger's vital organs head-on with a .577 slug makes it plenty acceptable as a class 9 rifle. Thoughts? The real irony is that not long afterwards, I got my 2nd tiger with the Arzyna .300 (7-9), but only got a single lung.

Well with today's modern firearms it wouldn't be my first go to calibre. However, you cannot say that during the Victorian Empire, they're weren't any tigers that were taken down by a Martini Henry; because there were and I'm sure many of them.

I think because it's an old black powder cartridge from the 1870's, people think that it's not that powerful. Well a 480gr projectile going at 1350 ft/s is certainly no slouch.


By the way it's not a .577 projectile, it's .455. It's misleading, as the ".577" in the name actually comes from the .577 Snider, the cartridges parent case. Previously, the British used the .577 Snider, which fired a 450gr .570 diameter bullet going at 1300 ft/s.

For the Martini-Henry they basically used the same cartridge and necked it down to a .45.

1,350 FPS with a 480 grain projectile is kinda wild for black powder ngl. It's going somewhere around 150-250 FPS faster than most standard 115-124 grain 9mm bullets but it's about four times heavier.