Logically this weapon shouldn't be for me... Screw logic.

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I spent a bit of time last night unlocking the Lebel 1886 Infantry rifle. I wasn't going to bother, because looking at the stats there was nothing about this weapon that seemed to beat out my previous infantry rifle choices the Russian 1895 and the M95 Infantry. Then I got the legendary skin for it from a battlepack and decided it was a sweet skin, so I might as well have the gun and give it a try.

As I said on paper this gun should have nothing to offer me; the reload is terrible, the bullet velocity is lower than the 1895 Russian and its currently bugged with incorrect recoil and spread recovery. Yet somehow I'm marginally more accurate with a higher kill rate with the Lebel than I am with any other infantry rifle. The sound is also amazing, the reload encourages me not to be a dumbass about my timings, whilst three extra rounds has saved my life on more than one occasion under pressure. In short I am very taken indeed with a weapon that I really shouldn't like.

So firstly I'd like to invite you to screw logic, go out tonight and try one weapon you've got stashed away and haven't really tried out properly. You might find something that works better for you. For science!

What weapon has pleasantly surprised you and why? Or unpleasantly surprised you come to that.

Posted Mar 22, 2017, 1:29 PM UTC · edited

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