You wont be able to play with it I suspect, unless you use green gas & get the shortened version, a g33/40, as you will be over the 400fps limit. Mine bounces around the 420fps during normal weather. You need to do a probationary period in TAG before you can go over the 400fps. But I am not familiar with the new sniper rules, so dont quote me on that. The difference between the Taanka Kar 98 & the Tanaka G33/40 is about 3 inches & 20fps on 20gm bb.
The Germans licenced the 98 to the Cechz, & they made a shortened version, the Germans then 'repatriated' them in 1938, they pressed them into use as G33/40 with mountain troops & SS Cavalry etc, they where deemed an elite unit weapon for want of a better word.
Thankfully they are no problem to get into the country as they are not fully automatic. I got mine form Red Wolf, & second hand here in NZ, plus one in from the states. But the Club armourer is the person to talk to about getting one. I think (if you are who I think you are - the Medic from Sunday) you will find owning one will be a little problamtic until age/law restrictions are met etc. You struck me as a better attacker & flanker than a sniper, use your youth & vigor whilst you have it. You will grow fat & bald like the rest of us in time & can then retire to the sedentry life of sniping
on the bolts, the ones out of Japan have a 1 joule restriction. I drilled mine out to get around 480fps after I found no real use for gun at 300fps. The ones from other countries seem to come with a nozzel like device that you can screw into the bolt, & it restricts the volume at which the gas exits, ego lessens the fps. It is a big drop though, & to be frank its not at a very useful point. with out the nozzel you can get 625fps, (well I havent been able to, but have seen kars do it). The nozzel drops you to 425fps. Which with sniper weight bb's doesnt put you much further than electrics with 20gm bb's. 450-460 seems to be a good freshold for range vs pain factor. But you will get out sniped. Most guns on the field seem to shoot further than my kar 98 even around 480 fps. I havent fathomed why this is yet, I suspect my non use of hop up may be the cause, but I prefer speed to target & predictable tragectory to the verticle wobble you get with hop up.
man, doing a bit of typing today!
Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:14 pm 
required quite a bit of effort though i would think
). I dont worry about jams, batteries, or the likes, I just raise point & fire & normally get 6-8 kills a mag (10bbs)
