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Posted by: Luness909
It's not actually a rifle, it's an automatic weapon w/ no RIFLING. It's like an SMG. Carbine is called a rifle because even though it doesn't fire solid projectiles and doesn't have rifling, it is very accurate. Same with the Beam Rifle. Plasma Rifle really isn't a rifle. To me it's an automatic, plasma SMG
hey the battle rifle and the carbine are rifles cuz one they are very accurate, two the have SCOPES attached to them and three they can be considered short-medium-sometimes long distance weapons. the plasma rifle is called a rifle cuz it too is a short-medium weapon, and what else would they call some blue red thing that shoots bolts of plasma at you? also it can be considered a rifle cuz it shoots off plasma one bolt at a time. yes its automatic, but its still shooting off the bolts ONE at a time. just how a machine gun is sometimes called an automatic rifle. its still a rifle cuz its shooting the bullets ONE at a time. a shotgun shoots lil b-b's from a lil cartridge that holds all these b-b's. its called a shotgun cuz it shoots MORE than one projectile at the target
but probably the main reason why it isnt used in rifle game types is because it doesnt have a scope attachment and it is at its most extreme effectiveness at close range, while all other rifles are effective at almost any distance, excluding sniper and beam rifles mind you. plus you cant see the bullets coming from a carbine/battle rifle/beam rifle/sniper rifle, while you can easily dodge a simple plasma rifle because you can see it coming at you.
[Edited on 05.20.2007 5:10 PM PDT]