The Kar98 has the best open sight in PS and vets in PS are deadly with it. Sights: One of several scopes, typically 4x or 2.You just need to play more and master the weapons strengths and weaknesses on each map/layer. Weight: 4.1 kg, (9.7 lb) unloaded and without the scope Versions with barrel lengths of 600, 650 and 700 mm existed as well The Gewehr 43 performed well in sniper role and stayed in service for the Czech army for several years after the war. The weapon could use the Schiessbecher device for firing rifle grenades (standard on the Kar 98k as well) and could use a Schalldämpfer silencer however the G 43 could not use a bayonet. Total production by the end of the war was 402,713 of both models, including at least 53,435 sniper rifles: the K 43 was the preferred sniper weapon, fitted with the Zielfernrohr 43 ( ZF 4) scope with 4x magnification. It was put into production in October 1943, and followed in 1944 by the Karabiner 43 ( K 43), identical except that it was shorter by only 50 mm. The addition of a 10-round detactable box magazine also solved the slow reloading problem. The simpler mechanism of the G 43 made it lighter, easier to mass produce, and far more reliable. The Tokarev use a much simpler gas-operated mechanism, which was soon copied by Walther into the G 41(W), producing the Gewehr 43. This proved to be something of a shock to the Germans, who soon started capturing as many as they could for their own use. Just prior to the opening of hostilities the Red Army had been re-arming its infantry, replacing a hodge-podge of ancient rifles with the new Tokarev SVT38 and SVT40s. In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union as part of Operation Barbarossa. Exact numbers are difficult to come by, but 14,334 appears in a number of sources. Since it was the only self-loading rifle available to the German army, it had to be produced in numbers, but this too proved difficult as the gun was hard to mass-produce. Reloading the gun also proved difficult and time-consuming. The gun was also too heavy, notably due to the complex and heavy operating machinery located near the front, which pulled the nose down. The Bang system was too complicated and broke down frequently under the stress and wear of combat. The Walther version, the G 41(W), faired somewhat better, but again proved to be too prone to failure. Only 6,673 were produced before production was halted, and of these 1,673 were returned as unusable. The Mauser design, the G 41(M), failed miserably. Both also included 10-round magazines, using two of the "stripper clips" from the Karabiner 98k, firing the same German-standard 7.92 x 57 mm Mauser rounds. This is as opposed to a other type of gas-actuated system in which the gasses push back on a piston to open the breach to the rear. In this system, gases from the bullet were trapped near the muzzle in a ring-shaped cone, which in turn pulled on a long piston that opened the breech and re-loaded the gun. Bang), due to a limitation being placed on the design that no holes should be drilled into the barrel.
Both models used a mechanism known as the "Bang" system (after its Norwegian designer Soren H. The army issued a specification to various manufacturers, and both Mauser and Walther submitted prototypes that were very similar.
By 1940, it became apparent that some form of a semi-automatic rifle with a higher rate of fire the the existing bolt-action rifle's was needed to improve the infantry's combat efficiency.