Forum:Is It best to use regular .308 or JSP rounds with a Sniper Rifle?

I'm a major Sniper player, so I want the most efficient way to kill my prey, I mean enemies quickly so they aren't to hard to deal with, but with the patch that makes JSP rounds hurt your weapon more, I want to know if it's worth it to take the Hand Loader perk anymore.

By NCRFirstReconSniper, Thank you for all entries.

I would carry both actually, regular rounds for weak to average enemies and JSP for tougher enemies. I actually carry the Armor Piercing only because the .05% damage reduction isn't too much to worry about, and it cuts through deathclaws with ease. 67.174.95.30 04:48, August 13, 2011 (UTC)

Yes it is worth it to take handloading because even if you don't use the JSP often, they create one-shot kills which normally wouldn't happen (especially against NCR & legion troops) with vanilla .308. Also to get handloading you pick up enough repair skill to learn how to make weapons repair kits (70-74 repair skill = +20% condition, 15-99 repair = +25 condition). Unless you wander the Mohave for weeks on end without going near a workbench, having these in you pack can keep your sniper rifle doing full damage even if you use the JSP ammo to bulls-eye whomp rats, although I recommend saving the high power JSP rounds for tougher enemies unless you have many weapons repair kits as the sniper rifle is so fragile, but if one JSP round will down an enemy it wears your rifle down less than two non-JSP rounds. 75.67.224.12 06:54, August 13, 2011 (UTC)

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So basically use etheir<?> for the right situation? And I'm going to be taking Jury Rigging so I don't need to worry about carrying weapon repair kits often at all. User:NCRFirstReconSniper 11:18, August 13, 2011
 * if you're worried about repairs, yes use both. personally I don't worry too much about money, the bigger problem is running out of repair kits for me.  Firing 50 JSP = 1 repair kit while firing 75 vanilla .308 = 1 repair kit, so I tend to pack 200 rounds of JSP and 4 repair kits when sniping (enough ammo and repair kits for most trips) just because I'm lazy and don't want the hassle of switching ammo types, although it makes me wince to use JSP on bloat flies.  The problem with jury rigging sniper rifles from a money point of view is that the cheapest weapon to jury rig a sniper rifle with is a service rifle which sells for more than a weapons repair kit costs (from Dead money or parts) even with a barter skill of 4.  However if you aren't worried about money than jury rigging is useful because you can convert fairly useless weight (weapons from vanquished evil doers) to repairs for your firearm when you are in the field.  This is balanced out if you occasionally use an anti-materiel rifle which can be repaired with cheap varmint rifles, single shotguns & even BB guns (as can the hunting rifle, a not to be overlooked alternative to the sniper rifle).75.67.224.12 02:47, August 14, 2011 (UTC)

Also don't forget that you can pick up the ability to make weapon repair kits from the Dead Money DLC and that helps, and don't use only JSP rounds. Save those for tougher enemies, beacause the .308 can be devistating as is XxSick DemonxX 20:46, August 13, 2011 (UTC)

I personally just use 180 Grain Jacketed Soft Point .308's myself. Closest I can get to a 7.62x54r so....But the main reason is because I consistently make them I rarely make standard .308 rounds. But that's mostly because 1 bullet can take out just about anything in the game. 173.218.154.40 17:56, August 14, 2011 (UTC)

JSP rounds make more damage and effectively replace AP rounds, so you don't need to carry or buy these anymore (10 caps a round, ouch). Also, even with patch 1.4 lowering the DAM to x1.3, this is A LOT of damage. Multiply the weapon's critical chance and the sky is the limit. Albeit Cristine sniper is more fragile, with JSP rounds it becomes a mini-AMR, the damage it deals is tremendous. Carry some JSP and regular .308 and you should be fine. Brfritos 20:20, August 16, 2011 (UTC)

If you take Raul with you and complete his quest the peaceful way, your sniper rifle will last a lot longer.--BLACK LENNY 01:16, August 17, 2011 (UTC)