Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5545415-20130110000820/@comment-5840435-20130510120203

123.243.93.247 wrote: RPM and velocity are not the same thing. RPM indicates how fast the refire rate on the weapon is. Bullet velocity is how fast the projectile travels. Most snipers would consider velocity to be the most important factor when using a bolt action rifle. The information you have provided in your picture more or less completely worthless, the Ghost is the worst choice for bolt action sniping, as its velocity is a meagre 500m/s. The Parallax projectiles travel at 650m/s, 30% faster than the Ghost's.

You are correct when you say RPM and velocity aren't the same thing, when I made my post I did infact mean to write RPM and not velocity. I've corrected that in my original post.

As for the Ghost and the other faction's equivalent bolt action snipers, it may not be the best at range, but it was never designed to be. The lower velocity and other stats that make up the Ghost and it's equivalents make it better for closer ranges. As the Parallax can offer you longer distances for OHKs. But yes if you choose what would be the more traditional role of a sniper, getting OHKs from longer ranges, then the Parallax would be the better choice of the two.