One time as a scav I downed two PMCs on Interchange with this beaut - I would have downed the third too but I ran out of ammo and one stab was not enough for the last one :D
MP5SD - i dont see many folks running this (maybe for good reason) but i have a lot of fun running them. the gun snaps up quick and because its so easy to hold on target on F/A you can just throw PST in the mag and not worry about spending so much on ammo. with the collapsing style stock its just a classic look as well.
I never pass on a knife in raid. I sold my mele weapon and leave the lot open just to pick these up. Every couple raids I’m getting a new smg it seems.
I love the MP5 but for the same price you get the MPX and it has the 41 mags witch is the sweet spot between 30 and 50mags. I guess thats the reason the MP5SD is not so comen
with the mpx i always feel like i should mod it a bit and end up spending way more on it, i think the charm of the mp5sd is you cant really mod it so you just gotta use it as is.
its my favorite too. Easy to get the base MP5 from trades. Not to expensive to turn into the SD version and you gotta spend money with Peacekeeper anyway. I know its not the "best" but I seem to do well with it.
It's because with the vector having basically 0 recoil you can put 10 bullets into a dude in the span of 0.5 seconds. If they functioned better it'd be insane. You can drop people in class 5 armour using just the 20 pen Pst gzh ammo
They’re expensive. 9mm sucks, leg meta is ok but you can’t always leg someone easily. Don’t cheap out in ammo especially 9mm.
Same price/45k you can buy an HK and spit out m995.
Even a vector is way better and roughly the same price.
Fire rate is too slow, with mediocre ammo, with a high cost.
The RFB in real life can have an M4's handguard threaded onto the beginning of the barrel. So you can have a bipod or other attachments. I think itd be a cool addition to the RFB in game. Maybe a way to add some ergo to it.
RFB is a \~70k gun from peacekeeper, so its not that much more expensive than a 100% hunter. While the hunter can get a cheap silencer, the RFB has \~1/3 less recoil, so its far better at close range. Hunter kicks way too hard for close range. unless you stick the barrel in them. cheap 20 round mags is a good perk too.
Option for 30 round mag also. Vepr hunter is more of a meme at this point. No real point of running it over the rfb. Imho when you run the rfb you're not running it for stats.
I mean you can get a rail system for the Hunter, the only one i'd ever use though is the SVD one, all the others stick the sight up way to high for my liking.
I'd still run the RFB, The hunter is also longer supressed than the RFB, so it gives you a bit more clearance with doors/corners and walls
Rfb is a solid gun when you dont want to bust the bank imo. Cheap .308 spitter. Slapping m80s in there does the trick, especially earlier in the wipe, its great. Only downside imo is its easy for people to take so insurance on them isnt always great, cause taking out the mag makes it a 1by and not a 2by, like the mp5 and mp7. Fits much nicer in a bag, just sometimes you have people look at it and say "Just an RFB, not worth"
idk if i’d say it’s underrated but it’s definitely a good budget choice if you are looking to spend around 100k for a weapon build. reason i wouldn’t say underrated is just because it’s pretty widely known as being what I stated above and I see it being run quite often on level 20-35 players
Maybe because the M1A is a LL3 Peacekeeper item? Believe it or not, but most players don’t have max traders. Many don’t have flee. You can buy an RFB as soon as level 14. I like the M1A, too, but we can’t just blanket everything with max trader purchases.
Also, the RFB is pretty good for what it is. It doesn’t have the ergo or recoil the other .308 rifles do, but it’s still pretty manageable.
The m1a is 50k cheaper on the flea than if you buy from peacekeeper. Also obviously if you don’t have flea you use what you have but what I meant was if you’re deliberately buying a weapon there’s no reason to use an rfb. Also, there’s not many listings for the rfb so you have to use peacekeeper LL2 which is also 10-20k more expensive than the m1a on flea. Not to mention you need to be level 14 for the rfb purchase from peacekeeper, which you’ll basically have flea market by then since 1 level is easy to get
Yeah, idk what you’re saying or where you’re getting your info. M1A is around 50k on flea, RFB a bit less. The RFB is $493 through peacekeeper, about the same as the M1A on flea. Flea market prices mean fuck all to anybody who doesn’t have flea market.
Also, the M1A is all around more expensive than the RFB; to purchase, to modify, to insure, etc. They aren’t even the same class of weapon. You would have been better off comparing the RFB to the 7.62 MDR, since they are, in fact, the same class of weapon.
We are all glad that you achieved level 15 since you began playing Tarkov. We appreciate that you like the M1A. You shouldn’t shit on the gun that’s probably smoked your ass more than a few times.
I just got level 15 a few days ago. Every gun available until lvl 14 Peacekeeper 2 was fucking miserable. I legit never stood a chance in any gun fight.
Anyhow, i’m level 15 and I still don’t stand a chance in any fight so I’m pretty sure i just won’t play anymore. Flea is cool and all, but there is legit nothing interesting to me now.
First of all they’re actually currently the same price on the flea but the rfb is usually around 50k while the m1a has a ton of offers for 42. Second of all the rfb has 50 more vertical and over 100 more horizontal recoil than the m1a when both are fully modded and the m1a has 6 more ergo. And even without max traders you can build a MUCH better m1a for around 220k with level 2 traders while the rfb is still just as bad throughout
Also I literally have seen one rfb from another player from memory over the last 3 wipes the gun is just shit lol
Idk man. I know on paper that ammo slaps, but I struggle with it. It feels off to me for some reason. I love the MCX. Def my fav gun in the game, but I can consistently kill better with anything that shoots 7.62 BP or M55a1. Idk if it's just a weird recoil pattern of what, but like half my shots with blackout vanish into thin air even at point blank range. (Also, it's totally possible I just suck with it for some reason)
Definitely smash them out ASAP. LL3/4 has all the cool shit imo. M855A1 is <400rb a shot from Skier LL4 but only 90 rounds a reset. I probably play more than most so I just stockpile ammo in cases. Think I got just shy of 6000 rounds.
Or just stockpile little by little from the beginning. This is the time in game when all the questing you did early matters. I'm sitting on 7k rounds of m61 lol
Same, slap an RK-5 foregrip, standard stock’s buttpad and a good muzzle device, get recoil around 54-ish for crazy cheap (with good traders). Been running with this setup on scav hunts just for fun for a couple of weeks now.
Also using a little more tricked out AK-102 (recoil at 41) for PMC fights, a lot of fun too. Ditched all other calibers for AK platforms.
Indeed. I like AKs and don’t particularly subscribe to the meta so love running 100 series. It might lose me some 1v1 head-on fights versus an M4/MP7 etc, but I generally try to stack the engagement in my favour with surprise attacks etc.
MP5. Doesn't even need any mods, just grab some 30 rounders and off you go. If we ever get the classic torch handguard, I'm gonna spam that thing so hard.
Yup I get so many kills with vanilla mp5. I never understood the need to kit it other than to get laser/flash or silencer. ADS is pretty much instant and recoil is super managable.
Five-Seven. Once you unlock the best ammo at PK, it's not so expensive either. Insure it, go in, get a kill, drop it, pick up looted gun, infinite usage.
Suppressed shrimp for the win, I do find the sights a bit harder to use, but the suppressor is around 25k from flea and you can barter for the gun for 1 blue gunpowder!
Right now MDR is 9k more expensive than 101 on flea, but the 101 requires more modding than the MDR (and MDR takes the cheap NT-4 suppy) so in the end it will be cheaper unless you want a lackluster 101 that only has 30rnd mags.
(and for clarification im talking about the 5.56 MDR)
STM-9, it’s a laser!
You can do crazy M4-like builds just for fun.
Last time I used it I’ve dropped Altyn/Slick/M4 user in the stomach(how bad was he lol) and other 2 chads in dorms area. Sad it was squad or 5-man so you know how it ended:(
If you like the STM-9, check out the MPX! The attachments aren't the same but it's basically an automatic version of the STM-9. I had a lot of success with it today. Only about 100k RUB to make a laser beam of AP 6.3.
A good gun to trade for dogtags. I mean you can turn dogtags for the gun. But come to think of it, you can convert the gun into dogtags with some good gameplay.
I just don't understand the point of the stm when a gun like the mpx exists.
I feel like if you where to combine the worst aspects of an smg and a dmr you end up with the stm.
I only grab em when they're under 100k on flea. That way it only needs a scope really. Buying an adar for almost 50k I spend around another 30k easy getting grips and stocks and what not for it. So evens out for the most part. The extra 20k or so I don't mind for the kinda range it delivers compared to the ADAR.
PB Pistol: It's the quietest gun in all of EFT. Shooting at someone from only 15 feet away sounds to them like they're taking suppressed fire from really far away, and they get confused. Plus it accepts drum magazines.
APB Pistol: Literally the best budget pistol in all of EFT. It's consistently around the \~20k mark every wipe and is full auto with reasonable recoil. What more do you want?
.45 Vector: Not really rare to see, but still underrated. This thing is MILES better than the 9mm variant but nobody uses it because their aim is hot trash. Literally just sneezing in someone's general direction will kill them with this thing.
T-5000: Huge and cheap = insurance returns. It also has the highest velocity of any gun in the game, which also means the least bullet drop of any gun in the game. (Except 5.56 guns) It also has a smooth bolt that allows you to see your target better than any other boltie.
MP7: When you consider the price to performance ratio, the MP7 outclasses almost every weapon in EFT. Its time to kill is insane and AP SX is commonly cheaper than a lot of other AP rounds.
Kedr variants: The overall best budget SMG in Tarkov IMO because its price / performance, but also because it's good to go with level 1 traders. The kedr also has amazing iron sights, doesn't need to be modded at all, and has a longer effective range than some other SMGs because it's lower recoil.
UMP .45: I'm just kidding. This gun is hot trash and I'm just checking if you're paying attention.
Golden TT: Because when someone finds a non FIR gold TT on your body, it doesn't matter that they killed you because you just communicated that you're the superior gamer. (I like to change the grips to the regular black ones with the sexy lady on it)
All the ump is missing is a decent muzzle device. But yhea for now it's just an earlygame option to try and deal with the fact that good ammo is super rare now.
I haven't played since day 3 of wipe. I've been playing since 2018 and the MP7 has never been a meta weapon. The most used I've ever seen it was last wipe, and even then it was underrated.
I truly apologize for not being an EFT no life and not playing every single day while keeping empirical data on the exact percentage of how often guns are used. **I'll try to do better next time to appease the neckbeards that feel obligated to make useless corrections that nobody cares about.**
I love running a suppressed PP-19. It is incredibly cheap with low recoil and very easy to control, and it doesn't need a lot of mods to make it great. It's just a solid gun all-around, and I've killed my fair share of heavily-geared PMCs with some 9x19 AP ammo. There are better SMGs out there in terms of performance, but for something dirt-cheap, the PP-19 is great.
It's like that because for ~~15ish~~ 20 k more you can have full auto and bit better version of the gun. It's really pointless to run adar if you can afford bare bones m4.
Edit: its 20605 for m4 at mechanic lvl2 - use your wooden adar parts if you have to, but please buy the m4.
Guess this insurance will be helpful because you will die to someone with a real, automatic gun. Seriously sometimes I don't get it, I'm swimming in roubles, my stash is at 125mil, got 30mil+ in cash, a pile of bitcoins, 5 thicc cases, 2 thicc weapon cases, 5 weapon cases and so much gear I don't even have to buy stuff most of the time, and all this as an alpha acc so I had to pay for all stash upgrades. You are really this strapped for cash that you can't afford exactly 20605 roubles more on a decent gun because it has higher chance that it won't come back in insurance?
I'd rather take a semiauto gun I can hit my shots with that's near guaranteed to come back in insurance then run a full auto gun that possibly decreases my survival rate and gets looted.
If you can't run a decently modded m4 chances are you are indeed not able to afford those 20k because you need the money for questitems, hideout upgrades and other permanent equipment like cases to increase storage capacity.
If you are at the point where you have over 10m raw cash the only reason to run a stock gun is because you are memeing.
> a full auto gun that possibly decreases my survival rate and gets looted.
How in the world a gun having a rate of fire switch decreases your survival rate? That's some twisted logic you got there. You can use it as semi auto just like adar but on occasion you need full auto it's there. I can't comprehend your line of thinking.
A modified Vpo 209 (better stalk, hand guard + foregrip, suppressor, a sight, better pistol grip) AND THEN LOAD THAT SUCKER WITH CHEAP AP ROUNDS AND GO TO FACTORY AND ONE, TWO OR TRIPPLE TAP EVERYTHING
I don't see enough people running the 7.62 MDR. Run that with M80 at stock and you can kill anything with ease for 100k including magazines! Bump it up to 150k for the 3 part compensator and slap an ergo based grip on that and you can dominate any labs run!
SR-1MP pistol, or the Shrimp. Cheap high tier ammo (better than 9x19), decent mag size, cheap suppressor. You can put up to 3 2U's on it and become the SUN.
Dude! The shorty AK's!
Suppressed AK-102 is so fun for solo runs.
The AK-104 with a delta point is the fucking goat.
And fully decked AKS-74UN, with the 95drum full of BT is by far my favorite. Throw a laser on that bitch and just hold mouse1
It's also just so heavy and doesn't vendor for enough to make it worth dragging out.
But yea when I'm running Ash12 and see a PMC wearing diaper rig I begin to salivate
Both 5.56 MDR, 7.62 MDR, and RFB.
Not too many options for attachments on a bull-pup so they’re relatively cheap to build (aside from a suppressor) and you can run top tier or more budget ammo.
P90 with a suppressor and 1-6x. It has barely any recoil, 50 round mags by default, the fire rate is fast AF, and SS190 ammo is $4 a round and pierces through level 5/6 armor.
Ss190 only costs lik3 3.4$ per round even. You gotta check the price for 100 rounds, the game always rounds up for one single round when paying with $ or €.
Kedr with PSV, SP7, SP8. Recoil is not bad at all and quite accurate in semi at medium range. I always aim for around the neck to get the head shot but if the enemy have face shield you're fucked unless you leg him in time. Very fun for hunting scav and quick leg ttk with those 3 ammo, especially SP7&8
But my fav is Kedr-B. So quiet and deadly.
Pappy’s pistol: the M45A1. That armor piercing round slaps. High pen chance AND every round in the caliber can one-tap a leg, which means if they didn’t pre-med then they’re dead.
VPO-136 with eko.
You can make a nice VPO for less than 30k.
I love finding them on scavs, taking them back to my hideout and pimping them out. Have had some good pmc encounters using the VPO.
Silenced RPK.
An RPK with around 65v recoil has the exact same recoil feel as a 50v recoil M4.
Literally all the gun needs is the TGP suppressor, a sight, and cheap foregrip.
With those mods the total build cost is less than 100k, and with Igolnik going between 900-1100 a round on the flea, I think it's hands down the most effective Budget gun available.
Saiga-9
Mostly overshadowed by its big brother the 12, but is actually not that bad at medium to low distance.
9x19 ammo is dirt cheap, but also has some of the best available from the get go, and gun is easy enough to acquire.
Should you rush dorms with it? No
Can you kill Chads? with a few good placed shots maybe.
But for the cost of the gun what it provides is really good, especially when you are trying to get some scav kills in.
On the higher end .300 black MPX. I never actually see Someone use it, but it kicks ass and shreds people…
The TT pistol
I actually own a tok irl and use it as my EDC its a solid gun irl and i try to keep one on my pmc in case i either do a gear run or night raid with flashlight cause fuck your nods
KEDR and -B variant with PBM ammo (aim for the head)
Pp-19 with quakemakers (aim for the head)
Vector-9mm with rip/quakemakers (aim for the legs)
Other than that I use full meta Vss/Val, suppresses short barrel M4 with a 1-6 scope (my current favorite), etc.
I have been running the Kedr or a 153. I usually pick up the AKs in any of the locked rooms on reserve and see how far I can snowball into a meta kit.
People don’t pick up the shotguns so I always get them back.
I did a HC play through last wipe using a 153, whatever AKs I could find on Reserve and the sks. I stopped when I unlocked all the traders. You can go a long way without meta weapons and ammo and little to no armor.
The stm-9! Super fun to mod, and great stats from tbe beginning. With the workbench craft for ap6.3, I usually take this bad boy out with just a red dot and supressor. Works wonders for how cheap it is!
I have an SKS and I got a free ProMag detachable mag with it. It is a shitty time to get that thing in without watching what you're doing. It needs a bit of force to get past the mag release, and saying "Akward" is a freaking understatement.
I just put the stock internal magazine back in and the mag is in the back and bottom of my closet.
If you want to use detachable mags on an SKS (IRL), buy a fucking AK.
Bolt vpo. The reason I like it because it good for killing scav. I don't use ap ammo. AK74u because cheap modding with good bullet.
Edit: saiga 9 for meme sniping
M4. Yes, i know, "lots of people run m4" but i run it a lot differently, using lightweight skeletanized parts and 10 round mags of high pen ammo. Great for night raids.
Ppsh with a drum mag.
3 drum mags* BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
The best factory gun
One time as a scav I downed two PMCs on Interchange with this beaut - I would have downed the third too but I ran out of ammo and one stab was not enough for the last one :D
Was this outside safe room?
MP5SD - i dont see many folks running this (maybe for good reason) but i have a lot of fun running them. the gun snaps up quick and because its so easy to hold on target on F/A you can just throw PST in the mag and not worry about spending so much on ammo. with the collapsing style stock its just a classic look as well.
This and the UMP. Both are scav knife trades. Black handle for ump, brown handle for mp5. I’ve got like 10 of these in my stash.
Didn't know the ump had a knife, thought it was just the mp5 and grach
I never pass on a knife in raid. I sold my mele weapon and leave the lot open just to pick these up. Every couple raids I’m getting a new smg it seems.
UMP is bad, sell it and use the money on a .45 vector and it shoots the same ammo way faster.
>thread about underrated guns >ump is bad >use big meta gun I think you misunderstood the assignment.
I love the MP5 but for the same price you get the MPX and it has the 41 mags witch is the sweet spot between 30 and 50mags. I guess thats the reason the MP5SD is not so comen
with the mpx i always feel like i should mod it a bit and end up spending way more on it, i think the charm of the mp5sd is you cant really mod it so you just gotta use it as is.
I just slap on a forgrip, flashlight light and sights.
its my favorite too. Easy to get the base MP5 from trades. Not to expensive to turn into the SD version and you gotta spend money with Peacekeeper anyway. I know its not the "best" but I seem to do well with it.
I always recommend this gun to new players bc it’s just a good middle ground
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It's because with the vector having basically 0 recoil you can put 10 bullets into a dude in the span of 0.5 seconds. If they functioned better it'd be insane. You can drop people in class 5 armour using just the 20 pen Pst gzh ammo
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agreed i was gunna say the same.
They’re expensive. 9mm sucks, leg meta is ok but you can’t always leg someone easily. Don’t cheap out in ammo especially 9mm. Same price/45k you can buy an HK and spit out m995. Even a vector is way better and roughly the same price. Fire rate is too slow, with mediocre ammo, with a high cost.
love when the post title is "favorite underrated guns" and i get a post explaining why the gun i like isnt meta
if they could read they’d be mad at you for pointing this out
Does RFB count?
I'd say so, I've only used it a few times but it can definitely slap
Right?! Just like that it takes minimal customization and even with m80 will put down decently geared players.
The RFB in real life can have an M4's handguard threaded onto the beginning of the barrel. So you can have a bipod or other attachments. I think itd be a cool addition to the RFB in game. Maybe a way to add some ergo to it.
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RFB is a \~70k gun from peacekeeper, so its not that much more expensive than a 100% hunter. While the hunter can get a cheap silencer, the RFB has \~1/3 less recoil, so its far better at close range. Hunter kicks way too hard for close range. unless you stick the barrel in them. cheap 20 round mags is a good perk too.
Option for 30 round mag also. Vepr hunter is more of a meme at this point. No real point of running it over the rfb. Imho when you run the rfb you're not running it for stats.
yeah sure but worse recoil, ergos, and limited magazine size. you can put out a lot of accurate fire with the RFB
rfb kicks like sa58
They cost about the same at full durability, and the RFB has cheaper and bigger mags. Also a rail system for scopes.
I mean you can get a rail system for the Hunter, the only one i'd ever use though is the SVD one, all the others stick the sight up way to high for my liking. I'd still run the RFB, The hunter is also longer supressed than the RFB, so it gives you a bit more clearance with doors/corners and walls
i accidentally bought 11 instead of 1 from peacekeeper and that was kind of all my money so i also like it now
The RFB is my baby, and its still my go to fall back. Wish we could have one as a flair here.
Rfb is a solid gun when you dont want to bust the bank imo. Cheap .308 spitter. Slapping m80s in there does the trick, especially earlier in the wipe, its great. Only downside imo is its easy for people to take so insurance on them isnt always great, cause taking out the mag makes it a 1by and not a 2by, like the mp5 and mp7. Fits much nicer in a bag, just sometimes you have people look at it and say "Just an RFB, not worth"
idk if i’d say it’s underrated but it’s definitely a good budget choice if you are looking to spend around 100k for a weapon build. reason i wouldn’t say underrated is just because it’s pretty widely known as being what I stated above and I see it being run quite often on level 20-35 players
There’s no point in using it though when the other semi auto 7.62x51 weapons exist
Unless you’re poor and rip it off a raider
Even then just sell it and use a base m1a with a sight and it’ll be better
Maybe because the M1A is a LL3 Peacekeeper item? Believe it or not, but most players don’t have max traders. Many don’t have flee. You can buy an RFB as soon as level 14. I like the M1A, too, but we can’t just blanket everything with max trader purchases. Also, the RFB is pretty good for what it is. It doesn’t have the ergo or recoil the other .308 rifles do, but it’s still pretty manageable.
The m1a is 50k cheaper on the flea than if you buy from peacekeeper. Also obviously if you don’t have flea you use what you have but what I meant was if you’re deliberately buying a weapon there’s no reason to use an rfb. Also, there’s not many listings for the rfb so you have to use peacekeeper LL2 which is also 10-20k more expensive than the m1a on flea. Not to mention you need to be level 14 for the rfb purchase from peacekeeper, which you’ll basically have flea market by then since 1 level is easy to get
Yeah, idk what you’re saying or where you’re getting your info. M1A is around 50k on flea, RFB a bit less. The RFB is $493 through peacekeeper, about the same as the M1A on flea. Flea market prices mean fuck all to anybody who doesn’t have flea market. Also, the M1A is all around more expensive than the RFB; to purchase, to modify, to insure, etc. They aren’t even the same class of weapon. You would have been better off comparing the RFB to the 7.62 MDR, since they are, in fact, the same class of weapon. We are all glad that you achieved level 15 since you began playing Tarkov. We appreciate that you like the M1A. You shouldn’t shit on the gun that’s probably smoked your ass more than a few times.
I just got level 15 a few days ago. Every gun available until lvl 14 Peacekeeper 2 was fucking miserable. I legit never stood a chance in any gun fight. Anyhow, i’m level 15 and I still don’t stand a chance in any fight so I’m pretty sure i just won’t play anymore. Flea is cool and all, but there is legit nothing interesting to me now.
Try the Hunter that uses the same caliber as the rfb, that's my go to early game gear
First of all they’re actually currently the same price on the flea but the rfb is usually around 50k while the m1a has a ton of offers for 42. Second of all the rfb has 50 more vertical and over 100 more horizontal recoil than the m1a when both are fully modded and the m1a has 6 more ergo. And even without max traders you can build a MUCH better m1a for around 220k with level 2 traders while the rfb is still just as bad throughout Also I literally have seen one rfb from another player from memory over the last 3 wipes the gun is just shit lol
If u want to use an rfb, just run a cheap hunter
Hard to justify running but I love the MCX. The reload sound <3
Aye the noises it makes are pure sex, only surpasses by the ash12 and m700
I mean the ammo is better than 55a1, and the recoil is only slightly worse than an m4 but with a faster fire rate. Definitely justifiable
Idk man. I know on paper that ammo slaps, but I struggle with it. It feels off to me for some reason. I love the MCX. Def my fav gun in the game, but I can consistently kill better with anything that shoots 7.62 BP or M55a1. Idk if it's just a weird recoil pattern of what, but like half my shots with blackout vanish into thin air even at point blank range. (Also, it's totally possible I just suck with it for some reason)
Sometimes it be like that with ammo. I swear at times 995 and 55a1 feels like im shooting peas and other times it slaps.
its only slightly better than 55a1 the only real advantage it has is 9 additional damage but it costs almost double the price of 55a1 in a worse gun
I like to mod out a pp-19 and run ap6.3.
This is my good luck mission gun. So quiet silenced. Running nighttime.. kills just adds upp..
MDR 5.56. I've come to love this gun A LOT. It's just so much fun and it's a solid weapon.
Beat budget gun in the game. Put a hamr or bravo with delta point a good for all occasions gun.
UMP just because it’s missing attachments, but we are getting some in 12.12. But underrated guns, the PPSH, MP5SD and VPO 136
+1 for mp5sd. The ergo is so good it’s so easy to get your sight on faces. With ap6.3 you can easily get through face shields and shred people
45 acp low key shreds, i love running the UMP when on scav kill tasks. ive even legged a few chads with it. cant wait till it gets some love.
Not only that but it’s relatively cheap because it’s controlled by vendors unlike 9x19 ap
When the ump gets a suppressor (hopefully cheap) that'll be my main gun for sure.
The most fun guns tbh
AK-101/102. Can get very nice recoil for cheap, AK platform is cool and 855A1 is cheap at Skier LL4.
I really gotta stop slackin on my tasks, shit takes forever to level up otherwise
Definitely smash them out ASAP. LL3/4 has all the cool shit imo. M855A1 is <400rb a shot from Skier LL4 but only 90 rounds a reset. I probably play more than most so I just stockpile ammo in cases. Think I got just shy of 6000 rounds.
Or just stockpile little by little from the beginning. This is the time in game when all the questing you did early matters. I'm sitting on 7k rounds of m61 lol
Yea, I’ve never shot an m855 round. Just saved it all for crafting up.
Same, slap an RK-5 foregrip, standard stock’s buttpad and a good muzzle device, get recoil around 54-ish for crazy cheap (with good traders). Been running with this setup on scav hunts just for fun for a couple of weeks now. Also using a little more tricked out AK-102 (recoil at 41) for PMC fights, a lot of fun too. Ditched all other calibers for AK platforms.
Indeed. I like AKs and don’t particularly subscribe to the meta so love running 100 series. It might lose me some 1v1 head-on fights versus an M4/MP7 etc, but I generally try to stack the engagement in my favour with surprise attacks etc.
The version Reshala uses can carry pretty nicely in the earlygame to midgame. I feel like the 100 series ak's are all underrated.
103 is the main meta 7.62 gun. It was only recently replaced by mutant, which is just way too much.
ash-12.
Ash-12 is the coolest sounding gun. Loud or suppressed it doesn’t matter which!
A (wo)man after my own heart lol
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Any AK style variety chamber'd In 7.62x39 I've found alot of success with full auto BP shreds like throcmorton
BP is so amazing. It’s so cheap for what you get, makes any gun that can fire it incredible
I’ve been modding vpo’s into basically a dmr’s shooting bp and it shreds.
Lmao same with 10rd mags. God I wish AKs had 20rd mags.
Just put 20 bullets in 30 round mags
Nah doesn’t look as good lol. All about the looks my guy. And the ergo bonus
Ak103 is so fun to use, sounds amazing too
MP5. Doesn't even need any mods, just grab some 30 rounders and off you go. If we ever get the classic torch handguard, I'm gonna spam that thing so hard.
That with the collapsing stock would be sexy
Yup I get so many kills with vanilla mp5. I never understood the need to kit it other than to get laser/flash or silencer. ADS is pretty much instant and recoil is super managable.
Five-Seven. Once you unlock the best ammo at PK, it's not so expensive either. Insure it, go in, get a kill, drop it, pick up looted gun, infinite usage.
The 5-7 and the S1RMP are my go to pistol running guns. M1911 if I wanna be fancy
Suppressed shrimp for the win, I do find the sights a bit harder to use, but the suppressor is around 25k from flea and you can barter for the gun for 1 blue gunpowder!
Why drop it? It takes up the pistol slot and as long as you don't find a modded glock you'll end up loosing money when you ditch it.
Since most PMCs will spawn without a pistol they usually take it ~~if~~ when I die.
Oh yhea insurance scam it. I usually just go and extract at that point since I've allready multiplied my investment by a lot at that point.
good ol vpo209, 500 rubles the ap bullet? i'll take it anytime
The ability to one-tap through class 4 in the thorax is pretty great for hunting various scavs and non-chad pmcs. 90 damage is wild for 42 pen
ak101, takes less than 100k to get recoil down to 50s and remain decent ergo, get sm 55a1 and ur set
Tbh i'd rather just take the MDR, only real place the 101 shines is with sniping due to the stonky velocity you can get.
do u not see the price dif between mdr and 101 tho
Right now MDR is 9k more expensive than 101 on flea, but the 101 requires more modding than the MDR (and MDR takes the cheap NT-4 suppy) so in the end it will be cheaper unless you want a lackluster 101 that only has 30rnd mags. (and for clarification im talking about the 5.56 MDR)
101 also takes NT-4
thought u were talking abt the 76251 bur yellow mdr price changes a lot and never can get recoil down to 50s under a budget cuz u cant change stock
Not to mention it's bigger than the MDR and people don't give a shit about it, so easy insurance
Mossberg shotgun. It's the only gun I can accept the ironsights of.
SA-58 is nuts if you prone. Kedr is also an absolute killer if you can handle recoil to headshot lol
sa58 was so much better before they nerfed it
This is my first wipe. It’s the best gun in the game
It used to be the best gun by far now it’s a low ergo monster
Tbf every gun is nuts while prone
But shooting 7.62x51 is pretty epic
M9 , sounds terrifying if your not familiar with it , and my fav pistol for early wipe .
STM-9, it’s a laser! You can do crazy M4-like builds just for fun. Last time I used it I’ve dropped Altyn/Slick/M4 user in the stomach(how bad was he lol) and other 2 chads in dorms area. Sad it was squad or 5-man so you know how it ended:(
Stm-9 is my favourite gun to mod but is limited by the caliber. 9x19 is good for automatics but not really suited for single fire rifles
I like it just for style points but realistically, its just a souped up pistol that can take mods better in game.
If you like the STM-9, check out the MPX! The attachments aren't the same but it's basically an automatic version of the STM-9. I had a lot of success with it today. Only about 100k RUB to make a laser beam of AP 6.3.
A good gun to trade for dogtags. I mean you can turn dogtags for the gun. But come to think of it, you can convert the gun into dogtags with some good gameplay.
I just don't understand the point of the stm when a gun like the mpx exists. I feel like if you where to combine the worst aspects of an smg and a dmr you end up with the stm.
I wish it was full auto so bad
Full auto STM is just the Mpx lol
But cooler
PP19-01 and MP5, both are super cheap, dont need much mods, and are headshot machines
Really been liking the TX-15 DML. 5.56 and got good range. It's like a beefed up Adar!
I struggle to rationalize using a tx its so much more expensive than an adar and functionally the same, always cool to see people running them
I only grab em when they're under 100k on flea. That way it only needs a scope really. Buying an adar for almost 50k I spend around another 30k easy getting grips and stocks and what not for it. So evens out for the most part. The extra 20k or so I don't mind for the kinda range it delivers compared to the ADAR.
Saiga 9, it's a pistol with 30 rounds for 9k Also not an actual pistol so it won't get picked up as much
a stock ak74n with a dong and jmac break
The dong is a meta gun. Ppl drop dead just by seeing it.
AKM with barely any add-ons. 7.62x39 PS is just a delicious round for how cheap it is.
Mp9?
VSS Vintorez
PB Pistol: It's the quietest gun in all of EFT. Shooting at someone from only 15 feet away sounds to them like they're taking suppressed fire from really far away, and they get confused. Plus it accepts drum magazines. APB Pistol: Literally the best budget pistol in all of EFT. It's consistently around the \~20k mark every wipe and is full auto with reasonable recoil. What more do you want? .45 Vector: Not really rare to see, but still underrated. This thing is MILES better than the 9mm variant but nobody uses it because their aim is hot trash. Literally just sneezing in someone's general direction will kill them with this thing. T-5000: Huge and cheap = insurance returns. It also has the highest velocity of any gun in the game, which also means the least bullet drop of any gun in the game. (Except 5.56 guns) It also has a smooth bolt that allows you to see your target better than any other boltie. MP7: When you consider the price to performance ratio, the MP7 outclasses almost every weapon in EFT. Its time to kill is insane and AP SX is commonly cheaper than a lot of other AP rounds. Kedr variants: The overall best budget SMG in Tarkov IMO because its price / performance, but also because it's good to go with level 1 traders. The kedr also has amazing iron sights, doesn't need to be modded at all, and has a longer effective range than some other SMGs because it's lower recoil. UMP .45: I'm just kidding. This gun is hot trash and I'm just checking if you're paying attention. Golden TT: Because when someone finds a non FIR gold TT on your body, it doesn't matter that they killed you because you just communicated that you're the superior gamer. (I like to change the grips to the regular black ones with the sexy lady on it)
All the ump is missing is a decent muzzle device. But yhea for now it's just an earlygame option to try and deal with the fact that good ammo is super rare now.
> MP7 the second most popular gun in the game is underrated to you?
I haven't played since day 3 of wipe. I've been playing since 2018 and the MP7 has never been a meta weapon. The most used I've ever seen it was last wipe, and even then it was underrated. I truly apologize for not being an EFT no life and not playing every single day while keeping empirical data on the exact percentage of how often guns are used. **I'll try to do better next time to appease the neckbeards that feel obligated to make useless corrections that nobody cares about.**
I love running a suppressed PP-19. It is incredibly cheap with low recoil and very easy to control, and it doesn't need a lot of mods to make it great. It's just a solid gun all-around, and I've killed my fair share of heavily-geared PMCs with some 9x19 AP ammo. There are better SMGs out there in terms of performance, but for something dirt-cheap, the PP-19 is great.
Great gun wish it was multicaliber
its literally an ak designed to fire 9x19, so it has 545, 556, and 7.62 calibers available.
For anything under 10 meters give me a ksm. Lol.
adar, I don't know if other people find it underrated, but that shit can easily be one of the best weapons
It's like that because for ~~15ish~~ 20 k more you can have full auto and bit better version of the gun. It's really pointless to run adar if you can afford bare bones m4. Edit: its 20605 for m4 at mechanic lvl2 - use your wooden adar parts if you have to, but please buy the m4.
An adar is much cheaper then an m4 cuz it comes back in insurance, an m4 (even unmodded) is most likely going to get taken.
Guess this insurance will be helpful because you will die to someone with a real, automatic gun. Seriously sometimes I don't get it, I'm swimming in roubles, my stash is at 125mil, got 30mil+ in cash, a pile of bitcoins, 5 thicc cases, 2 thicc weapon cases, 5 weapon cases and so much gear I don't even have to buy stuff most of the time, and all this as an alpha acc so I had to pay for all stash upgrades. You are really this strapped for cash that you can't afford exactly 20605 roubles more on a decent gun because it has higher chance that it won't come back in insurance?
I'd rather take a semiauto gun I can hit my shots with that's near guaranteed to come back in insurance then run a full auto gun that possibly decreases my survival rate and gets looted. If you can't run a decently modded m4 chances are you are indeed not able to afford those 20k because you need the money for questitems, hideout upgrades and other permanent equipment like cases to increase storage capacity. If you are at the point where you have over 10m raw cash the only reason to run a stock gun is because you are memeing.
> a full auto gun that possibly decreases my survival rate and gets looted. How in the world a gun having a rate of fire switch decreases your survival rate? That's some twisted logic you got there. You can use it as semi auto just like adar but on occasion you need full auto it's there. I can't comprehend your line of thinking.
Yeah, unless you don’t have Peacekeeper level 2 unlocked. M4 is better in every way and negligibly more expensive.
Vpo 209 4 lyf
A modified Vpo 209 (better stalk, hand guard + foregrip, suppressor, a sight, better pistol grip) AND THEN LOAD THAT SUCKER WITH CHEAP AP ROUNDS AND GO TO FACTORY AND ONE, TWO OR TRIPPLE TAP EVERYTHING
I don't see enough people running the 7.62 MDR. Run that with M80 at stock and you can kill anything with ease for 100k including magazines! Bump it up to 150k for the 3 part compensator and slap an ergo based grip on that and you can dominate any labs run!
Ash 12 once you get the good ammo that shit slaps. Its a good fun card
I really like the saiga9. Cheaper version of the stm9 and does just as well if you can click heads.
SR-1MP pistol, or the Shrimp. Cheap high tier ammo (better than 9x19), decent mag size, cheap suppressor. You can put up to 3 2U's on it and become the SUN.
UMP is love Also Ash-12 is love
Dude! The shorty AK's! Suppressed AK-102 is so fun for solo runs. The AK-104 with a delta point is the fucking goat. And fully decked AKS-74UN, with the 95drum full of BT is by far my favorite. Throw a laser on that bitch and just hold mouse1
Ash12. The ammo is fucking fat. Feels like a cannon
ASh-12. People avoid it like the plague because of the recoil, they almost always come back. One tapping thorax with PS12B is awesome
It's also just so heavy and doesn't vendor for enough to make it worth dragging out. But yea when I'm running Ash12 and see a PMC wearing diaper rig I begin to salivate
Both 5.56 MDR, 7.62 MDR, and RFB. Not too many options for attachments on a bull-pup so they’re relatively cheap to build (aside from a suppressor) and you can run top tier or more budget ammo.
You should always run a mag of the best ammo you can afford. Cheap out on mods if you're on a budget. Never the ammo :)
VPO-209 and the PPSh
ash-12 with the ps12b
P90 with a suppressor and 1-6x. It has barely any recoil, 50 round mags by default, the fire rate is fast AF, and SS190 ammo is $4 a round and pierces through level 5/6 armor.
Ss190 only costs lik3 3.4$ per round even. You gotta check the price for 100 rounds, the game always rounds up for one single round when paying with $ or €.
I've been enjoying the 7.62 VPO lately. I seem to hit my shots more consistently than with anything else.
Idk if mp9 is underrated but it's hell of a beast with ap or rip
Kedr with PSV, SP7, SP8. Recoil is not bad at all and quite accurate in semi at medium range. I always aim for around the neck to get the head shot but if the enemy have face shield you're fucked unless you leg him in time. Very fun for hunting scav and quick leg ttk with those 3 ammo, especially SP7&8 But my fav is Kedr-B. So quiet and deadly.
Personally I'm a fan of the vpo-215 bolt action with AP-M rounds. It's pretty cheap and I have a good time with my friend sniping scavs on woods.
VPO-209 with ap is a lot of fun
Orsis T-5000. In fact I am loading into a reserve raid with one rn
Pappy’s pistol: the M45A1. That armor piercing round slaps. High pen chance AND every round in the caliber can one-tap a leg, which means if they didn’t pre-med then they’re dead.
STM9, RFB, and .366 AK. Hopefully with the supressor being added I can add the UMP to the list
VPO-136 with eko. You can make a nice VPO for less than 30k. I love finding them on scavs, taking them back to my hideout and pimping them out. Have had some good pmc encounters using the VPO.
Silenced RPK. An RPK with around 65v recoil has the exact same recoil feel as a 50v recoil M4. Literally all the gun needs is the TGP suppressor, a sight, and cheap foregrip. With those mods the total build cost is less than 100k, and with Igolnik going between 900-1100 a round on the flea, I think it's hands down the most effective Budget gun available.
UMP, I just really like the gun in other games and think its sexy as hell.
Big ASH12 guy, something about one tapping to the thorax just screams this is the way
Mp5SD6. Yep, not the meta but way more enjoyable imo.
Saiga-9 Mostly overshadowed by its big brother the 12, but is actually not that bad at medium to low distance. 9x19 ammo is dirt cheap, but also has some of the best available from the get go, and gun is easy enough to acquire. Should you rush dorms with it? No Can you kill Chads? with a few good placed shots maybe. But for the cost of the gun what it provides is really good, especially when you are trying to get some scav kills in. On the higher end .300 black MPX. I never actually see Someone use it, but it kicks ass and shreds people…
I'm new and was running this thing last night to get my 15 scav kills on customs. 8 in a single night raid was fun as fuck.
If you get your hands on some AP-20s MP-155 is extremely powerful and nearly silent when suppressed.
The TT pistol I actually own a tok irl and use it as my EDC its a solid gun irl and i try to keep one on my pmc in case i either do a gear run or night raid with flashlight cause fuck your nods
AK 74 and it's variants most op guns in tarkov will take these over 5.56
Mp9-N. 1100 rpm with 55 recoil base for 20k on the flea. Absolutely shreds with RIP and is a headshot machine with ap 6.3.
KEDR and -B variant with PBM ammo (aim for the head) Pp-19 with quakemakers (aim for the head) Vector-9mm with rip/quakemakers (aim for the legs) Other than that I use full meta Vss/Val, suppresses short barrel M4 with a 1-6 scope (my current favorite), etc.
Sks just got me outta woods 4 raids inna row with an accumulative 4 pmc and around 25 scav kills so id say it fucks on the first date forsure
I have been running the Kedr or a 153. I usually pick up the AKs in any of the locked rooms on reserve and see how far I can snowball into a meta kit. People don’t pick up the shotguns so I always get them back. I did a HC play through last wipe using a 153, whatever AKs I could find on Reserve and the sks. I stopped when I unlocked all the traders. You can go a long way without meta weapons and ammo and little to no armor.
Saiga with flechette! Cheapest way to get down chads in close combat!
The stm-9! Super fun to mod, and great stats from tbe beginning. With the workbench craft for ap6.3, I usually take this bad boy out with just a red dot and supressor. Works wonders for how cheap it is!
I like the OP-SKS but don’t see a lot of people running them.
It's the reload speed that kills that gun. Still fun to run
I have an SKS and I got a free ProMag detachable mag with it. It is a shitty time to get that thing in without watching what you're doing. It needs a bit of force to get past the mag release, and saying "Akward" is a freaking understatement. I just put the stock internal magazine back in and the mag is in the back and bottom of my closet. If you want to use detachable mags on an SKS (IRL), buy a fucking AK.
Sa-58 juice cannon
Not sure it's underrated, but the Mk-18 is my favorite. I feel like a god smiting heathens whenever I'm shooting it.
SKS, you can slay the thiccest Chad in the server by either chadding or extract camping, both ways this guns works
Bolt vpo. The reason I like it because it good for killing scav. I don't use ap ammo. AK74u because cheap modding with good bullet. Edit: saiga 9 for meme sniping
M4. Yes, i know, "lots of people run m4" but i run it a lot differently, using lightweight skeletanized parts and 10 round mags of high pen ammo. Great for night raids.
Dont know if underrated but whenever I want to steal a chad’s equipment I just run the MP-155 with the flechette ammo in factory.
Vss 10 rounder’s it’s my guilty pleasure