Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24108228-20141020170717/@comment-24473056-20141113131925

I haven't read all the replies, but from what I've seen the highest-end rifle only has around 50 studs of range.

I typed this in quickly, I apologize for the general lack of quality throughout this post.

Sure, you can wear high-end 400+ HP armor along with the gun, but someone with a single crossbow and a quiver and a decent amount of bolts could easily take out the gunner from a longer range than the gunner can shoot. A gunner would stand almost absolutely no chance against an archer with a woven vest/quiver with one more crossbows or yew bows, making the rifle almost useless for anything but usage against people with melee weapons and javelins.