User blog comment:IMPufnstuf/Just a crazy idea.../@comment-1260687-20100421171205

Their accuracy doesn't degrade by any appreciable degree until you're looking at heavily-fouled weapons engaging at distances past 500 meters. Yeah, it matters if you're making a 1,000-meter cold shot, but you're not doing that in this game, and the mechanics aren't even there for something like that. Besides, maintenance isn't an issue after a couple hundred rounds; you're not going to jam a SCAR or ACR on a few bits of carbon and copper. I mean, I don't know anything about guns, this is all just a shot in the dark for me.