I just did some testing with the following test stats:

I do get the feeling that I should be restricting access to these items as allowing a 5.56mm rifle to hit targets across half the map seemed a little excessive in terms of game balance.

Additionally I'm considering limiting the aim level penalty for "high magnification" scopes down to 2. Right now they vary between 2 and 3 depending on magnification factor.

On a semi-related topic, has anyone replaced the mod's ...\Data-AFS\CTHConstants.INI with the one from stock v1.13? I'd like to see if the "ironsight" modifications added years ago are still needed (this will effectively nerf non-scope use, though down to the current stock performance rather than the very contentious ones of stock NCTH in the early days).