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So you're packing your custom Ares Alpha on the job. You've thrown on a scope and bipod for fire support work and added a suppressor to help keep the noise down. It is your pride and joy...

But how easily can it be traced back to you? How many scoped, suppressed, bipodded Ares Alphas are in private hands in Seattle?

In other words, are all those custom mods on your favorite weapon becoming a bit of a signature?

This actually extends beyond the mods. After all, the higher the availability on a piece of equipment the harder they are to get ahold of and the fewer there are in the shadows. Which leads to the question: Are you better off using a rare and expensive Ranger Arms SM-5 when a Remington 950 is so much less distinctive?

Well the answer of course is 'it depends'. Sometimes the stopping power of the rarer gun is more important than making yourself hard to track down. Sometimes the opposite is true.

What end of the spectrum do your characters tend to fall on?