Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20151012154515/@comment-24891101-20151023045004

Yes. You can have a bullet with a payload. That's easy. But you shouldn't need one. Use a hollowpoint, for instance, should kill without recourse to something as idiotic as poison delivered by projectile.

Ammo recycling? How the hell are you going to retrieve your arrows in the first place, considering the guy you just killed will be swarming with security? Not at all a concern.

Why the hell would you need a hail of bullets? You're an assassin, if that's necessary, you're a few minutes from dying or being captured, and you've surely failed at your task. And I guarantee a rifle is a faster weapon to cycle than a bow. That five seconds per shot figure? That's slow for a bolt-action, let alone a semi-auto rifle.

Rifles are designed to absorb recoil. And proper training (certainly less than that necessary to use a bow) can mitigate it even more.

Again, an assassin would never willingly engage in CQC, because that means they've failed. And a rifle gives you more time to get away.