During my own play through, I managed to snag both a P416 and SMG-9 and noticed after doing some simple math, they were intensely strong. This video definitely helped to confirm it. Thanks Gihz. This will save me a lot of time in the future.
I think I just dropped a gold P416 yesterday... didn't have time to check it out, it is lvl 27 tho so probably won't last for long for me.
To be fair, there's quite a few close "runner ups" that you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. For example, I prefer the M249 B over the M60, because its aim reticle is noticeably tighter (ie more accurate) and the dps is almost identical.
For the spreadsheet warriors: Gear statistics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet..._U_8K_LUD2-2ccTrXrgsLBUW15U-9z7u5tgz/pubhtml# Searchable list for all gear: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...piD1dWJY7McL5MccZLFU-8B9-s/edit#gid=515543290
Locations for attachments https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Iyuq79-o0fVa4/htmlview?sle=true#gid=746866872