Who brings a knife to a gun-fight?

[starslayer]

Originally Posted by Tomsdad

Yes, now I'm not completely up on the latest edition, but IIRC you could start at max range for rifle equivalent weapon and arrive in close combat with rifle wielder, in the time it takes the rifle wielder to attack twice.

So in other words:

There are no ranged weapons in WH40k, just long spears that have been cleverly renamed 'ranged weapons'.