Sniper Rifle

A  is a type of firearm featured in the Call of Duty series designed for long-range shooting. Sniper Rifles excel at long range, where the high power, accuracy, and zoom (given by the attached scope) allow players to kill enemies at ranges other weapons would be unable to do. Sniper rifles are also one of the few weapon classes that do not lose damage over range. However, Sniper Rifles do not perform well at close range, as they have very low hipfire accuracy and have long ADS times.

Sniper Rifles come in bolt-action and semi-automatic fire-modes. Bolt-action Sniper Rifles have high power, allowing for one-shot kills. However, these Sniper Rifles have high recoil and a low rate of fire, due to cycling the bolt between each shot.

Semi-automatic Sniper Rifles are much more diverse than bolt-action. The semi-automatic Sniper Rifles can have high power and recoil, or low power and recoil, allowing for follow-up shots if the first did not kill. Semi-automatic Sniper Rifles can be fired as fast as the user can shoot (aside from Black Ops, as all semi-automatic sniper rifles have a firecap, and the AS50 in Modern Warfare 3), unlike bolt-action Sniper Rifles.

Sniping in Modern Warfare 3 has been changed drastically. Instead of the base damage being 70 for all the sniper rifles, it has been raised to 98 (with the exception of the Dragunov and the RSASS, which are still 70). The damage multipliers for all the sniper rifles are the same, providing the same effect as previous games where some rifles would result in one shot kills from the stomach up and others would only be from the neck and head. In addition, going prone with a sniper rifle in Modern Warfare 3 has a massive benefit of reducing recoil to almost negligent amounts, allowing for rapid follow-up shots on any rifle, even the Barrett .50cal.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour

 * Kar98k
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Springfield
 * Lee-Enfield
 * Gewehr 43

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

 * Springfield
 * Kar98k

Call of Duty 3

 * Kar98k
 * Springfield M1903M4
 * Lee-Enfield No.4

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)

 * M40A3
 * Dragunov

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)

 * Springfield
 * Type 97 Rifle
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Kar-98k
 * Lee-Enfield

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized

 * M40A3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance

 * Dragunov
 * M40A3
 * Barret .50cal
 * Scoped M14

Call of Duty: Ghosts
In Ghosts, the sniper rifles' scopes does not fill anymore the entire screen when aiming (similarly to the Storm PSR from Call of Duty: Black Ops II); the scopes are now dual render, allowing the player to see outside the scope while aiming, although it is very blurry. Ghosts also features a new class of similar rifles: the Marksman Rifles. 

Scope Glint


Scope Glint is an weapon effect featured in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Ghosts. It allows the player to better see the concealed enemies that use a sniper rifle (in most games). From time to time, their sniper scope will glint, and player can easily spot and kill them.

Examples

 * 1) In all Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Black Ops II and Ghosts missions that have enemy snipers.
 * 2) In the World at War level "Vendetta", when the player needs to kill the German sniper in the building with the banners.
 * 3) During Yuri's flashback in Modern Warfare 3.

Trivia

 * In Call of Duty: Black Ops II a smoke trail will follow a bullet when fired.
 * Unlike the previous games with perks, Call of Duty: Black Ops II does not feature any perk for multiplayer that allows the user to hold his breath longer while using a sniper rifle (since Hold Breath is exclusive to the campaign). However, as a compensation, the Ballistics CPU attachment is available for reducing idle sway.
 * In Call of Duty: Ghosts, the new scoped view is only applied in multiplayer and Extinction; in campaign it still fills the whole screen like in previous games.
 * In Call of Duty: Ghosts, if playing as a female soldier, a male sound will still be made when holding their breath.