Sniper Rifle

A Sniper Rifle 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. 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), 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 world only be from the neck and head. This was probably done to save coding space.

Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive

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

Call of Duty: Finest Hour

 * Kar98k
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Springfield
 * Lee-Enfield
 * G43

Call of Duty 2

 * Kar98k
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Springfield
 * Lee-Enfield
 * G43

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

 * Springfield
 * Kar98k

Call of Duty 3

 * Kar98k
 * Springfield
 * Lee-Enfield

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 * M40A3 (Multiplayer only)
 * M21
 * Dragunov
 * R700
 * Barrett .50 Cal

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)

 * M40A3
 * Dragunov

Call of Duty: World at War

 * Kar98k
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Springfield
 * Arisaka
 * PTRS-41

Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

 * Kar98k
 * Lee-Enfield
 * Arisaka

Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS)

 * Springfield
 * Type 97 Rifle
 * Mosin-Nagant
 * Kar98k

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

 * Intervention
 * Barrett .50cal
 * WA2000
 * M14 EBR/M21 EBR
 * Dragunov (Single Player only)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized

 * M40A3

Call of Duty: Black Ops

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 * WA2000
 * L96A1
 * PSG1
 * Mosin-Nagant (Single Player only)
 * Scavenger (Call of the Dead only)
 * Kar98k (Original Zombies Maps only)
 * Arisaka (Original Zombies Maps only)

Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS)

 * M40A1
 * Dragunov
 * Scoped M14
 * Mosin-Nagant scoped

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

 * Barrett .50cal
 * L118A
 * Dragunov
 * AS50
 * RSASS
 * MSR
 * M14 EBR

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance

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