Sniper Rifle

A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a centerfire cartridge. The single most important characteristic is the mounting of a telescopic sight. A telescopic sight allows a person to see targets more precisely by virtue of the magnified image it offers, and therefore aim the rifle more accurately.

Sniper rifles fire high-caliber bullets to great distances with supreme accuracy. Oftentimes, they are bolt-action rifles because of the increased accuracy that this system allows. However, semi-automatic snipers are becoming more commonplace now, and are seen in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Sniper rifles, in addition to being accurate, are powerful. In the Call of Duty games, sniper rifles used by the enemy shoot you below the head, weakening you, not killing you. In those single-player levels, you are commonly given a sniper rifle of your own to kill those enemies with before they can do the same to you. In multiplayer, sniper rifles are used mainly by expert shooters, rather than an average player. However, these sniper rifles can be used similarly to regular rifles from short to long distances.

List of Sniper Rifles

 * Call of Duty: Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, Kar98k
 * Call of Duty: Finest Hour: Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, G43
 * Call of Duty 2: Springfield, Mosin-Nagant, Kar98k, Lee-Enfield, G43
 * Call of Duty 2: Big Red One: Springfield, Kar98k
 * Call of Duty 3: Springfield, Kar98k, Lee-Enfield
 * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: M40A3, M21, Dragunov, R700, M82A1 Barrett .50 Cal
 * Call of Duty: World at War: Arisaka, Kar98k, Mosin-Nagant, Springfield, PTRS-41, M1 Garand
 * Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: M82A1 Barrett .50 Cal, CheyTac Intervention, Dragunov, WA2000, M14 EBR