Sniper Scope

The Sniper Scope is an optional scope for bolt action rifles and some semi automatic rifles such as the M1 Garand and the PTRS-41 (NB: The PTRS-41 has a scope that cannot be removed and has no other attachments.)

Unlike in Call of Duty 4, the scopes on all but two rifles (the Springfield and the PTRS-41) must be unlocked through the Marksman challenges.

On all bolt action rifles, it takes only 25 kills with the gun, unlocking Marksman I, and a Sniper Scope. The only other gun which the Sniper Scope can be unlocked for is the M1 Garand, which requires a Marksman III challenge (150 Kills) to unlock the sniper scope.

The Scope increases zoom by approximately 2x compared to aiming down the gun without. It also decreases hip-fire accuracy and increases base damage from whatever it was to 70.

For novice snipers, the Springfield would prove to be the best bet (it is dead silent) and the Sniper Scope is already unlocked. Though, it is often recommended to try out the bolt action rifles unscoped as it is the true sniping experience. Bolt actions that are unscoped can now be used at medium range with ease, and you do not need to steady your aim. All bolt actions unscoped has the same accuracy, same damage (all scoped bolt action rifles are one-shot-one-kills), and about the same fire rate (the Mosin-Nagant is just SLIGHTLY slower.) All that matters is the iron sights and reload time.