L96A1

The L96A1 is a British bolt-action sniper rifle featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The L96A1 is featured only in multiplayer and zombie mode and is the only bolt-action sniper rifle in the game.

Multiplayer
The rifle is extremely powerful, due to its damage multipliers, which ensure a one-hit kill from the stomach up provided the target is not using Second Chance. The weapon, however, has very high recoil and a low rate of fire. It also has the highest amount of sway of all the sniper rifles. This follows the trend given to most bolt-action sniper rifles in the Call of Duty series, such as the R700 from Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and the Intervention from Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The L96A1 is unlocked for purchase at Level 27, costing. It utilizes the semi-unique SUSAT scope when equipped with the ACOG scope, like the Enfield.

Like other sniper rifles, when using a Suppressor without using the Warlord perk, the L96 can still get one shot kills to the head and neck. However, as all snipers have the same damage multipliers to these parts, the L96 is a poor choice to use while silenced, due to a high recoil and low fire rate. Also, as a note, the rifle is the most inaccurate of those available. It is highly recommended to let the sight completely settle before taking a second shot.

Overall, due to it's high damage multipliers, it is one of the most commonly used sniper rifles.

Attachments

 * Extended Mag
 * ACOG Sight
 * Infrared Scope
 * Suppressor
 * Variable Zoom

Zombies
In Zombies mode, it is available out of the mystery box, and is a one-hit-kill in the early rounds, but after round 11 it starts to become pretty useless. It can be fairly awkward to use, due to the low hip-fire accuracy, low rate of fire and the high zoom on the scope, and at higher rounds it takes several shots to kill. It is named the "L115 Isolator" when Pack-a-Punched, where it gains more power and a Variable Zoom scope.

Videos
300px|left|thumb|An overview of the L96's attachments

Trivia

 * The L96A1, like the L86 LSW and the Enfield, uses the SUSAT instead of the ACOG Scope.
 * When certain camouflages are applied, the color of the stock is changed (e.g. gold camouflage).
 * Players have found that using the Variable Scope on full zoom or the SUSAT scope with the L96A1, makes it a little more accurate when "quickscoping."
 * Like the L86 LSW of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the L96A1 features a rear monopod which has no use.
 * Although the L115 from zombie mode is most likely named after Element 115, there is a real life variant of the L96 called the L115A1.
 * The L96A1 usually has a unique scope reticule, but can suffer from a glitch making it identical to the scope reticule on the WA2000. This glitch also occurs on the Dragunov and PSG1.
 * when this gun has the GOLD camo on it, the main body turns black and the barrel and cocking handle are gold (tested using split screen)

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