User blog comment:DjuNgleB/Best Sniper Rifle/@comment-1901459-20100602135240

I have three sniper criterias:

My personal favorite: the WA2000 cuz it has the highest damage/recoil ratio. it is therefore the best sniper rifle when using both a silencer and stopping power or when not using either.

Stealth: m21 is best when using silenced without stopping power, perfect for stealth. lowest recoil of all the snipers, and any silenced sniper rifle without SP is a 2 hit kill, so the m21 is an obvious choice.

Power set: the Intervention and Barret deal the same damage but the barret is technically better (more ammo, semi auto), but i jus prefer bolt actions + the intervention is smexy :P. I only use this set with stopping power, otherwise I might aswell be using the Wa2000