Weapon Demonstration: The Sniper Rifle (TF2MR)

The Sniper Rifle is the default primary weapon for the Sniper. It is a single-shot, bolt-action rifle with a wooden stock and a massive telescopic scope, with a laser sight attached underneath.

The rifle has no spread, no damage ramp-up or fall-off, and has a zoom sight like all of Sniper's other primaries (with the exception of the Huntsman and the Fortified Compound). The zoom display features a charge meter and a small, faded team-colored laser dot in the center. From the Sniper's view, the dot becomes brighter the longer a shot is charged. For other players, the dot always remains the same brightness and does not change appearance. After zooming in there is a 0.3 second delay before the charge meter begins to fill. The higher charge, the more damage a shot deals and the clearer the dot becomes. The damage dealt by a shot only starts increasing after second of charging (33% charge meter) and reaches max damage after a total of 3 seconds of charging for an overall charge time of 3.3 seconds from the moment of zooming in to the moment of reaching full charge. The charge meter resets to 0% after a shot is fired or when unscoping without shooting. Firing the Sniper Rifle while unzoomed deals the same damage as a scoped bodyshot at 0% charge. When zoomed, the Sniper's movement speed is reduced to 27% and slows even further to 1.33% when crouching. Furthermore, zooming cannot be performed when the Sniper is jumping or falling after jumping; however, falling off a ledge without jumping or getting knocked into the air does not inhibit scoping.

The Sniper Rifle does not deliver random Critical hits; however, if the player hits a headshot, a shot to an enemy's head while zoomed in, it is a guaranteed Critical hit. Headshots cannot be hit while unscoped. The Sniper Rifle is unable to headshot for 0.2 seconds after zooming in. Unlike other hitscan weapons, the Sniper Rifle and the Sniper's other primaries are able to penetrate friendly players