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Sniper Rifle (JC2) | |
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As seen in the Black Market. | |
Weapon in Just Cause 2 | |
Type | Sniper Rifle |
Usage | Two handed |
Maximum ammunition carried | Up to 27 |
Maximum ammunition in the weapon | Up to 9 |
Cost | $ 45000 |
List of owners | Gambler's Den Gambling Group Japanese Military Mile High Club guard Panau Military Reapers The Agency Ular Boys |
The Sniper Rifle is a weapon in Just Cause 2.
For any other kind of sniper rifle, see: Sniper Rifle (disambiguation).
Appearance[]
The weapon seems to be based on a PSL with a polymer stock and handguard, a weapon very similar aesthetically to the Dragunov SVD, but internally is more similar to a Kalashnikov rifle.
Performance[]
When scoped-in, the Sniper Rifle can increase (Left Shift on PC, LT on console) or decrease (Left ctrl on PC, RT on console) its zoom level.
This weapon is especially good for assassinating colonels, as headshots will always result in a one-shot kill, and the scope allows a player to take them out at range, before they have the chance to shoot back. When shooting at a moving motorcycle directly front-on, there's a chance that it'll launch the motorcycle into the air. It can also, like the Revolver, kill helicopter pilots through the windshield with a single bullet, though doing so with this against an attack helicopter is much more dangerous as the player will be exposed to its guns. Otherwise, it is not recommended when facing a large number of enemies due to its low rate of fire and low reserve ammunition. It will take out any target within 1 shot after it is upgraded to level 6.
Even at level 1, Colonels can be killed in one headshot from this weapon.
At level 6, it has a noticeable change in firing rate compared to other levels, and can unofficially be used as a scoped assault rifle.
On hardcore difficulty, this weapon is effectively useless outside of headshots, as even with a level 6 version, an enemy being hit on any other part of the body does not kill them, but critically wounds them.
Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Magazine size | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Maximum ammunition | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
Minimum number of shots to kill a grunt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Minimum number of shots to kill an elite | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Locations[]
Spawn points[]
- Provided in the Ular Boys side-mission Rico's Day in Court.
- Provided in the Reapers side-mission The Broader Scope.
- At X:6490; Y:27550, on a stone block near some ruins.
- At X:4075; Y:22010, on the ground in a weapon crate near some ruins about 640 m west of Tasik Permata map marker.
Users[]
- Often used by the Panau Military in guard towers and/or on water towers in military bases. When used by enemies, it will have a laser sight and will fire after about 2 to 3 seconds of being steady on you. It will do a fairly large amount of damage at once, so it is best to take them out quickly.
- Several of their snipers have to be killed in several missions (mostly in stronghold takeovers).
- Power Surge
- Free Trade
- Pilgrimage - two snipers
- A Second Amendment
- Boys with Toys - two snipers
- Paradise Valley - two snipers
- Chemical Compound
- The highest concentration of snipers is in the mission The White Tiger, when you have to eliminate all the guards at Lengkok Sungai Gambler's Den. Three of those "guards" are snipers who, unlike Panau Military snipers who search for you, seem to be able to find you instantly (unless you are under the floor) and if you haven't upgraded your health bar, can prove very fatal if you get hit.
- If you get high heat at the Mile High Club, a bartender will appear with this weapon at the back.
- An Imperial Japanese Military sniper wielding this weapon can be found on the main tower of the Hantu Island facility.
Other[]
- Black Market with a cost of $45,000. It's the third weapon to be unlocked, along with the Revolver.
- Pulau Berapi has two of them floating in mid-air, but before the settlement is completed to 100%, several spawn at elevated positions. More details can be found in the article.
Trivia[]
- The Roaches are the only friendly faction in the game that does not own one of these.
- How one of this weapon ended up in possession of the Imperial Japanese Military on Hantu Island is unknown, considering the weapon it is based on was designed many years after they were defeated in World War II. It's possible the Japanese scavenged this weapon from one of the Bering I-86DP wrecks, but this remains uncertain.
Gallery[]
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