PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – The Best Sniper Rifles
Sniper rifles are the friends of all campers and feared in PUBG like few other weapons. With sniper rifles, skilled shooters lie in wait in their hideouts and take out anyone who carelessly appears in their scopes. A good sniper rifle has a long range and inflicts high damage.
Rank 1 – AWM
The Arctic Warfare Magnum (AWM) is one of the most famous sniper rifles in the gaming scene. After all, this beast was already one of the top weapons in the good old Counter-Strike. The AWM uses massive .300 Winchester Magnum ammunition. Human bodies have little to counter the AWM’s rounds. Therefore, the AWM is one of the most brutal weapons in the game, delivering one-shot kills over long distances in large quantities.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Enormous damage! | Small magazine |
| Extreme range | Very long reload time |
| Very precise | Limited ammunition |
| Available only as airdrop |
Rank 2 – Kar98
The “Karabiner 98 Kurz” is an old rifle model that was used by the German Wehrmacht in World War II. The weapon is accurate and inflicts high damage over long distances. However, the reload time is high, as you must reload manually after each shot.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| High damage | Small magazine |
| High range | Very long reload time |
| Very precise |
Rank 3 – SKS
The SKS is a DMR, a “Designated Marksman Rifle.” Thus, it falls into a category between an assault rifle and a sniper rifle. Therefore, you get a weapon with decent range, high damage, and a good rate of fire. At medium distances, this weapon is your best bet.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| High rate of fire | Medium range |
| Good damage | Small magazine |
The optimal assault rifles can be found on the last page.
