Bighorn .50M

The Bighorn .50M is a sniper rifle available to the Terran Republic. It is unlocked upon completion of the Master Sniper Rifles directive.

The Bighorn .50M is an 'auraxium' variant of the RAMS .50M, with a unique name and auraxium camo. It earns an 50 extra damage within its maximum damage range and does 500 damage within its minimum damage range (allowing a one hit headshot kill at all ranges), an extra 30m/s of muzzle velocity, 20 more ammo in reserve, and additionally comes with a Straight-pull Bolt built into the rifle. This comes at the cost of its built-in Compensator increasing the minimum hip cone-of-fire values by 0.5 degrees while standing and 0.25 while moving, being revealed on the minimap 50 meters further than the RAMS .50M (150 meters versus 100 meters), and a slower rechamber time.

Damage Fall-off

 * 750 before 10 meters
 * 500 after 325 meters

Ribbons and Medals
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the rifle. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

History

 * March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)
 * Anti-infantry sniper rifles now use a separate resistance (type 20).
 * Being struck by a sniper rifle now has more prominent audio.
 * Dev Note: The damage values for this new resistance are equivalent to small arms. This change will allow us to do is modify the bodyshot damage output from Nanoweave, as mentioned above.
 * Most Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Scout Rifles now use Comfort Grips, instead of Forward Grips.
 * Dev Note: Traditional Forward Grips offered no functional benefits to slow firing semi-auto weapons, so swapping them for Comfort Grips (which reduce the equip and unequip time of a weapon,) can be interpreted as a buff in almost all cases.
 * Minimum damage from 400 to 500.
 * Rechamber from 1.5sec. to 1.65sec.
 * Ammunition capacity from 40 to 60.
 * Dev Note: The changes here help fulfill the fantasy of the weapon being extremely powerful, and allow for one-shot headshots at any range.
 * Added Flash Suppressor, Extended Magazine and Weighted Receiver.