Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5545415-20130110000820/@comment-123.243.93.247-20130506061147

Duvenel wrote: All bolt action sniper rifles in the game have the same amount of bullet drop applied to them. But the difference between the different bolt actions is that they have different bullet velocities. As all bolt actions between the 3 factions mirror each other, so they basically have the same stats. Then the only thing that matters when choosing your bolt action is not dependent on your faction but on which of the current 3 bolt action snipers you want. Here's a pic showing the bullet velocity of each of the 3 tiers of bolt actions:



Here's also a video explaining in more detail. Just to note that when he says that the LA80 is better from the stats, that the information he was using at the time was incorrect/outdated and has been since updated so that the LA80 now has the same stats as the SR-7 and the V10.

RPM and velocity are not the same thing. RPM indicates how fast the refire rate on the weapon is. Bullet velocity is how fast the projectile travels. Most snipers would consider velocity to be the most important factor when using a bolt action rifle. The information you have provided in your picture more or less completely worthless, the Ghost is the worst choice for bolt action sniping, as its velocity is a meagre 500m/s. The Parallax projectiles travel at 650m/s, 30% faster than the Ghost's.