everybody has their favorite sniper rifle in Call of Duty even if you don't snipe a lot of the times
Call of Duty has changed the sniping mechanics and uh sniping power countless times throughout
the franchise but everybody has their opinions on which one is the best today you get mine what
is up everybody chaos here today we're going to go all the way from Cod 4 to Modern Warfare
2 and pick the absolute best sniper rifle in every single game now keep in mind these are
my opinions and you'll probably have plenty of disagreements with me but let's keep it civil in
the comments because I know the sniping Community is very very passionate if you want to give me
your list in the comments that would be great drop a like make sure you guys are subscribed
and we start off all the way back in COD 4 with the Barrett 50 cal we're going to start off with
potentially a controversial pick I know most of you probably expected to see the m40a3 here and
I get it smooth handling the Legacy but if we're talking about raw stats and potential I think the
Barrett had the edge now yes it was slower yes it was clunkier but it also had a huge magazine
no fire rate cap and still hit hard enough to consistently kill with a single bullet in most
situations Cod 4 sniping was tough to get the hang of but the speed and versatility of the m483 is
what Drew people into it plus there's something cool about using a bolt action sniper I know
but again if you boot up Cod 4 or MWR today and you can actually get a match I think the Barrett
has more going for it it was a lot easier to get the follow-up shots you spent less time reloading
the sheer power behind every shot was still incredibly high and it was more than enough
to be an insta kill as long as you were hitting above the waist the m40a3 does have a crazy Legacy
deserves all the respect in the world but I'm gonna say the Barrett was actually the better
weapon no now that we've got the hot take out of the way let's continue World at War the PTR is
41. now wall had a lot of sniper rifles in fact I think it had the most launch sniper rifles of any
CoD game today fact check me on that let me know but a lot of them function nearly identically to
each other so it just came down to preference the Springfield the car their Saga the Nagant they
all had ident identical damage stats and they were only different from one another in the handling in
the reload speed departments but there was a fifth sniper rifle that I always gravitated to if I was
gonna snipe and it was a legendary tank Buster the ptrs was a heavy heavy semi-auto sniper it was a
little tough to use but it was virtually always a One-Shot kill and it would send the target's limb
flying off into the sunset now contrary to popular belief the ptrs actually had pretty fast movement
speeds in a very low idle sway which made it actually one of the more accurate snipers in the
game the difficulty in using it mainly came from the high zoom on the scope and that Hefty recoil
that you had to compensate for once you got the hang of it though boom it was the most consistent
sniper in the game if you ask me me certainly the most satisfying thanks to the giving effects may
not have been the best sniper in COD history but it was still one of the most fun to use
now we go to the original Modern Warfare 2. it's crazy I have to say the original Modern Warfare
2. no shocker here I'm not gonna upset anybody I don't think the intervention completely changed
first person shooters forever Not Just Call of Duty all FPS games I don't think Infinity Ward
had any idea what they were creating when they launched this game it was the only bolt action
sniper in the game when compared to other Cod snipers actually didn't have very impressive
damage stats if you weren't using stopping power it was a hit marker machine to a degree but if you
were or you just named High you quickly unlock the weapons potential the intervention featured
extremely fast handling a great fire raid a quick reload animation and an iconic firing sound that
made everything feel all the more satisfying now the catharsis of the intervention mixed with the
insanity of Modern Warfare 2 it made for a moment in gaming history that will probably never be
recreated montages trick shots new gameplays all of it came from the intervention this gun changed
the online gaming world forever and it's earned its place in COD history and meme culture and
if you you don't know what I'm talking about just go search all the montages for Modern Warfare 2.
90 of them will be the intervention the other 10 will be a Barrett Black Ops one the PSG one now
I know hot take this this is another one most you probably expected to see the l96 but here's
another curveball semi-auto sniper extremely low fire rate meaning you basically had to treat it
like a bolt action but the sheer power it carried made it one of the best in the game the PSG one
was a One-Shot kill above the waist all the time and actually had the highest bullet penetration
in the entire game it made it great for killing people through walls taking it by surprise it
also looked pretty unique and I think that's worth something right I mean the l96 was the main sniper
of choice I get it but since the PSG one was the final weapon you unlocked in its class I think
people forgot about it the classified weapons were a bit of a grind to unlock and since the l96 was
unlocked early it makes sense that a lot of Black Ops 1 players never put it down but if you're
still playing Black Ops 1 somehow give the PSG one another try I I think it has a very very very very
slight Edge over the l96 despite the l96 obviously being the more iconic weapon now we arrive at
Modern Warfare 3. the MSR following the insanity of Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Warden Sledgehammer
had to work together to make something just as memorable but also a tad more balanced and scaled
back the intervention dominated multiplayer Modern Warfare 2 so they knew they had to make something
similar for the sequel and what they came up with honestly was arguably even better I said it
the MSR was a freak of nature now firing sound is arguably just as recognizable as the intervention
just like its older brother fast handling quick fire rate a rather forgiving One-Shot kill range
it's still small enough to require you to be consistent but not super small you couldn't
just Spam it initially and kill somebody with a shot to the toe you had to be precise you had
to aim relatively high but the weapon was never going to fight you in that process smooth quick
powerful it absolutely lived up to the hype and a lot of classic Cod players actually preferred it
to the intervention you heard me right if you've referred Modern Warfare 2 to Modern Warfare 3 you
also prefer the intervention but if you were the opposite you probably gave the MSR the edge now
we arrive at Black Ops 2. some considering this to be the best Call of Duty ever the pre-patch
dsr50 I don't know if this is against the rules it's my video so yeah it may have been nerfed
into the dirt but the reason that Nerf was so controversial was because of how insanely powerful
it was beforehand bolt action sniper featured a five round mag at a powerful fowering sound firing
sound on launch day pretty fast fire rate each bullet had the power to instantly kill an enemy
as long as you hit him above the waist I mean it was everywhere sniping Community was in love with
it unfortunately it wasn't meant to last Treyarch took issue with how much better the DSR was than
every other sniper in the game and they took action in July of 2013 they severely reduced the
fire rate now the DSR is still a powerful weapon with super forgiving one shot kill range but the
the fire rate is painfully slow almost impossible to use the weapon aggressively now still the
original is a piece of cod history I think most classic Cod players will agree it was leagues
above everything else in Black Ops 2. Now we move on to ghosts this is pretty easy I think the USR
right Infinity Ward always has at least one quick scoping machine in their Cod multiplayers despite
the painly slow pace of ghost it did give us the USR bolt action rifle function very similar to The
Modern Warfare 3 MSR I mean that was probably intentional buttery smooth firing sound wasn't
quite as cool or powerful but the damage was consistent and it could be used effectively at
range or aggressively in people's faces there weren't many bolt action rifles and go so most
snipers were using the USR regardless of how they play but even by the standards of a different CoD
game this was a good rifle you could put it in a game like Black Ops 2 or Modern Warfare
3 and it would still be a high tier weapon now we arrive at the first jetpack game Advanced Warfare
the Moors very first jet pack game in the amount of adjustment the community had to make it was
it was a lot not only do we have to figure out how to work the jet packs and the double jumps
we also had to learn how to snipe in a game with the most vertical movement in cot history
sniping was really tough in aw but that's why the Moors came in clutch single shot sniper was
almost always a One-Shot kill in the reload time was it wasn't slow you weren't punished too hard
for missing a single shot despite being insanely powerful it was also perfectly balanced because
the movement options available in vents Warfare meaning you really had to get good in order to
take advantage of it and even then it wasn't too hard to counter somebody did I mention
how awesome it sounded Sledgehammer doesn't get enough credit for how great their weapon
and sound design was back in advanced Warfare this thing sounded like an absolute monster
Black Ops 3. the locus now with the game launched a lot of people were mad at Treyarch for removing
aim assists from snipers with the addition of wall running the new thrust pack sniping was harder
than ever but if you manage to put in the time in the work and figure out the new fundamentals the
locus was there bolt action rifle super fast handling huge default magazine was actually a
pretty consistent One-Shot kill normally snipers that handle this quickly have less power behind
them but the locus was not one of those it rewarded you for getting good I'm on the fence
over whether removing aim assist was a good idea but the Black Ops 3 sniping Community adapted they
overcame and the locus is now a fan favorite gun so I think that means everything worked out okay
infinite Warfare the ebr-800 now the sniping Community rallied around Black Ops 3 the same
can't be said for infinite Warfare you almost never saw sniper rifles in the game because
absolutely nobody was sniping the movement map design did not accommodate snipers and the weird
sniper handling didn't help either if I had to pick a sniper that was actually worth using it's
got to be the EBR right that's only because of the weird gimmicks it had not only did the EVR have
an assault rifle mode but it also had an epic variant that basically turned into a po6 from
Black Ops 3 which made it a lot more forgiving in a game like infinite Warfare sniping in the game
kind of sucked to be honest with you but at least you could get some work done with this one right I
guess is it kind of cheating I mean you could put it in assault rifle mode I don't know we're gonna
move on Cod World War II the m1903 Cod World War II had a ton a slew of sniper rifles handful on
launch day the sledgehammer went crazy with DLC weapons and I think it currently has the most
snipers in any game in the franchise fact check me on that one that being said the best sniper in the
game has to be one of the launch options the m1903 also known as the Springfield Tad slower than the
rest in terms of ads speed and fire rate but it was incredibly powerful and super accurate one
shot above the knees dropped a player unlike other hard-hitting snipers it doesn't have that many
drawbacks there's not really heavy idle sway there wasn't really Hefty recoil I liked it it felt good
and I'm not a sniper it's kind of overshadowed by other rifles throughout Cod World War II's life
cycle but I think it remained the most consistent and the most reliable one at your disposal
Black Ops 4. who misses blackout anyway the Paladin we've talked about the best snipers
on this channel many times but I think Black Ops 4 is a game where my opinions they change
this game has a lot of perfectly viable sniper rifles and when factoring in all aspects of the
weapon I think the Paladin had the most fire rate was slow yes power was it off the charts could
drop enemy players with a single bullet but with the right attachments it could even destroy kill
streaks in one to two shots it made it a better support weapon than an lmg or a rocket launcher
it was one of the most versatile sniper rifles in COD history wasn't the best for aggressive play
I know but I think it fit in Black Ops 4. you may disagree but yeah Modern Warfare 2019 the
spr-208 I know this was technically a marksman rifle but it was still a bolt action and it was
certainly one of the most popular quick scoping weapons so uh my video my rules it was a very
end of the classic r-700 from Cod 4 but with obviously much more faster handling and a ton
of additional attachments aside from looking and sounding good it had a pretty generous One-Shot
kill range and an abundance of attachments and ammo conversions to make it personal if you liked
aggressive sniping you could either use this or the car and ultimately I leaned towards the spr
for the spot since it was added to the game I've seen it far more than its counterparts so yeah
Black Ops Cold War the lw3 tundra now the k-31 sniper rifle is probably a better choice for
Warzone the tundra was widely seen as the best sniper for standard multiplayer bolt action rifle
you know how have you guys noticed the trend it's all bolt action rifles look good felt good buttery
smooth probably the most versatile in the game up close and at max range it could drop enemies with
a single shot to the upper body in the ballistics they were pretty forgiving so you didn't have
to lead your shots too much plus it came with an actual magazine instead of needing to be reloaded
one bullet at a time which decreases the downtime between fights and reduces your chances of getting
caught off guard that means something the sniping mechanics in Cold War were a patched close to a
dozen times and I'm honestly not sure if Community is happy where they ended up but it is what it is
most Cold War enthusiasts seem to think the lw3 was the best and I'm going to agree with you
Call of Duty Vanguard the gorenko not gonna lie I didn't play a lot of Vanguard then again most
people are probably in the same boat as me so yeah so what am I gonna do I'm just gonna pick
one I'm an honorable Call of Duty Channel who's doing his research and for that reason I'm gonna
put the garenko here seems to me the community wasn't super happy with the sniping in Vanguard
due to the fact that most the rifles were either really strong but super slow or super fast but
really weak the karenko seems to be the only one that hit the middle ground maybe anti-tank
rifle relatively low movement speeds wasn't it so slow it was unviable the damage was was
almost consistently high in the larger Maps it was probably the best rifle in the game right
Vanguard seems to be a rough game for snipers but looks like Modern Warfare 2 may be turning that
around and that entire sequence was basically me asking you a question is it the Gringo
Modern Warfare 2. now this will probably change but here you go the signal 50. little early to
decide on the best sniper but if the beta is anything to go off of I I say we go with
the single 50 for now and now that the game's out I mean this has probably already changed
so you guys can give me your opinions Modern Warfare 2 is going to bring back the sniper
rifle and Marksman rifle categories in previous games but going off the community's feedback
signal 50. let me know what you guys think 50 cal anti-material rifle features some relatively slow
handling but it's you can do whatever you want to in the gunsmith damage ballistic some of the
best in the game right I mean I'm just gonna go with that for now if that's not right you guys
can correct me and let me know there we have it that's the best Cod sniper in every single Call
of Duty let me know where we got it right let me know where we got it wrong and I'll see you soon
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