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Sniper Rifle (JC2)
Sniper Rifle (JC2 Black Market)
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
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[]

Users[]

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.

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