Ammo class	Rifle
Head Damage (bars)	4
Torso Damage (bars)	2
Leg Damage (bars)	1
Magazine size	8
Fire rate	2.6 - 3.4 rps
Accuracy	Rail
Special	Powerful zoom sighting, Silenced, Penetration
Achievements

The Sniper Rifle provides the steady hand with unparalleled long-range combat capability, but is no slouch in close quarters, where it can hold its own against powerful pistols and mid-level sub-machine guns.

The Sniper Rifle's real-world counterpart is the KSVK 12.7

Damage has been increased to differentiate the Sniper Rifle from the similar Silenced PP7 and ensure it is competitive with sub-machine guns and other rifles in the PC environment.

In the original game the Sniper Rifle could be found in the following singleplayer missions:

• Dam
• Surface I - starting weapon

• In the original game when you had a Sniper Rifle, your Slappers were replaced with the Sniper Rifle buttstock as a melee weapon. This was a purely cosmetic change and was statistically the same as Slappers.
• A bug in the original game meant that quickly switching to Slappers after picking up a Sniper Rifle would instead give you an inverted arm model where the Sniper Rifle buttstock would be. This was referred to as the 'paintbrush' as it somewhat resembled a large paintbrush.

David Wonn's Goldeneye Weapon Analysis