L96 Rifle

You get an L96 by taking it from someone or something. There is no blueprint to research, so the real sources are the crate Bradley leaves behind, the locked crates at Oil Rig and on ghost ships, elite crates and heavy scientists. Lose one on a roam and it is gone until the next lucky crate.

What you get for the trouble is a sniper with much faster bullets than the bolt action rifle, so there is less guessing on drop and lead when someone runs across a field. It fires every kind of 5.56 ammo, and HV rounds fly flattest at real range. It cycles slowly, though, and a miss gives the target time to reach cover.

Put a scope on it before anything else. Many players say its iron sights are close to useless, and an 8x scope turns it into the rifle you hold a hill or a monument with. Up close it is a liability, so keep a shotgun or a pistol on the belt for whoever pushes you.