Scout Rifle

Scout Rifle
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Sniper rifle
Tier	9
Skill req.	Sniper Rifles 4
Skill req. penalties	-15% Critical chance; -100% Critical damage; -100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	54 - 75
Dam. type	Physical. Low to medium penetration, equally effective against any target.
Penetration	16
Crit. damage mult.	x2
Attack pattern	Single target
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	75%
Range	24 squares
AP cost	6 AP
Capacity	4 x .30-06 ammo
Ability
Risky Shot: Go for broke. An unreliable attack with -40% Hit chance and +70% Critical chance. Normal damage.
Item Data
Value	$ 365

Scout Rifle is a sniper rifle in Wasteland 3.

Description

The Army version of this hunting rifle has superior range, accuracy, and can take a beating.

Characteristics

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. However, it is not recommended to waste high-tier mods on this weapon, due to low damage output. Especially not recommended to use rare and expensive damage type conversion mods.

Physical damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel +8 Damage from Toxic Linkage or Crippling Linkage or Razor Linkage +33% Ranged damage from Sadomasochist quirk at the cost of +33% Received damage +35% Ranged damage from Awareness at level 10 +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor Applying all bonuses (+16 Damage +93% Ranged damage) leads to the following result: 135 - 175 damage in weapon stats. The damage dealt to targets will depend on the armor they are wearing and the armor penetration rate on your character.

Field stripping results

• 6-10 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 1% Broach-Rifled Barrel
    • 1% Cut-Rifled Barrel
    • 1% Columbium Barrel
    • 1% Alloy Barrel
    • 1% Cylinder Choke
    • 1% Wide Choke
    • 1% Extended Mag
    • 1% Long Mag
    • 1% Red Dot Scope
    • 1% Reflex Scope
    • 1% Tactical Light
    • 1% Underbarrel Light

Locations

• Downtown Colorado Springs: Sold by Taiwan Jones.
• Peterson Air Force Base: Sold by Inspector Delgado.