Southern Syndicate

Sniper Tactics for Members and New Members
Barrett .50CAL MW3 Sniper Rifle.

The Barrett .50CAL is a great beginners sniper rifle, due to the fact it is unlocked at a VERY early stage in your prestige. However, despite this gun's amazing damage rate, I often find myself having to take two shots at an enemy from waist down to get the kill, whilst of course if I do get an upper-body shot, 9 times out of 10 I'm going to get a 1 hit kill.

Therefore this gun is brilliant as it's a (semi-automatic Sniper rifle) meaning you can take 2 shots much quicker than a bolt action sniper. So if you do fail at your first attempt at killing the enemy, you can quickly re-adjust and try again. But this time, you'll almost certainly get the kill.

My personal favourite perks and proficiencies for this Sniper rifle are the Sleight of Hand perk, the Quickdraw perk and the Marksman perk. All these perks combined make a significant difference to your sniping class, and how well you can perform with it. However, there is one more extra boost that you can use with this Sniper rifle, and that would be the "kick" proficiency, making your shots more accurate and with less recoil.

Feel free however, to swap out kick with another the "attachments" proficiency, as it's also a great idea to have more than one attachment when using this Sniper. For example, a combination that I tend to use is the silencer with the extended magazines.

L118A MW3 Sniper Rifle.

The L118A Sniper rifle, is one of the most popular "Quick-Scoping" Sniper rifles on Modern Warfare 3. Being one of the only bolt action Sniper rifles, I find it and it's brother the MSR to be the best Sniper rifles in the game, due to their ease of use and comfort. Also I feel that the accuracy on the L118A and MSR are better than the other Sniper Rifles, and as a result of that I can usually pull off 1 hit kills every time I shot someone.

However, as mentioned before, if you do happen to miss or get a hit-marker, you'll find it difficult to re-aim and fire in time, as the enemy has most likely just heard that immense noise produced from your gun.

It is therefore my personal recommendation to almost always use a silencer with this Sniper rifle, so that if you do happen to fail at your first shot, your gun won't be heard as loudly giving you chance to re-aim, fire and neutralise the enemy! Although the enemy will still be able to tell he was shot from mind you, so if you do happen to miss the one shot kill, I recommend that you quickly set up again before the enemy discovers your position.

Some recommended perks for this Sniper rifle would be...

Sleight of Hand.
Quickdraw.
Marksman or Steady Aim. (Depending on your play style.)
Don't forget to either use the Kick or Attachments proficiencies with this Sniper, as they are hugely beneficial as a beginner or even professional sniper! These will basically be useful in every sniper class, so there will be a bit of repetition here...

Also don't forget to add extended magazines for being able to reload less often, which often proves beneficial when using a Sniper with or without Sleight of Hand.

MSR Sniper Rifle.

Now here's where it gets interesting... The MSR is in my opinion the best Sniper Rifle in the game for a few reasons.

It has a high chance of getting 1 hit kills.
It has a great appearance.
It is perfect for Quick-Scoping and Hard-Scoping!
I personally love to Quick-Scope. I also love to be able to get 1 hit kills without having to focus my aim too much. Therefore the MSR has to be my all-time favourite weapon to use in Modern Warfare 3 without a doubt! It's also the most used Sniper rifle for doing trick-shots, montages and professional editing clips. This is mainly down to the fact that it's appearance is stunning when you achieve the gold camouflage, and that it has an awesome feel to it when you shoot it.

Plus not only does it look fantastic, it's one of the easiest Sniper Rifles to use in the game, and the best Sniper Rifle to use when practising Quick-Scoping.

If you're looking for a great all-round Sniper Rifle, which will certainly make you smile every time you use it, go for the MSR. However I think it's important to mention that the Rifle is only unlocked at level 67, which means you have to be quite far in your prestige to gets this awesome weapon! This can be sometimes a major put off to the sniping community, although those who know the MSR's potential will do the extra work for it.

My personal favourite perks to use for this Sniper Rifle...

Sleight of Hand (Reload quicker.)
Quickdraw (Aim down sights quicker.)
Steady Aim or (Dead Silence if I'm trying to do trick-shots.)
This perk set-up is brilliant for the MSR, so if you are passed the level 67 mark in your prestige, you can try it out for yourself! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn to Quick-Scope or is already a professional but usually tries the L118A. Also remember to use Kick with this weapon as well as Extended magazines.

Thanks!

Hope this helps just a little bit to help you progress as a MW3 Sniper. We enjoy Sniping in the SS clan. Come join us in a Free For All Match while sniping. We believe that Sniping helps improve you overall accuracy with all other weapons used in MW3, as well as tactics used in other game modes. Sniping will also improve your Team play.