Sniper Rifles can be an extremely powerful weapon with a little bit of practice. Once mastered, the Sniper Rifle can be one of the most deadly weapons in the game if used right. Sniper Rifles are long ranged weapons that can easily kill players with one or two shots (*hint aim for the head).

There isn’t much choice in terms of Sniper rifles and it mostly depends on what level your online character is.

#1 GTA V Sniper Rifle: Heavy Sniper Rifle

Heavy Sniper

Once you can purchase this bad-boy, do so as it is evidently the best sniper rifle with the highest damage, range and accuracy (mostly depending on the user). You will need to hit the high level of 90 before being able to purchase the Heavy Sniper, which is quite high so keep using the below two until you can do so.

#2 GTA V Sniper Rifle: Markman Rifle

Markman Rifle

I put the Marksman Rifle in second place here because its a tad different than the other two snipers featured here. The Marksman Rifle has no zoom, less damage, but a higher firing rate than the other two snipers, so you won’t use this rifle the same way. Some use the Marksman rifle hand and hand with the other two snipers depending on distances and how accurate their shots may be, personally though I don’t tend to use this one too much. This rifle became available in the Last Team Standing update in GTA V online.

#3 GTA V Sniper Rifle: Sniper Rifle

Sniper Rifle

I had to include this Sniper Rifle on the list, because you will most likely use it for quite a while until you finally hit the high level required for the above Heavy Sniper Rifle in the number one spot. The Basic Sniper rifle is available for purchase at level 21 and I suggest that you purchase it right away since it can be very useful in the right deathmatch, or for just picking off players spontaneously.

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