Rifle

Type	WEAPON
Rifle
Weapon class	Sniper rifle
Appears in	GTA San Andreas
Available from	Ammu-Nation
Price	$1000

The Rifle as depicted in the HUD of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The Rifle is a basic lever-action repeater rifle featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, resembling a Marlin Model 336. Hitting the aim button with this won't invoke an auto-target reticule, but instead skips straight to a free-aim mode. Given its lack of a lock-on feature and slow reloading, one might think it is rather pointless to use. However, with a per-bullet damage rate behind only to the sniper rifle, minigun, and desert eagle (at Gangster level and up), it does earn its keep in the hands of a decent marksman.

In The Truth's mission Body Harvest, Carl Johnson needs to rob a Combine Harvester from The Farm, just north of The Truth's farm in Leafy Hollow. The survivalists will start shooting Carl with rifles and attacking with shovels.

NOTE: In some cases the Rifle in Foster Valley will not spawn anywhere in the area.

Locations

• Mulholland, Los Santos - Near a pool of a house west of the Mulholland Safehouse
• Back o' Beyond, Flint County - On a rock formation
• Foster Valley, San Fierro - Near the southwest corner of Corvin Stadium
• Available to buy at any Ammu-Nation store for $1,000 upon completion of Body Harvest.

Trivia

• The Rifle has three weapon skills defined in the game's files, however only one is used in the game. However if you use the "Max Weapon Stats", a notification will say "Rifle - Hitman level reached."
• Lacks the cocking animation. Instead, a cocking sound is played and the shooter just stands still until it's ready to fire again. And to add it up, no shells were ejected in each "cock".
• This is the only non-scoped rifle in the entire series.
• In GTA San Andreas there is a glitch where if you press the aim button and then enter a motorcycle, the close-up aim view stays on, and the gray reticle stays in place in the middle of the screen. Exiting the motorcycle makes the view go back to normal.