I have noticed that people who use Bolt Action Rifles seem to have way better hit detection, by better I mean they can aim in a general area and hit people. I'm not sure if this is lag comp conveniently showing itself or this is a balancing because Bolt Actions have a reload time.

You'll also noticed that the L96 is highly mobile for quickscopers use

From my experience I am more likely to get a 1 hit kill with the bolt action rifles coupled with the accuracy increase. The Barret is the only exception because of it being so powerful though lacking a bit in acc. Of course that is just my opinion.

I've never been a quick scoper, throught the history of this franchise. I tried it in MW2 and a bit in MW3 just to see what the fuss was about though. With that said, I primarily have been a Sniper in the MW series in particular. MW2 I carried a 2.39 K/D with a 32% acc. because the WA2000 was such an amazing Sniper Rifle (acc was kind of low for a sniper, but I ran with assault rifles often enough to bring it down some). I honestly don't see anything in MW3 that comes close to being such a dominant weapon in the Sniper Rifle catagory. It had top notch accuracy, the damage was higher than the 50.cal and the mobility was like running with an SMG. I don't know if it's because the hit markers seem more random in this game, but I had way more instances of one hit kills with that gun. Now my Rifle of choice in MW3 is the MSR, but it still doesn't hold a candle to the WA2000 (imo).

I know I went off on a tangent, so hopefully I answered your question in a satisfying manner. My reason for the rant was just highlighting and reminiscing about how much fun I had with the WA2000. But Knarly probably articulated his/her opinion better than I did, so I'd just like to add for the most part I agree with the poster's point above me, minus the FMJ thing. I never supported the idea that it would actually increase your damage, besides the actual penetration of obstacles without losing dmg.

Cause its KOOLIOS! It is my honest opinion.

I was semi incorrect in my previous statement. I assumed that it was the same in MW3 as it was in previous CoDs, but I was a bit off.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-ps3/1543006-mw3-weapon-damage-chart .html

Small chart, but it kind of shows what I mean.

The L118A and MSR are OHKs in the head, neck, chest and stomach

The Barrett is actually the same, which is new, becuase typically semi-autos don't have the same ability to get a OHK to the stomach.

The AS50 is still a 2 shot kill to the stomach, consistent with past CoD titles.

So bascially the Barrett has the same damage as Bolt Actions, meaning there really is no ther explanation for people using a bolt-action over the Barrett except for the fact it "looks cool"

Ok... the only real advantage bolt has over semi autos that are not the 50 cal is the OHK multipliers. You will get more OHK's with the bolts. The semi auto rifles that are not the 50 cal are better to use in HC modes and to be used silenced.

The 50 cal is the one exception. It is the overall better sniper rifle. It has the same multipliers as the bolts with a bigger clip and the ability to hipfire spam.

Personally I love the L118 with speed. But if  you wanted the best chance for survival the 50 cal with kick is a OHK lazer beam

I hope this helps.

In my opinion the the bolt action's have much better accuracy i think the gun stats arn't 100% right, i use the L118 also and sometimes if im off i still get the kill were with MSR that wouldn't happen.