Sniper Rifles
Compared to army rifles, police butcher rifles are heavier, and have a Sniper Rifles shorter overall length for increased manoeuvrability in urban areas. Police rifles have superior accuracy and tighter tolerances in construction, and amount more, since budgetary restrictions on gumshoe departments often allow more expensive rifles to be acquired.
Military sniper rifles tend to have littler barrels of around 23.5 inches (600 mm) to allow cartridge propellant to fully incinerate and attain the optimum combination of accuracy and projectile velocity. This reduces muzzle flash, helping to keep the assassin concealed. Police hatchet man rifles may use shorter barrels to improve handling characteristics. The shorter barrels' velocity loss is less important at closer ranges where cursor animation remains well in excess of that needed to reliably perform.