Editing Bolt-action rifle

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{{infobox main|weapon|
|name = Bolt-action rifle
|image = SurvivalRifle.png|Bolt-action rifle
|description = "Ancient pattern bolt-action rifle. Good range, good power, low rate of fire."
|type = Equipment
|type2 = Weapons
|class = Modern
|damage = 18
|range = 37
|warmup = 114
|cooldown = 75
|accuracyTouch = 75
|accuracyShort = 96
|accuracyMedium = 96
|accuracyLong = 90
|mode = Single-Shot	
|velocity = 70	
|burst = 1	
|DPS = DPS
|sell = {{icon|silver|265}}
|buy = {{icon|steel|60}} + {{icon|component|3}}
|mass base = 3.5
}}
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{{info|The bolt-action rifle is a moderately heavy, single-shot firearm in RimWorld which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; slightly longer time between shots; long range and very high accuracy.}}
===Combat Performance===
It'll take 3 shots to the torso to kill an unarmored human with a bolt-action rifle, or around 5 shots against a human with a normal [[armor vest]]. The bolt-action rifle can also instantly remove digits, cripple eyeballs and cause lethal brain damage if the victim's skull is unprotected. Limbs can be crippled in 2 shots against an unarmored human. Without factoring in any cover or shooter's accuracy, the bolt-action rifle has an average time to down of around 12.4 seconds against unarmored people or 17.3 seconds against a person with an armor vest.


Since the bolt-action rifle has a long range, a fairly long time between shots and should be used at a minimum of 12 cells to make the most out of it, the bolt-action rifle is a fairly skill-heavy weapon. A healthy level 9 traitless shooter, level 5 careful shooter or level 11 trigger-happy can somewhat efficiently use the bolt-action rifle up to 26 cells. However, a level 15 traitless shooter, 12 careful shooter or level 16 trigger-happy is advisable to efficiently use the bolt-action rifle up to its maximum range of 37 cells.


On average, the bolt-action rifle is best paired with a careful shooter up to level 11, then with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point.


====Melee Combat====
A bolt-action rifle has a weapon bulk of 100%, but weapon bulk doesn't seem to have any observable effect on actual gameplay.


All possible melee attacks with a bolt-action rifle:
{| {{STDT| c_12 text-center}}
!Tool
!Attack
!Damage Type
!Power
!Cooldown
!Likelihood
!Base DPS
!Armored DPS
|- 
!Overall
!-
!-
!9.69
!1.869s
!-
!5.181
!4.767
|- newline
|Stock
|Smash
|Blunt
|9
|1.8s
|31%
|5
|4.6
|- newline
|Barrel
|Smash
|Blunt
|10
|1.9s
|34.5%
|5.263
|4.842
|- newline
|Barrel
|Poke
|Blunt
|10
|1.9s
|34.5%
|5.263
|4.842
|}

===Obtaining===
Bolt-action rifles can be purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:

'''Pirates:'''
* Scavenger - 24.1% chance (poor [[quality]] on average, 20-90% health)
* Pirate - 12.7% chance (normal quality on average, 40-150% health)

'''Outlanders:'''
* Town Guard - 12.3% chance (poor quality on average, 20-200% health)

'''Mercenaries:'''
* Mercenary Gunner - 14.3% chance (normal quality on average, 70-230% health)

'''Spacers:'''
* Space Soldier - 11.7% chance (good quality on average, 100% health)


Bolt-action rifles can also be crafted at a [[machining table]] once the [[Research#Gunsmithing|gunsmithing]] research has been completed; from 60 [[steel]], 3 [[component]]s and {{Ticks|25000}} of work.


A bolt-action rifle is also one of the three starting weapons in the standard crashlanded [[scenario system|scenario]], along with a [[plasteel]] [[knife]] and a [[revolver]].


===Conclusion and Comparison===
The bolt-action rifle is the most accurate standard weapon in the game, being able to hit 100% accuracy across the board by masterwork quality. Compared to the [[sniper rifle]], the bolt-action rifle has roughly half the time between shots but also slightly less than half the damage as well as an 18% deficit in range - both weapons are heavily weighted on the warmup though, meaning that their damage output sees a significant increase when paired with a trigger-happy shooter. The bolt-action rifle also has a longer time between shots than the [[greatbow]], meaning that the latter has a higher damage output potential (realized at higher quality levels) while also being significantly cheaper and only seeing a 14% range deficit - though the bolt-action rifle has superior accuracy at longer distances.


In head-on 1 vs. 1 fights between healthy level 8 shooters using granite chunks as cover from 35 cells away, the bolt-action rifle is 59% better than the sniper rifle, extending to a straight doubling of effectiveness once normal armor vests and [[simple helmet]]s are factored in. Against the greatbow at 27 cells, the bolt-action rifle performs 43.9% better, extending to 97% with armor - the shorter the distance, the closer the gap with things eventually going in the greatbow's favor.


When tested in a small hilled temperate forest in the hands of six lightly-armored baseline level 8 shooters against nine decently-equipped and equally skilled pirate raiders, the bolt-action rifle puts up a decent performance, despite being substantially bottlenecked by the shooters for the majority of the time. Naturally the bolt-action rifle is best used as a support weapon due to its lack of burst fire, so the test conditions here could be considered a worse case scenario for the weapon since it's pushed completely to the forefront.


In conclusion, the bolt-action rifle is essentially as good as your best available shooters are when at normal quality; it's almost 100% accurate and will therefore impose very minimal hindrance for even really skilled shooters. If you're looking for something that has a decent range and can throw some punches, the bolt-action rifle serves that purpose quite well in the early game, although the [[assault rifle]] becomes a much more effective fulfillment of that role once you start encountering mercenary raiders and research [[research#PrecisionRifling|precision rifling]]. Unless extra range really matters for your playstyle, the bolt-action rifle is usually going to be a more reliable weapon than the sniper rifle.


==Graphs==

The below graphs assume an unmodified shooter using a Normal quality weapon.

[[File:BoltActionRifleAccuracyNoTrait.png|494px|Bolt-action rifle's accuracy with various shooters without any traits.]]

[[File:BoltActionRifleAccuracyCarefulShooter.png|494px|Bolt-action rifle's accuracy with various shooters with careful shooter.]]

[[File:BoltActionRifleAccuracyTriggerHappy.png|494px|Bolt-action rifle's accuracy with various shooters with trigger-happy.]]

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