Editing Lever-action rifle (section)

=== Damage ===
Per shot, the lever-action rifle is substantially more powerful than the [[M14 EBR]]; dealing a base damage of 140 per shot to the M14's 80, only limited by its low capacity and lengthy reload time. Rifle has a distinctive 0.9 second delay between shots as its base value and takes 0.67 second to load up a single bullet. When emptied, rifle can not be fired from the hip until at least 2 shots slid into the tube. Reloading sequence can be interrupted at any time by going down on iron sights or firing otherwise but when emptied it requires to go down on iron sights first to interrupt first two shots loading in for an emergency shot.

Sharpshooter gains faster reload bonus to reduce the time required to slide a bullet in the tube down to 0.41 seconds while also gaining a hidden bonus for ejecting empty casings to reduce delay between shots down to 0.6 second. Only perk to reload it faster beside Sharpshooter, is the [[Commando]] perk, reducing loading time per bullet down to 0.494 second and reducing fire delay to 0.72 second. Emptied fully by a level 6 sharpshooter, rifle deals 1400 damage just by bodyshots over the course of 5.44 seconds, netting 257 damage per second before reload. For any other off perk user, except Commando, this takes 8.7 seconds to shoot every bullet out of the tube, netting barely 160 damage per second before reload.

Rifle has a 2.0x headshot multiplier at its base which can be improved by Sharpshooter perk bonuses up to 4.8x at level 6. By headshots a level 6 sharpshooter capable of dealing 6720 damage total considering he/she never misses. For any other perk that reduced down to 2800 damage over the course of 10 shots.