Lever Action Rifle

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The Lever Action Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 5.

Functionality

The Lever Action Rifle is a long ranged weapon which fires a fast moving projectile. The weapon lacks a scope but has increased zoom when aiming, like the Hunting Rifle. The weapon reloads one shot at a time and can be interrupted.

Stats

Lever Action Rifles range from dealing 52 to 61 Damage per shot (65 to 76.25 Damage per second). All Lever Action Rifles use Heavy Ammo. The Lever Action Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 2x.

Lever Action Rifle	Lever Action Rifle

Uncommon	Rare
DPS: 65	DPS: 68.75
Damage: 52	Damage: 55
Fire Rate: 1.25	Fire Rate: 1.25
Magazine Size: 9	Magazine Size: 9
Reload Time: 6.3s	Reload Time: 6s

Lever Action Rifle	Lever Action Rifle

Epic	Legendary
DPS: 72.5	DPS:76.2
Fire Rate: 1.25	Fire Rate: 1.25
Damage: 58	Damage: 61
Magazine Size: 9	Magazine Size: 9
Reload Time: 5.7s	Reload Time: 5.4s

The Lever Action Rifle is a projectile weapon. As it uses a scope, the fired bullet will always shoot from the center of the crosshair. There is no damage falloff on the Lever Action Rifle's projectiles.

Sounds

Sound Type	Rarity	Audio
Pullout	Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary
Shooting
Reload
Pickup
Drop

Obtained

From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 5

Rarity	Chest	Rare Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	Fishing (Plain)	Fishing (Hole)
Uncommon	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖
Rare	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✓
Epic	✓	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓
Legendary	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖

Strategy Guide

The risk was calculated... but I'm bad at math.

This section outlines a strategy. Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

Players should aim above targets at long ranges to compensate for bullet drop. The further the target the higher the player should aim.
Like with all snipers, players should aim in the direction a target is moving at long ranges to compensate for the bullet travel time. The faster the target is moving and the further they are away the further the player should aim ahead of the target.
It functions much like the Semi Auto Sniper Rifle and due to it’s faster-than-average bullet rate and low bullet drop in some cases it could substitute for your Assault Rifle though substituting it is not recommended.

History

Chapter 2: Season 5

Update v15.10: Introduced the Lever Action Rifle in Uncommon, Rare, and Epic rarities.

Update v15.20
- Added new Legendary variant, it is exclusive to Fortnite:Creative.
- Added Uncommon, Rare and Epic variants into Fortnite:Creative.

Chapter 2: Season 6

Update v16.00: Vaulted the Lever Action Rifle in all rarities.

Trivia

The Rifle is likely based off the Henry Rifle which served as the basis of the Winchester 1866.
A Common rarity version of the weapon is available in the Comeback and Rags to Riches LTMs.
The Lever Action Rifle has a faster rate of fire when not aiming down sights, and the spread in all rarities is similar to the Hunting Rifle in Epic and Legendary rarities.
- This means that it is more effective in close range when not aiming down sights.