Scout

The Steyr Scout is a bolt-action sniper rifle.

The magazine capacity, accuracy, and damage are very similar to the Hunting Rifle, but the rate of fire is significantly lower. In combination with a Laser sight, this weapon has extremely high accuracy even while the Survivor is running. Despite this, many players claim that it is arguably better to choose a Sniper Rifle or Hunting Rifle as they have a much higher rate of fire.

A glitch may occur while firing the weapon. When firing consecutive shots, the next shot can be fired before the breech is closed and locked. However, this is because the bolting animation is calibrated for an attack interval of 1.05s sharing the interval of AWP than 0.90s.

Tactics

 * At longer ranges, the Steyr Scout is good to take down wanderers (in higher difficulties) due to its high penetration, especially in narrow areas.
 * It is very advisable to have a melee weapon as a secondary weapon as the Steyr Scout is accurate while moving in medium ranges but is a very poor choice against a horde in close proximity.
 * High areas are good for this sniper rifle since the Infected will have more difficulty reaching you and you can shoot them from further away.
 * Unlike the shotguns players can skip the bolt animation by shooting and shoving at the same time to increase DPS.

Pros

 * Very accurate sniper even when moving.
 * Inflicts high damage per shot.
 * Firing and shoving at the same time can increase your DPS.
 * Stays in place while reloading, allowing you to keep your flashlight centered. Its reload speed is also the fastest of any sniper rifle.

Cons

 * Low rate of fire, although not as slow as the Accuracy International AWSM.
 * A very poor choice against a Horde.
 * Out of all the weapons in the game, it would take the longest to kill a Tank. Even the pistols would do much better. On Normal, it would take 48 seconds to kill the Tank with it. In comparison, the pistols dual-wielded would take 20.
 * Lowest Damage Per Second of any weapon in the game. All other weapons in the game have a higher DPS, including sidearms. A single P220 Pistol deals 75 more damage every second than this weapon when both are fired at their fastest.
 * Firing and shoving at the same time can wastes your shoving leaving you into cooldown and disadvantage.