Best Scout Loadout in Battlefield 1

Scouts snipe and spot. A bolt-action rifle kills with one chest shot only inside its sweet spot range.

Final release · community and patch-note picks · updated October 10, 2026

Best Scout weapons

#1 · Bolt-action · Mid
SMLE MKIII Marksman
Solid all-rounder with a 40–75 m sweet spot.
#2 · Bolt-action · Close–mid
Martini-Henry Infantry
Very strong short to mid range (30–80 m) for aggressive scouts.
#3 · Bolt-action · Long
Gewehr 98 Sniper / Infantry
Accurate with an 80–125 m sweet spot; the counter-sniper pick.

Best variants

SMLE MKIIIVariant

Variant: Marksman
Sweet spot: 40–75 m

Sniper sweet spots

Inside its sweet spot, a bolt-action rifle kills with one chest shot. Pick the rifle whose band matches the distances you fight at. Gewehr M.95 and Carcano variants, the Russian 1895 Trench, the M1903 Experimental and the SMLE Carbine have no sweet spot.

Vetterli-Vitali	20–50 m
Type 38 Arisaka	30–62.5 m
Martini-Henry	30–80 m
SMLE MKIII / Ross MkIII	40–75 m
Lebel 1886	50–87.5 m
Russian 1895 / Mosin-Nagant	60–100 m
Gewehr 98	80–125 m
M1903 / M1917 Enfield	100–150 m

Gadgets and equipment

Flare Gun Spot
Spotting flares win games.
K Bullets or Tripwire Bomb
K bullets for elites and light vehicles; tripwires to guard flanks.

Throwable:: Gas or smoke grenade.
Sidearm:: Mars Automatic or Obrez on infantry maps.

Strong alternatives

M1903 Marksman / Sniper
100–150 m sweet spot for long maps.
Gewehr M.95 Marksman
No sweet spot, but almost the same damage at every range; good for learning.
Russian 1895 Trench
No sweet spot; for close-range scouting.
M1917 Enfield Silenced
Quiet flanker; pair with the silenced M1911.

Scout tips

Learn your rifle's sweet spot and stay inside it.
Spotting flares are worth more than kills.
Use iron-sight Infantry rifles on close maps to avoid scope glint.

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