Hunting Rifle

The **Hunting Rifle** is one of the Items available in The Long Dark.

## General Overview

The **Hunting Rifle** is one of three firearms (the others being the Distress Pistol and Revolver) present in game. It holds a maximum of 10 rounds and has a basic iron sight. It will usually bring a Deer down in one shot. Wolves can take 2 shots on the torso, but will die with 1 headshot. Bears can stand to 2-3 headshots, and 5 shots at his torso with full health. Since Rifle Rounds are rare and Rifle Ammunition even rarer, the **Hunting Rifle** is better used for defensive purposes only.

It can be repaired using the Rifle Cleaning Kit.

## Possible locations where the rifle might be found.

### Mystery Lake

* Trapper's Homestead
* Max's Last Stand next to a corpse
* Carter Hydro Dam
* Under the Train Bridge next to a burned out campfire
* Bunker
* Forestry Lookout
* Derailment
* Lone Lake Cabin (Behind the cabin, beside corpse)
* Behind Camp Office (on a trail, corpse)
* In the train wreck (derailment)
* Destroyed Forestry Lookout (Next to corpse by the campfire)

### Coastal Highway

* Commuter's Lament (in the back seat of the car)
* Tiny Fishing Hut (between Jackrabbit Island and Misanthrope's Homestead)
* Misanthrope's Homestead, usually in the corner of the bedroom beside the wardrobe.
* Misanthrope's Homestead island (next to frozen corpse)
* Abandoned Lookout
* Next to corpse under bridge near 'Ravine' travel location
* Jackrabbit island cabin, next to wardrobe in bedroom

### Pleasant Valley

* Pleasant Valley Farmstead (second floor, under the master bed or in the office, propped against the wall by the cabinet.)
* Three Strikes Farmstead
* Signal Hill (inside Radio Outpost Hut)
* Myy Falls Picnic Area (next to a corpse)
* Storage Building, southwest of Farmhouse (next to a corpse)
* The Long Curve, inside car

### Desolation Point

* Under Broken Bridge - Cave by the Waterfall - Rifle is on some rocks in the upper level of the cave
* Hibernia Processing - Inside plant, crawl up the pipe and it is against the wall under the boat
* Hibernia Processing. (first floor, behind 3 crates that must be broken down)
* Hibernia Processing - second floor, under bunk beds
* Stone Church (Inside the church, propped up against a wooden wall)

### Mountain Town/Milton

* Car, behind the post office
* Milton House- Behind rocking chair
* Under Spruce Falls Bridge (by the car)
* Paradise Meadows Farm (on the bed)
* Cave near Radio Tower

## Notes

* You can unload the rifle by selecting it on the bag and clicking the option "unload". All rounds/ammunition will be placed on the "materials" section
* Harvesting the rifle will give the player 2 Scrap Metals

## Trivia

* The hunting rifle is a Lee-Enfield rifle (as the advanced gun research magazine tells you), It has a 10-round capacity and are popular among hunting rifle enthusiasts.

* Being a Lee-Enfield, the hunting rifle seems a bit underpowered, as it takes 1-2 shots to kill a wolf, whereas in real life, some have used them to hunt dangerous game (safari-type animals). The Enfield rifles have also been used to extensive success in multiple major wars.
* Its weight is exactly on par with the real thing, 8.8 lbs or 3.9 kg.
* Per every five rounds loaded into a hunting rifle, the character will insert a stripper clip to load them.

## See also

* Items
* Tools