Rifle Proficiency

"When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man."

― Ramón Rojo (A Fistful of Dollars)

The abilitiy to be a master of wielding rifles, either innately or through training. Subset of Firearm Proficiency.

Also Called[]

Adept/Expert/Gifted/Intuitive/Master/Professional/Skilled/Specialized/Talent Rifleman
Enhanced Riflemanship
Rifle Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities[]

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of using rifles, long-barreled firearms designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting. Users are to have excellent bull-eyes aim on their target via bullets.

Applications[]

Bayonet Proficiency
- Polearm Proficiency
Bullet Projection
- Armor-Piercing Bullets
- Bullet Attacks
  - Bullet Hell with an assault rifle, an automatic rifle, a battle rifle, and possibly a carbine.
Enhanced Accuracy
Enhanced Precision
Targeting
- Peak Human/Enhanced Vision
- Telescopic Vision via a telescopic sight.

Variations[]

By Mechanism[]

Automatic Rifle: a type of autoloading rifle that is capable of fully automatic fire. Automatic rifles are generally select-fire weapons capable of firing in semi-automatic and automatic firing modes (some automatic rifles are capable of burst-fire as well).
Bolt-Action Rifle: a rifle that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, which is most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed).
Breechloading Rifle: a rifle in which the user loads the ammunition via the rear (breech) end of its barrel, as opposed to a muzzleloader, which loads ammunition via the front (muzzle).
- Break-Action Rifle
  - Double Rifle
- Breechblock Rifle
Lever-Action Rifle: a rifle that uses a manually operated cocking handle located around the trigger guard area (often incorporating it) that pivots forward to move the bolt via internal linkages, which will feed and extract cartridges into and out of the chamber and cock the firing pin mechanism.
Muzzle-Loading Rifle: a muzzle-loaded small arm or artillery piece that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore.ultiple targets.
Pump-Action Rifle: a rare type of rifle that is operated manually by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock.
Revolving Rifle: a rare type of rifle with a rotating cylinder that holds five or six rounds.
Semi-Automatic Rifle: an autoloading rifle that fires a single cartridge with each pull of the trigger and uses part of the fired cartridge's energy to eject the case and load another cartridge into the chamber.

By Usage[]

Anti-Material Rifle: a rifle designed for use against military equipment, structures, and other hardware (materiel). Anti-materiel rifles are chambered in significantly larger calibers than conventional rifles and are employed to eliminate equipment such as engines and unarmored or lightly armored targets.
Anti-Tank Rifle: a rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles.
Assault Rifle
Battle Rifle: a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge. They are different from assault rifles.
Carbine: a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
Hunting Rifle: a rifle design for hunting.
Match/Target Rifle: a rifle designed for shooting sports.
Sniper Rifle

Methods of Wielding[]

Dual Rifle Proficiency

Association[]

Limitations[]

May require a degree of training or exposure.
May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users[]

Mine (Akame ga Kill!)
IBIS (Armored Core 3 series); via the I-CFFF-SERRE
Chief (Armored Core V series); via Hanged Man
J (Armored Core V series); via N-WGIX/v after becoming a Phantasma Being
Magnolia Curtis/Blue Magnolia (Armored Core V series); via R.I.P.3/M after becoming a Phantasma Being
ALLMIND (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon); via MIND BETA as Kate Markson and MIND GAMMA
Ayre (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon); via ECHO
Enforcement System (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon); via an IB-C01: IPHEMERA
G5 Iguazu (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon); via MIND GAMMA after becoming a part of ALLMIND
Endo Shimiko (Blue Archive)
Goryou Nagusa (Blue Archive)
Hanekawa Hasumi (Blue Archive)
Ibaragi Yoshimi (Blue Archive)
Kadenokouji Yukari (Blue Archive)
Kakudate Karin (Blue Archive)
Kiryuu Kikyou (Blue Archive)
Kosaka Wakamo (Blue Archive)
Kozeki Ui (Blue Archive)
Kuwakami Kaho (Blue Archive)
Nemugaki Fubuki (Blue Archive)
Omagari Hare (Blue Archive)
Saiba Momoi (Blue Archive)
Shimoe Koharu (Blue Archive)
Shiromi Iori (Blue Archive)
Shizuyama Mashiro (Blue Archive)
Tsuchinaga Hiyori (Blue Archive)
Ushimaki Juri (Blue Archive)
Yozakura Kirara (Blue Archive)
Red Guards (Command & Conquer: Generals)
Various characters (Dollar Trilogy)
- Douglas Mortimer
- Man with No Name
- Ramón Rojo
Bisca Connell (Fairy Tail)
Carcano M1891 (Girls' Frontline)
Carcano M91/38 (Girls' Frontline)
Dushevnaya/KSVK (Girls' Frontline)
FAL (Girls' Frontline)
General Liu (Girls' Frontline)
Kar98k (Girls' Frontline)
M1 Garand (Girls' Frontline)
M14 (Girls' Frontline)
M1918 (Girls' Frontline)
Mosin-Nagant (Girls' Frontline)
Nyto Black (Girls' Frontline)
RFB (Girls' Frontline)
Springfield (Girls' Frontline)
ST AR-15 (Girls' Frontline)
Jefuty (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)
Ade (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Folkwang (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Helm (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Mana (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Mihara (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Phantom (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Sakura (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Snow White (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
Elphelt Valentine (Guilty Gear)
Father Grigori (Half-Life)
Chaika Trabant (Hitsugi no Chaika/Chaika: The Coffin Princess)
Uni/Black Sister (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
Mr. Nobody (John Wick)
Helena (Kantai Collection)
Hornet (Kantai Collection)
Intrepid (Kantai Collection)
Nagara (Kantai Collection)
Isuzu (Kantai Collection)
Natori (Kantai Collection)
Caitlyn Kiramman (League of Legends)
Ellis (Left 4 Dead)
Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
Jorge (Madness Combat)
MERC Snipers (Madness Combat)
N51 Commandos (Madness Combat)
Riflemen (Madness Combat)
Dragunov (Metal Slug)
Heavy Machine Gun users (Metal Slug)
Erron Black (Mortal Kombat)
CZ2128 Delta (Overlord)
Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix (Overwatch)
Elizabeth Ashe (Overwatch)
Craig "Blackbeard" Jenson (Rainbow Six)
Lucas McCain (The Rifleman)
Ryōbi (Senran Kagura)
Ryōki (Senran Kagura)
Various Pilots (Titanfall)
Various Titans (Titanfall)
- Orges; via the Tank loadout
- Tones
Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Ciel (TYPE-MOON)

Known Rifles[]

Pumpkin (Akame ga Kill!); except for its machine gun form
Crack Shot (Blue Archive)
Crimson Calamity (Blue Archive)
Hawkeye (Blue Archive)
Impalement (Blue Archive)
Strategic Leader Know-how (Blue Archive)
Unique Idea (Blue Archive)
Magic Rifle (Fairy Tail)
Annabelle (Half-Life)
Mhati-999 (Madness Combat)
Anti-Tank Rifle (Metal Slug)
AR-10 (Metal Slug)
- Heavy Machine Gun
The Viper (Overwatch)
Widow's Kiss (Overwatch)
40mm Cannon (Titanfall); for Titans
- 40mm Tracker Cannon
G2A4 Battle Rifle (Titanfall)
Ion Blaster (Transformers)
Seventh Holy Scripture (TYPE-MOON); via its Immolation form (Tsukihime 2021/Melty Blood: Type Lumina)