MSR700 Rifle in Build 42 — Damage, Weight, Range and Verdict

The Trade in One Line

The MSR700 is the deliberate 30-tile rifle: everything the JS-14 does on the verified combat columns, at a half-unit more weight and a feed built for shots that count rather than shots that fly. Its damage band is the mid-tier’s 1–1.6 and its reach is the same 30-tile ceiling — the rifle’s real offering is patience, priced honestly.

What the Numbers Mean in Play Cross-Verified

• Damage 1 – 1.6. The mid-band, shared with the M16 and the JS-14: rifle delivery, not rifle punch — the 1.2 – 2 tier begins upstairs at the L94 (weapon tier list).
• Max range 30 tiles. Full stocked-rifle reach — two and a half times the pump shotgun’s column — and a ceiling, not a promise (firearms guide).
• Weight 4. Shotgun-tier carry, the same as the full-size pumps; a scoped rifle does not weigh less for looking precise.
• Condition 10. Set-wide. Maintenance gates wear like every other gun here (skill leveling guide).
• Report. A proper rifle crack — the same town-clearing conversation as the M16, fired at half the volume of fire; every shot you will take is one the block can place. Loud use in Louisville is a scheduled operation, same as the high-risk POIs guidance says.
• Feed. The slimmest magazine among the 30-tile rifles — the MSR700’s identity: nothing between you and a placed shot, and a reload after almost every one of them.

When Not to Use It

• When stats alone decide. The JS-14 equals every dual-sourced combat number of this gun at 3.5 — see JS-14 Rifle.
• When the fight will be long. A compact magazine against a box-fed M16 is a rhythm argument the numbers table cannot settle; groups want volume.
• When 30 is not enough. The 40-tier at 1.2 – 2 (MSR788 Rifle) is the next honest step; the MSR700 is the rung below it, not the replacement for it.

How It Compares

This is the table the MSR700 has to live with: lighter or harder-hitting options at its own reach, and its own answer — the slim feed for deliberate shooting — written in a column only one source publishes. Take the rifle when your plan is one good shot; the worksheet will not settle the argument for you, which is itself the honest verdict.

Sources & Verification

Every printed figure on this page is agreed by two independent sources we can read today, matched by the in-game item ID Base.VarmintRifle:

What this is not. Neither source is our own measurement — nobody fired this gun in a test sandbox for this page. The noise value and the magazine capacity exist only on the PZwiki side (pzfans has no comparable column), so they are described qualitatively above and never printed as numbers. Spawn locations are omitted for the same one-source reason. PZwiki stamps most firearm pages against builds older than 42.21, so treat this as 42.20-era agreement rather than 42.21-verified, and expect a patch note to move these numbers eventually.