Buffalo Rifle

The  is a weapon featured in Red Dead Redemption.

It holds 1 bullet, but it's the most powerful rifle in the game. Shooting anything in the head is a one shot kill. This rifle is powerful enough that a player can kill a bear with one shot in the head. Shooting small game with the rifle, such as skunks and rabbits and any type of bird, will destroy the animal causing it to be unskinnable.

Obtaining
Single Player :
 * It can be purchased from any Gunsmith after gaining Master Hunter Rank 5.

Multiplayer :
 * Buffalo Rifle is unlocked upon reaching Rank 50.
 * It requires two shots to the body or one shot to the head to kill a player.Buffelo_rifle.jpg

Tips and Tricks
Be careful when using the Buffalo Rifle in Level 2 Dead-Eye Targeting mode as it is a one-shot rifle and painting the target in any location will cause Marston to fire it off right away. Also, firing without painting a target in Dead-Eye will make the player go out of Dead-Eye as soon as the shot is fired, unlike the Rolling Block Rifle.

Trivia

 * The 1874 Sharps Long Range Rifle is the weapon of choice for Quigley in the film Quigley Down Under(1990).
 * A glitch exists for the in singleplayer on the PS3 version of the game; if Marston has the bandolier equipped and has more than 120 rifle rounds, shooting it will bring it down to 99 rounds. This glitch has not been observed on the Xbox 360 version of the game.
 * The name of this weapon refers to its rifle cartridge (Sharps .50-90) which was commonly used to hunt buffalo due to its large size and exceptional accuracy.
 * There is a legend of a Buffalo Hunter who killed a Comanche Warrior, during the defense of Adobe Walls 1874, with the Sharps rifle at a distance of about 1500 yards.

Achievements
The can be used to unlock the following achievements.


 * Long Arm of Marston: Kill 500 enemies with any rifle, repeater, or shotgun in any game mode.


 * Bullseye: Get 250 headshots in any game mode.


 * The Gunslinger: Get a headshot while in Expert Mode in Single Player.