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For the Red Dead Redemption variant, see Rolling Block Rifle.


The Rolling Block Rifle is a scoped weapon featured in Red Dead Redemption 2 and in Red Dead Online.

Description[]

Designed for hunting large beasts, the Litchfield Rolling Block is a powerful long scoped rifle, designed for long-range combat. With multiple telescopic sights available in different zoom levels, a sharpshooter can eliminate a target from afar and gain the element of surprise. This gun is a single-shot weapon, and can use Regular, High Velocity, Split Point, Express and Explosive rifle ammo.

Acquisition[]

This sniper rifle is obtained from the Valentine gunsmith for free, during mission "The Sheep and the Goats".

It can also be acquired earlier before initiating the mission "Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego". The player must use the "Companion glitch" and get Hosea to spawn with them. Then the player should wait for Hosea to put the weapon on his horse and then they must throw a dynamite near him. This will cause Hosea to fall off the horse and the weapon will be on the ground, where it can be picked up.[1] Alternatively, the player can lead an enemy near Hosea. If this happens, they will wrestle the weapon from Hosea and cause it to be dropped on the ground, where the player can pick it up.[2]

It must be noted that this companion glitch with Hosea can be done easiest before completing "Americans at Rest", as Bill will be at camp and getting Hosea out will be much more difficult.

Alternatively, the rifle can be obtained in early Chapter 2 from Lenny the same way as with Hosea[3], but it will be much more difficult to get Lenny out of camp, because there will be more gang members at camp at that point of Chapter 2.

In Red Dead Online, the rifle can be purchased at any gunsmith.

Components & Styles[]

Components[]

Barrel - Rifling Cost ($)
Standard Rifling Default
Improved Rifling 20.00
Scope Cost ($)
Short Scope 15.00
Medium Scope Default
Long Scope 25.00
Stock Cost ($)
Basic Grain Default
Straight Grain 14.00
Wide Grain 20.00
Wrap Cost ($)
No Wrap Default
Wrap 10.00

Styles[]

Metals Components - Cost ($)
Barrel,
Block
Frame Hammer Sight Trigger
Iron 5.00 7.50 4.00 2.50 3.50
Nickel 5.50 8.25 4.50 2.75 4.00
Blued Steel 6.00 9.00 5.00 3.00 4.25
Blackened Steel 7.00 10.50 5.50 3.50 5.00
Browned Steel 7.50 11.25 6.00 3.75 5.50
Brass 8.00 12.00 6.50 4.00 5.75
Silver 9.00 13.50 7.00 4.50 6.50
Gold 10.00 15.00 8.00 5.00 7.00
Engravings Option Cost (S)
Engraving Style
(Applicable to the Barrel, Block and Frame each)
None/Remove 0.30
Baroque 6.50
Art Nouveau 8.25
Victorian 10.50
Ornamental 12.00
Inlay Metals Iron 1.50
Nickel 2.25
Blued Steel 3.00
Blackened Steel 3.75
Browned Steel 5.25
Brass 6.00
Silver 7.50
Gold 9.00
Stock/Wrap Customzations Option Cost ($)
Carvings None/Remove Free
Buck Scene 14.50
Wolf Scene 15.00
Eagle Scene 16.00
Ram 16.75
Flying Eagle 18.00
Bear 18.50
Leather
(Wrap must be applied)
Hazelnut 1.50
Chestnut 2.00
Olive 2.50
Walnut 3.00
Brick Red 3.50
Tobacco 4.00
Chocolate 4.50
Pebble 5.00
Varnish Birch/Mahogany 1.50
Black Walnut/Maple 2.00
Bocote/Mesquite 2.50
Dark Rosewood/Myrtle 3.00
Bubinga/Rosewood 3.50
Cocobolo/Wild Cherry 4.00
Ebony/Bright Maple 4.50
Walnut/Dark Walnut 5.00

Trivia[]

  • The weapon is based on the Remington Rolling Block rifle.
  • The HUD icon of the Rolling Block Rifle is incorrectly depicted in the game, as the stock is lower positioned and the scope more positioned on the back than aligned with the start of the barrel as shown in the game.
  • The Rolling Block Rifle is one of two guns which players are forced to look through a scope when aiming, with the other gun being the Carcano rifle. Combined with its low rate of fire, this rifle has very limited usefulness during a close range firefight.
    • With the use of a glitch, the player can completely bypass this restriction by removing the scope from the rifle. The scopeless rolling block rifle is fully functional in first and third person, and thus can be used like a more powerful Springfield rifle. However, they cannot auto-aim due to the gun not being intended to be used this way. This also renders the gun's catalog description ironic, which mocks those who fight at close range.
  • Lenny Summers uses a custom model in blued steel with a browned frame and a maple varnish.

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