The GOL (also known as the Gol Sniper Magnum) is a German bolt-action sniper rifle produced by Gol-Matic GmbH and is currently used by German police units and the Lithuanian Armed Forces. It is based on the Mauser M98 Magnum system and can be used in a tactical or a sporting set-up.
Battlefield: Bad Company[]
— In game description
The GOL is a sniper rifle featured in Battlefield: Bad Company.
Singleplayer[]
The GOL can be found during the final mission, Ghost Town, being used by Middle Eastern Coalition snipers or as a collectible, located in a circle of sandbags at the barracks in between the first and second objectives.
Multiplayer[]
The GOL is the default sniper rifle issued to the Middle Eastern Coalition Recon kit. It has high accuracy and deals high damage, but in exchange has a low rate of fire with its bolt action and has some bullet travel time.
It comes with a 6x magnification scope attached to the weapon and can kill in one hit with headshot or any part of the body in close quarters, but requires two shots to the body at longer ranges. It is the Middle Eastern Coalition's equivalent to the American M24 and Russian SV98.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2[]
— In-game description.
The GOL Sniper Magnum is a weapon featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, being the fifth sniper rifle issued to the Recon kit requiring 21,000 points to unlock.
It is an extremely accurate, bolt-action sniper rifle capable of neutralizing targets at medium to long range. Headshots from any range and close range shots are one hit kills while other shots to the body at longer ranges are two hit kills.
The weapon has slight bullet drop and bullet travel time so to consistently hit targets at extreme distances will require leading the shots and aiming slightly higher above the target. This weapon is very helpful in extreme distances because the thin crosshairs of the scope make it easier to line up against targets.
The weapon has a 6x magnification scope by default, though the scope can be replaced by a Red Dot Sight, a 4X Rifle Scope or a 12X Zoom Scope. It may also be fitted with a Sniper Spotting Scope, although this attaches to the scope, and does not replace it.
It should be noted that it is the only sniper rifle whose scope does not have mil-dots (though this has little effect unless engaging targets at extreme distances, such as at Arica Harbor).
The GOL Sniper Magnum is best suited for medium-long range combat and should not be used at close range unless absolutely necessary or forced to. The GOL Sniper Magnum also has no scope sway on consoles, though it suffers this on the PC version.
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Battlefield Play4Free[]
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The GOL is a bolt-action sniper rifle featured in Battlefield Play4Free. It is a low damage, high velocity sniper rifle. It is relatively cheap, both unlocked and before unlock, allowing players to gain access to a decent bolt-action sniper for a low price. It has an average rate of fire with long range and a small magazine.
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Battlefield 4[]
— In-game description
The GOL Magnum is a weapon featured in Battlefield 4: Second Assault. It is unlocked upon completion of the Eagle's Nest assignment.
The GOL Magnum has high damage with one shot kill to the chest and up and retains very fast handling and reload making the weapon useful for an aggressive recon role.
The fast bolt pull can be made even faster with the straight pull bolt attachment making extremely quick follow up shots without taking eyes off the target. However, the GOL Magnum has a low magazine capacity of 5 + 1 rounds making reloads frequent.
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Battlefield 2042[]
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— In-game description
The GOL Sniper Magnum is a weapon featured in Battlefield 2042, available in the Battlefield Portal for the BC2 Recon class. As of Master of Arms season, the weapon is now available for the base version of Battlefield 2042.
Trivia[]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2[]
- The GOL used to be glitched, as when a player opted for a 4X Rifle Scope or Red Dot Sight, the gun would have had a thick black line extending from the bolt of the gun to a point under the map, possibly due to a missing mesh in the game files. Many players found this irritating and just used its normal 6x or 12x scope. The PS3/Xbox 360 1.04 Patch has fixed the issue, however, the issue still exists on PC.
- Despite the in-game stats, the GOL does not have the fastest rate of fire for the bolt-action snipers. It does have its very high accuracy, but the bolt-action sniper with the fastest cycle is the SV98 Snaiperskaya. Its damage stat is also incorrect as - along with the other bolt-action snipers except the M95 Sniper - it should be the same as the SV98 and M24 Sniper since they all have the same damage value (100-50). This was probably due to the GOL having a damage of 100-70 before all the bolt-action rifles were patched and balanced.
- The GOL has no camouflage despite the in-game image depicting it does.
- The GOL can be considered the most accurate sniper rifle in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as it has no idle sway, unlike every other sniper rifle in the game. Because of this, the weapon is widely used among Recon players.
Battlefield 4[]
- The GOL Magnum was patched to have 60 RPM rate of fire. Before the patch, it had had the fastest bolt cycle time among all the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles, including the Scout Elite.
- It has a number "100" written in blue marker right behind the bolt, on the end of the stock.
- Along with the other weapons of the first three expansions for Battlefield 4, the GOL actually has an in-game description, but it can only be viewed when the weapon is unlocked at the end of a round or if it is equipped in a gadget slot using external tools.
- Interestingly, the GOL reuses its description from Battlefield: Bad Company.