Which sniper rifle - Gobi Campaign or Christine's COS?

[rolf]

Title says it all

[MaximumEffort]

Gobi you can get fairly soon.
COS has slightly better crits but you get it late.

So I have to say Gobi.

[Landor]

they both have their perks. i personaly prefer using a hunting rifle over a sniper rifle, until i can get christines silencer rifle.

although in my latest game i am trying using the gobi because i have fairly high sneak earlier then i tend to boost it, and the higher fire rate is rather helpful.

Originally posted by sjrekis:

COS has slightly better crits but you get it late.

pretty sure gobi gets the tad higher crit damage, but the difference is minimal.

EDIT: quick check on the wiki, the gobi does 80+48 on a crit, christines does 62x2 on a crit. resulting in 128 versus 124, so chosing based on crit damage is pretty much irrelevent.
(MOREEDIT: with 'better criticals', the gap widens by about 20 damage, so that may be worth considering.)

gobi has signifigantly more durability, its slightly lighter, costs less AP in VATS, and has one more bullet in the clip.

the silencer rifle has higher base damage, and of course the silencer.

[talgaby]

Christine's. Gobi has usually 1-2 good hard shots before the entire cell's enemy count is ganging up on you. Chrstine's can stealth-kill entire camps.