Is anti-materiel rifle for stealth play viable?

[BanDHMO]

I'm confused by the AMR's "suppressor". The wiki says it doesn't silence the weapon, just reduces noise, but that's true of all suppressors, right?

The bottom line for me is, can you do stealth kills reliably with a suppressed AMR and remain undetected, take off neutral faction soldiers without rep loss by being unseen and unheard, like you can with a suppressed Sniper rifle?

I'm willing to pay the caps and the weight, but a sniper rifle that isn't stealthy would be a deal-breaker.

[Glennard]

im pretty sure you could, if you were shooting them from far enough away, not sure on the suppressor thing tho

[Johnny Casey]

No you can't.

Wiki says all. It doesn't silence the weapon, thus everyone knows you killed someone with AMR, and you will get faction infamy if you kill someone with it.

The distance doesn't matter. Only thing matters is the weapon you killed with is silenced or not. If it's not silenced, everyone somehow knows that you killed someone with it.

That is why Christine's COS Rifle gets so many loves, since it has the highest damage and its attack is silenced.

[BanDHMO]

Thank you for confirming.