A Simple question on 3 sniper rifles

If you have Kraber, I suggest you don't even try to use it short range, unless you're 100% certain you can headshot. It takes a lifetime to switch it to another weapon, so if you miss - you're almost certainly dead if your enemy is not a complete potato. It's the only real sniper in the game and it does the sniping part extremely well, it's not supposed to be used as a shotgun. 1-shot some1 from far-midrange, swap weapon and push. I personally don't love it, since my headshots are too inconsistent and 145 bodyshot, while much much better than the 120(-ish?) before is still not worth it and I usually only swap to it if my longbow is really bare (would never drop one with a skullpiercer); if I do take it, I do it only so that it can't be used against me (since it IS the best weapon in the game).

For mid-long range, I would always take the longbow, since it has both high damage (a single hit hurts, a headshot breaks any armor) and high fire rate.

Still G7 has the highest dps of all snipers, so if I ever do need a secondary for close-mid range, scout is definitely the best choice (it's still better to have an AR for this though), preferrably with 3x or even 2x. G7 could also be extremely deadly long range (you would almost always win a duel vs longbow), but only if you're EXTREMELY good at tracking long range moving targets, since you do need to hit a lot of shots and after your first shots you lose the element of surprise.

As already mentioned, triple take has very low bullet drop and high bullet velocity, so it's the best sniper to hit headshots on MOVING long range targets. The charge time is long, but damage is similar to longbow. As for close range, 1 thing is worth knowing - it's the ONLY sniper that can be used without ADS. Other snipers shoot all over the place and you're lucky if you hit a barn door at 5 meters with them, TT on the other hand, is almost perfectly accurate without ADS. Still, you will always lose even to a PK, so choosing to fight close range with a TT is not advisable.

P.S. G7 also has a MUCH faster swap time than other snipers (comparable to AR's) - another reason why it's the best secondary if you ever need to swap to it close range.

So, if you take Longbow or Kraber, make sure you have a primary weapon that does not need swapping (so take R99 only if you're 100% sure you can kill at least 1 person without a reload).

If you do need a sniper that you can swap to in close range in despereation, TT or G7 are much better choices (I do see some streamers using longbow close range, but honestly, that's trolling - swapping from longbow takes almost a second, it has low dps and it can't be used without ADS - just don't do it).

P.P.S. Finding Hammerpoint rounds when I have a fully equipped longbow gives me a headache, but I usually, very reluctantly, let go of the longbow, since P2020 feels just too good to pass on, so I guess I'm not a real sniper at heart...