Winchester

Summary
Winchester is the first lever-action rifle to be added to R2DA, released in update 1.3.7. The Winchester is the first weapon to be added to the game that was mostly produced by community members.

The Winchester can one-shot most zombies below Brutes with a bodyshot, excluding Stalkers, Elementals, and Tickers (it will leave the first two heavily damaged). With Hard Bullets, it can kill Stalkers and Elementals with a bodyshot, and with a headshot, no matter the bullet, it will one shot everything below a Brute,

This rifle is best suited for mid to long range combat, but due to its relatively fast firerate it is capable of close-range combat given proper aim. Additionally, its high reserve ammo makes missing shots less punishing.

Background Story
After a series of public relations disasters involving their latest Jetpack product, Sinister Arms Inc. was desperate for a new, safer investment into the survivor market. The CEO concluded it was time to enter the arms business, but had no prior weapons or blueprints to manufacture their own. His research into "exotic" weaponry lead to him scheduling a deal with merchants from the western regions of the country. This plan backfired when the merchants broke their ruse and revealed they were going to kidnap the CEO and ransom him off. This ambush was put down as a mysterious figure approached the situation and calmly fired a .45-70 bullet into each kidnapper, with dead-eye accuracy to the head.

The CEO never caught the mystery gunslinger's face, who they were, or why they saved him - they had walked off just as quick as they arrived. The one thing that was burned into his mind was the weapon he used - which he learned to be the 1886 Winchester model. In honour of his hero's intervention and in praise of the deadly accuracy and firepower, the first weapon in the Sinister Arms line up was proudly announced soon after.

Tips

 * There is no need to aim for the head against most zombies, including Diggers due to their health nerf.
 * This weapon reloads one bullet at a time.
 * You can quickly reload one bullet to take out an enemy if you're out of ammo.
 * In a safe situation, you can always top your ammo up without "wasting" any bullets.
 * Bring a swap weapon like Peacemakers or Mini Uzis to finish off Elementals, Stalkers, or Tickers who will be left at low health after a body-shot.
 * If doing this, consider not using Hard Bullets, or vice-versa. If using Hard Bullets, you can safely use a melee weapon as you will not need to finish off low-health targets.

Pros

 * Very High Damage
 * High Range
 * High Accuracy
 * Hard Impact of 2
 * High Reserve Ammo

Cons

 * High Ranked
 * Expensive
 * No Useful Attatchments

Trivia

 * The Winchester was a suggestion originally created by GoSinister, ignys, LITTLEROBBY11, and bloxxerMan666.
 * Prior to its addition in-game, it had the most kudos out of any other suggestion on the wikia.
 * As stated in the thread, the Winchester is confirmed to be modeled and inspired after the Winchester 1866.
 * The Winchester is the first lever-action gun in R2DA.