The sniper rifle range finder in BF6 automatically zeroes your scope to the correct distance
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The Battlefield 6 Range Finder is a very important attachment that zeroes your scope automatically to help with accurate, long-distance shooting. You might remember it being especially powerful for sniper rifles in the open beta days of Battlefield 6, and it's still very good for sniper rifles and DMRs despite being reined in a bit. However, it's not especially intuitive to use, so we've explained how the Range Finder attachment works in BF6 below to improve your marksmanship.
To use the Range Finder in Battlefield 6, you just need to aim at your target with your sniper rifle's long-range scope and hold down on the D-Pad. This will automatically zero your scope to the precise distance of where your reticle is aiming, which essentially means that you won't have to compensate for bullet drop at that particular distance.
To explain, all bullets in BF6 drop the longer they're in the air, which can make aiming with sniper rifles challenging. Ordinarily, you need to manually adjust your long-range scope to compensate for drop-off by tapping down on the D-Pad to cycle through a small selection of set distances. For example, if you're looking at a target that you think is 400m away, zeroing your scope to 400m means that your shots will land precisely at the center of the crosshairs at 400m and will drop after that point.
Guessing those distances can be hard, but the Range Finder takes out all of the guesswork, as it adjusts the scope with a single button press and measures right down to the meter. Obviously, this makes sniping (especially at longer distances on larger Battlefield 6 maps) much easier, as you mostly just have to account for a bullet's travel time when lining up a shot - you'll still have to lead your shot if you're aiming at a moving target, but drop will be less of a factor.
This is a change from the beta, when the Range Finder actually instead nudged your crosshairs in the direction of the target, acting as a kind of limited aimbot. However, it's still definitely worth equipping as a Left Accessory attachment on compatible Battlefield 6 weapons - sniper rifles and DMRs. For that reason, we only recommend using these long-range weapons with a Range Finder if you're using a Battlefield 6 Recon loadout - the breath-holding Signature Trait of the Recon class is very helpful for accurate sniping!
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