It kinda sucks actually. I added armor piercing x2 and extra power I got a direct head shot to a clicker and it did jack s**t. It even took 2 extra shots to the chest with my revolver before going down. Either that is a stupid glitch or sick prank from the devlopers.
Now the flamethrower that is beast. It has great range for a flaethrower, kills huge close groups of anything short of a bloater, and even then the bloaters become fodder to a 4 second stream all while using next to no ammo. The fact you can add extra poower to it is just overkill.
This is a multiplayer forum not single player forum.
The hunting rifle in multiplayer is a expertise weapon. Players who want to become good with the hunting rifle have to be prepared to spend many hours of struggling with it.
The main goal of the hunting rifle is to learn the shots. You can't quickscope for all of you COD players that might look at this post.
The drag shot is the most important tool in the last of us sniper toolkit. This is the shot that you drage the reticule right over the enemies head and shooting as it passes through.
Head shots are very important, as this separates the good snipers from bad. Try to get head shots, however, at medium range where the enemy is shooting you, a body shot followed by pistol switch or melee is also acceptable.
Check out Sanchowests guide on the hunting rifle on youtube, which has great multiplayer tips and tricks
Quickscoping is possible, but only with an full upgraded hunting rifle.
Apart from the bow, the hunting rifle is my weapon of choice and i use it (quite successfuly) in close, medium and long range combats. Had to practice a lot but i got really good at getting head shots and long range kills.
I pair it often with my Colt Defender(9mm Pistol), as it makes up for the long gun's low capacity and rate of fire.