Designed Marksman Rifle (DMR) and bolt-action Sniper Rifle are two main weapon categories for long-range combat in PUBG Mobile. But which one is better? Just compare and choose a more suitable weapon for you.

#1. Damage & Rate Of Fire

In general, bolt action rifles have higher hit damage than DMR. For example, comparing the two most powerful weapons from these two categories, AWM has higher base damage than Mk14. AWM can knock down an enemy with a level-3 helmet in a headshot while Mk14 needs more hits to take that enemy down.

DMRs have lower hit damage but a higher rate of fire than bolt-action sniper rifles.

However, DMRs have better rates of fire. For example, Win94 has the best rate of fire among all bolt-action sniper rifles, which is 0.6. It's still much longer than that of Mini-14. Therefore, the damage per second of DMRs is often higher.
Bolt-action sniper rifles have higher hit damage than DMR

#2. Average Kill Distance

Bolt-action Sniper Rifles have a longer average kill distance than DMRs. Specifically, the average kill distance of most DMRs is below 100m. Only the average kill distances of Mk14 and SLR surpass 100m. Meanwhile, this statistic of almost all bolt-action sniper rifles except for Win94 surpasses 100m.

AWM can kill an enemy who is 1000m away from you.

Therefore, bolt-action Sniper Rifles like M24, Kar98k, and AWM are better for long-range combat when the enemy is very far away from you. For example, AWM can kill an enemy who is 1000m away from you.
Mk14 Is The Best DMR In PUBG Mobile But Its Effective Range Is Still Shorter Than Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles.

#3. Average Accuracy

DMRs have higher average accuracy than bolt-action rifles. Moreover, this statistic of all DMR is pretty equal. However, Win94 has the highest accuracy while the accuracy of other bolt-action sniper rifles is very low. It's because the reload time of these weapons is longer than that of DMRs.

DMRs have higher average accuracy than bolt-action rifles.

You can fire 10 to 30 bullets without delay before reloading with DMRs. These DMRs are also called Automatic Sniper Rifle because these guns can shoot automatically. However, players have to spend one or two seconds to reload after each shot. Therefore, it's hard to shoot moving targets accurately. But in PUBG Mobile, pro players never stand still to be an easy target for you.

DMRs are also called Automatic Sniper Rifle because these guns can shoot automatically.

#4. Respawn Rate

The spawn rate of DMR is higher. You can easily find a DMR on all maps. But it's pretty harder to find a Kar98k or M24. Besides, AWM is super rare. It's only spawned in the airdrop with 20 special bullets. If you waste all those bullets, that gun became useless.

Loot Airdrop To Get The Best DMR And Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.

Moreover, the DMR category has more weapons than the Bolt-action Sniper Rifle category. In specific, there are five bolt-action rifles, including Kar98k, M24, AWM, Win94, and Mosin Nagant. Besides, there are seven DMRs, including SKS, VSS, Mini-14, Mk14, SLR, QBU, and Mk12.