Which is the best scout weapon for range or damage?

I think that the best weapon for a scout is the one with longer range or bigger damage. You can't have both of them, so:

Which is the scout weapon with the longest range? and

Which is the scout weapon that delivers more damage (to infrantry)?

Most all of the scout weapons, excluding trench variants, are capable of lethal damage when they are in their lethal ranges. Lethal range is easiest to tell in the game by scrolling through the weapons. By lethal I mean chest up, all Scout rifles will be lethal with headshot at most any range.

But you can also see a chart Here

A quick rundown in case link is dead, or people don't want to check. Numbers +/- a few.

• Gewehr 98 = 80-120 meters
• Lebel Model 1886 = 50-80 meters
• SMLE MKIII = 40-80 meters
• Martini-Henry = 30-80 meters
• Mosin-Nagant M91 = 60-90 meters
• M1903 = 100-150 meters
• Gewehr M.95 = never lethal :(
• Vetterli-Vitali M1870 = 20-50 meters
• Russian 1895 = 60-100 meters

Going by this. The M1903 has the farthest lethal range. But the hardest hitting rifle is the Martini-Henry at 112 dmg, while all others top at 100. The Martini's window is very small, though, and has really heavy fall-off while other scouts remain at 80

If you find yourself in long range engagements often M1903 is your answer, otherwise Mosin-Nagant or Russian 1895 are more reliable mid-range.

Personally, I prefer the power (although it's hard to find its sweet spot) of the Martini-Henry. but for all purpose scouting fun I always fall back to Russian 1895 Infantry.