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The rifle is normally fitted with telescope or IR / night sight using proprietary quick-detachable mounts. [2] Modernized versions of the rifle are equipped with a Picatinny rail for additional attachments. [1] A new version unveiled in 2018 in Russia is chambered in 12.7mm and is designed to be heavily suppressed.
The rifle also lacks a drop safety, present in the standard, military version and because of the reduced barrel the effective range has dropped to 600 m. A sound-suppressed version of the APR308 is the APR308S with a 400 mm (15.7 in) barrel and integral sound suppressor. This model too is not fitted with back-up iron sights or a drop safety ...
[13] [14] The resulting sound signature is significantly lower than an unsuppressed rifle, and even from a short distance it cannot be recognized as the discharge of a rifle. [15] The VSS Vintorez suppressor and operating systems are exactly the same as the AS Val, but optimised to fire the 9×39mm SP-5 subsonic cartridge with a hardened steel ...
The DSR-50 Sniper Rifle is chambered for the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) cartridge that is significantly larger than the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge, which is the biggest available chambering for the DSR-1 rifle. Sniper rifles chambered in .50 BMG are often employed as anti-materiel rifles.
The barrel is made from stainless steel for maximum accuracy and fitted with a flash hider (when a suppressor is not used). Additional features include a fully adjustable Magpul stock and a flat-top style upper receiver with integral Picatinny rail. The rifle is fed using SR-25 pattern.308/7.62 magazines with 19- or 20-round capacities. [2]
This performance is 1.2 MOA worse than the performance guaranteed with the paperwork that was shipped with the Rifle as well as the 1 to 2 MOA evaluation. This places the Rifle as the 2nd worst performing rifle that they tested. When suppressed the Rifle's performance was increased to 1.5 MOA, the other Rifles were not tested with suppressors.
MK 22 PSR (Precision Sniper Rifle) is the designation for the Barrett MRAD variant ordered by the US Army. In 2021, the US Army awarded Barrett a US$49.9 million contract for delivery of 2,800 MK22 PSR rifles, [ 18 ] while the Marine Corps planned to order 250. [ 19 ]
The Steyr Scout (German pronunciation:) is an Austrian bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher, and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester), although other caliber options in 5.56×45mm NATO (.223 Remington), .243 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor, .376 Steyr and 7mm-08 Remington are also offered commercially.