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Major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world are as follows. The list includes hunting or precision rifles equipped with a telescopic optic, and precision rifles used by both military and law enforcement trained snipers and marksmen.
The M24 is a bolt-action sniper rifle that is effectively a modified version of the popular civilian Remington 700 hunting rifle. The M24 was the primary sniper rifle of the U.S. Army from 1988 ...
The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010. The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of several countries, including those of Britain, Ireland, and German (picture shows a rifle of the German Army). A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle.
M24 sniper rifle, equipped with an AN/PVS-10 Sniper Night Sight (SNS) [9] Maximum effective range is given as 800 meters (875 yd), but record shots have been made with the M24 at over 1,000 meters (1,094 yd). Meanwhile, the standard optical sight has a maximum elevation adjustment of 1,000 meters (1,094 yd).
M21 sniper weapon system; M24 sniper weapon system; M25 sniper weapon system; M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; M40 rifle; M86 sniper rifle; M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System; M110A1 rifle; M1903 Springfield; McMillan TAC-50; MICOR Leader 50; Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
Central Design Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms 7.62×54mmR Russia 1994 DSR-Precision GmbH DSR-1: DSR-precision GmbH .308 Winchester.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum Germany 2000 DSR-50: DSR-precision GmbH .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) Germany 2000 EM-2 rifle: Royal Small Arms Factory: 6.25×43mm 7.92x33mm Kurz.280 (7 mm Mk1Z)
In the 1980s, Ronnie Barrett of Tennessee invented the Barrett Model 82, the first sniper rifle to use a .50-caliber heavy machine gun round, as opposed to a military small arms or hunting round ...