Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The three main technologies employed for long-range shooting—the bolt-action rifle, telescopic rifle scope and machined cartridge ammunition—were developed in the nineteenth century. The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824 by the German firearms inventor Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse. The first documented telescopic rifle sight was ...
The PSO-1 (Прицел Снайперский Оптический, Pritsel Snaipersky Optichesky, "Optical Sniper Sight") is a 4×24 telescopic sight manufactured in Russia by the Novosibirsk instrument-making factory (NPZ Optics State Plant) and issued with the Russian military Dragunov sniper rifle. [1]
In 2011, it created a long-range rifle system that was the first precision guided firearm. [1] [2] Formed by John McHale in February 2011, the company created its first PGF prototype in March 2011. The company offered its first product in January 2013 [3] and a second, the AR Series semi-automatic smart rifle, in January 2014. [4]
The M40A3, a bolt-action sniper rifle used by the United States Marine Corps.Introduced in 1966, the M40 was built up from a Remington 700 bolt-action rifle.. The major components of sniper equipment are the precision sniper rifle, various optical scopes and field glasses, specialized ammunition and camouflage materials for the sniper’s body and equipment.
A telescopic sight mounting set featuring three rings on a heavy-recoiling .338 Lapua Magnum chambered TRG-42 sniper rifle [37] Telescopic sights for use on light-recoiling firearms, such as rimfire guns, can be mounted with a single ring, and this method is not uncommon on handguns, where space is at a premium.
Schmidt & Bender offers telescopic sights in three major groups and that are those meant for hunters, for sport and others meant for professional use (Military, Police, Security). As of 2019 the following series are available: [2] Hunting rifle telescopic sights. Classic product line designed for hunting. Precision Hunter line.
Supported weapons include the AK family, sniper rifles, light machine guns and hand-held grenade launchers. 1PN34 refractor-based night sight for a range of small arms and grenade launchers (photo) 1PN50 refractor-based night observation binoculars. [85] 1PN51 reflector-based night sight for a range of small arms and grenade launchers. [86]
A thermographic weapon sight, thermal imagery scope or thermal weapon sight is a sighting device combining a compact thermographic camera and an aiming reticle. [1] They can be mounted on a variety of small arms as well as some heavier weapons. [2] As with regular ultraviolet sensors, thermal weapon sights can operate in total darkness.