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The United States Navy Mk 12 MOD 0/1/H Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) is a designated marksman rifle that was in service with United States Special Operations Forces in the designated marksman role until 2017, also designed to be shorter than standard weapons.
The rifle is manufactured at the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (owned by FN de Herstal) to FN specifications using Winchester Model 70 actions. All current models of the SPR come in one of a variety of McMillan synthetic stocks. The earliest rifles were shipped in the H-S Precision aluminum chassis fiberglass version of the Winchester Marksman stock.
The SPR-1 is a single-shot sniper rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. Referred to as a "Precision Tactical Rifle" by Pindad, the SPR-1 is in fact essentially a well-made version of a locally-available hunting rifle (probably based on the Remington 700), brought to military/police sniper standards. The rifle was developed from ...
Newer M16-derived marksman rifles such the Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDMR) and the Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) in 5.56mm NATO have been introduced to replace the M14 and have been in service with the Army's 1st Scout Ranger Regiment since 2015. More recently the SIG 716 DMR has been adopted by the Philippine Army as its new standard ...
Pindad SPR-1 Pindad SPR-3 Pindad: 7.62×51mm NATO: Bolt-action Indonesia: 2005 Pindad SPR-2.50 BMG: 2007 Pindad SPR-4.338 Lapua Magnum: 2017 PGM 338: PGM Précision.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action France: 1993 PGM Hecate II: PGM Précision.50 BMG: Bolt-action France: 1993 PGM Ultima Ratio: PGM Précision: 7.62×51mm NATO.300 Savage 7mm-08 ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. This ammunition was developed following World War II as part of the NATO small arms standardization, it is made to replicate the ballistics of a pre-WWII full power rifle cartridge in a more compact package.
The FN Tactical Sport Rifle (TSR) is a bolt-action sniper rifle produced by FN Herstal. It is based on the FN SPR which is known for its reliability and accuracy. [ 2 ] The XP present in the model names signifies the rifles having extreme precision.
Further development continued by adapting a Winchester Model 70 rifle with new XM110 5.6x53mm rounds firing a single dart. The result was a weapon with somewhat less accuracy than the .308Win ( 7.62×51mm NATO ) rounds, but with equal penetration and a trajectory so flat it could be fired with no sight adjustment out to 400 yards (370 m).