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The Blaser R93 Tactical is a German bolt action sniper rifle, based on the Blaser R93 design. It has as variants the Blaser LRS 2 and Tactical 2. It is used by German and Dutch police forces as well as the Australian military and special police units. The rifles were manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Blaser.
The weapon selected was not specified, but was likely the H&K G28; H&K is to produce 3,643 rifles. [12] A goal of the effort was to give snipers a weapon that didn't "stick out" as a sniper rifle; with a suppressor, the M110 is 46.5 in (1,180 mm), 13 in (330 mm) longer than the M4 carbine and 7 in (180 mm) longer than the M16A4 rifle. A minimum ...
Accuracy International has discontinued the AE sniper rifles. In 2014, Accuracy International introduced the AT308 or the AT (Accuracy Tactical) sniper rifle, which is a more modern variant of the AE (Accuracy Enforcement) sniper rifle, and will be offered to law enforcement and civilian clients worldwide. [26]
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.
The previous record of 2,475 meters (2,707 yd; 1.538 miles) was set by British sniper Craig Harrison in 2009 in Afghanistan, using a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered L115A3 Long Range Rifle sniper rifle. [7] Two of the top five longest recorded sniper kills were made with the McMillan TAC-50 rifle, both by Canadian soldiers.
Barrett was still selling its limited stock of the M468 but only as an upper receiver kit and not as a complete rifle up until 2010. [ 11 ] The M468 has been largely replaced by its upgraded version, the Barrett REC7 , which operates via a short stroke piston that minimizes the direct impingement rifle's issues with gases in the receiver. [ 9 ]
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). M24 SWS system components (U.S. Army ...
McMillan Firearms is an American arms manufacturer that makes the McMillan Tac-50, its .50 BMG long-range anti-materiel and sniper rifle. It also produces the McMillan Tac-338, McMillan Tac-300 and McMillan Tac-308 sniper rifles, the ALIAS Rifle System and various hunting rifles.