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  2. Harry Melville Pope - Wikipedia

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    He spent the remainder of his life attempting to make the best possible rifle barrels. He competed in offhand shooting matches, but used bench rests when testing his barrel designs. His preferred design was 8-groove rifling with narrow lands and a groove depth of 0.004 in (0.10 mm). [ 2 ]

  3. Accurizing - Wikipedia

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    For example, the M16A1 rifle is unable to accurately fire bullets that are heavier than 3.6 grams (55 gr) due to barrel twist that is too slow to stabilize heavier bullets. [41] Precision rifles typically come with barrels that are either tailor-made for a specific ammunition load or made according to the buyer's specifications.

  4. Accuracy International AWM - Wikipedia

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    The rifle is fitted with a stainless steel, fluted, 686 mm (27.0 in) barrel, which research has found to be the best compromise between muzzle velocity, weight, and length. The barrel has an unconventional 279 mm (1:11 in) right-hand twist rate, optimized for firing .338-calibre very-low-drag bullets up to 16.85 g (260 gr).

  5. List of sniper rifles - Wikipedia

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    FR F2 sniper rifle: Nexter: 7.62×51mm NATO: Bolt-action France: 1984 Pattern 1914 Enfield: RSAF Enfield.303 British: Bolt-action United Kingdom: 1914 Gewehr 98: Mauser: 7.8×57 M/88 7.92×57mm Mauser: Bolt-action German Empire: 1895 G3SG1: Heckler & Koch: 7.62×51mm NATO: Roller-delayed blowback (semi-auto) West Germany: 1955 H-S Precision Pro ...

  6. Free-floating barrel - Wikipedia

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    Thor XM408 Windrunner Blaser R93 Tactical Bor rifle. A free-floating barrel is a firearm design used in precision rifles, particularly match grade benchrest rifles, to accurize the weapon system. With conventional rifles, the gun barrel rests in contact with the fore-end of the gunstock, sometimes along the whole length.

  7. List of firearm brands - Wikipedia

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    Handguns, shotguns, machine guns, battle rifles Seekins Precision Glen Seekins Seekins Precision United States Civilian S&T Motiv S&T Holdings Co Ltd South Korea Military S&W Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson Smith & Wesson: United States Various [N 3] SAKO: Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy SAKO Ltd Finland Civilian, law enforcement ...

  8. M24 sniper weapon system - Wikipedia

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    This results in less barrel fouling, and more consistent point of impact, compared to conventional rifling when relatively high numbers of rounds are fired between cleaning, as might be expected in military applications. Stock: H-S Precision PST-024, the model with the fixed cheek piece, adjustable LOP and hinged floorplate. The stock secures ...

  9. .408 Cheyenne Tactical - Wikipedia

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    (Lawton Rifle Barrels) [27] Lobaev Sniper Rifle; Mirage ULR (Ultra Long Range) G.A.C precision rifles [28] RND Manufacturing, Inc. [29] Tactilite T1 (single-shot) AR-15.408 Chey Tac upper [30] THOR XM408; Vigilance Rifles VR1 [31] Desert Tech HTI [32] Cadex Defence CDX-40 Shadow [33] The .375 Cheyenne Tactical chambering is offered for these ...