SNIPER RIFLES

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Accuracy International L96A1
The L96A1 is an Accuracy International-produced sniper rifle and currently the sniper rifle of choice for the British Army. The L96 features an adjust...
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1982
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Al-Qadissiya Tabuk Designated Marksman
The Iraqi Tabuk, produced by Al-Qadissiya Establishments, is classified as a Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR). Unlike its Soviet-based contemporaries c...
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1989
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Arisaka Type 99 (Rifle)
The Type 99 was one of the standard bolt-action combat rifles to be utilized by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. At her start, she pro...
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1939
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Barrett M107
The Barrett M107 began life as the Barrett M95 bolt-action operated sniper rifle (under the US Army designation of XM107) and placed into competition ...
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2008
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Brugger & Thomet APR
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2005
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Dragunov SVD
The Dragunov SVD sniper rifle is an automatic rifle based on the Kalashnikov rifle series. The weapon system was the standard sniper rifle issued to t...
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1963
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FR F2
The FR F2 remains the standard sniper rifle of the French Army. It is a bolt-action operated system built upon the strengths of the FR-F1 before it. ...
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1990
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Harris / McMillan M86
Harris GunWorks operated as part of the McMillan Brothers production brand, delivering the excellent bolt-action repeating M86 sniper rifle weapons sy...
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Heckler & Koch HK PSG-1
The PSG in the designation of the PSG-1 stands for 'Prazisionsschutzengewehr' which roughly translates to 'Precision Rifle'. The PSG-1 Sniping Rifle w...
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1985
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Heckler & Koch HK XM8
The XM-8 is an experimental assault rifle currently undergoing trials with the US Military. It was designed and built by the German weapons firm of He...
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2006
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J.F. Brown Target/Sniper Rifle
J.F. Brown of Haverhill, Massachusetts produced a line of high-quality target/sniper rifles during the Civil War. Sights were developed by L.M. Amadon...
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M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System)
The M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System) is billed as an anti-material and anti-personnel sniper rifle firing the 7.62x51mm NATO standard cartridg...
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2007
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M89 Multi-Barrel Combo
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M91
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Mauser Gewehr 98 (G98 / Gew 98)
The Mauser Gewehr 98 (formally as the "Infantry Rifle Model 1898") was a manually operated, magazine fed, bolt-action rifle and became one of the most...
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1898
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McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle)
The McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle) was developed for military and security forces operating in an urban setting. The system is chambered t...
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Parker-Hale Model 82
The Model 82 was a rifle series produced by the Parker-Hale company of Birmingham (a gunsmithing firm was already famous for its lineage of successful...
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1982
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QBU-88 (Type 88)
The QBU-88 (also known as the Type 88) represents a modern sniper rifle made available to the People's Liberation Army of China. The weapon system was...
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1988
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Remington M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System)
The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is a principle sniper weapon of US Army. Developed to a US Army requirement to replace the aging M21 system (itself...
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1987
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Remington M40
The United States Marines adopted the M40 sniper rifle based on the Remington Model 700, which itself was a highly successful military system with ori...
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1967
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Rock Island Arsenal M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS)
The M21 was developed from the standard M14 rifle, itself a further development of the highly successful World War 2-era M1 Garand. Where the Garand w...
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1969
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Springfield M14
The M-14, for all intents and purposes, was basically a modernized version of the highly successful infantry rifle of the Second World War known unive...
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1955