Sniper rifle
A sniper rifle is a type of rifle used for engaging in the act of sniping, most purely a rifle used for shooting with great accuracy over long distances.
Abridged list of sniper rifles and their calibres
For a Full listing see: List of sniper rifles
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Small caliber 'Designated Marksman Rifles'
- SIGARMS SG-550-1 'Sniper' (5.56mm NATO), Switzerland
- Galil Tzalafim (5.56 mm NATO), Israel
- Steyr AUG HBAR-T (5.56 mm NATO), Austria
- US Navy Mark 12 Mod 0 Special Purpose Rifle (5.56 mm NATO), United States
- SEAL Recon Rifle (5.56 mm NATO), United States
- US Marine Corps Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle (5.56 mm NATO), United States
- US Army Squad Designated Markman Rifle (5.56 mm NATO), United States
SA80(5.56mm caliber.56 mm NATO), Great Britain
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Semi-automatic sniper rifles
- Walther WA2000 Bullpup (7.62 mm NATO, .300 Winchester Magnum, 7.5 mm Swiss), Germany
- IMI SR-99 (7.62 mm NATO), Israel
- Knight's Armament SR-25 MatchUS Navy Mark 11 Mod 0 (7.62 mm NATO), United States
- M14 (7.62 mm NATO), United States
- M21 (7.62 mm NATO), United States
- US Marine Corps Designated Marksman Rifle (7.62 mm NATO) United States
- Heckler & Koch PSG1 (7.62 mm NATO), Germany
- Heckler & Koch MSG90 (7.62 mm NATO), Germany
- Heckler & Koch G3/SG1 (7.62 mm NATO), Germany
- Izhmash SVD Dragunov (7.62 x 54R), Russia
- PSL (7.62 x 54R), Romania
Bolt-action sniper rifles
- Mauser Gewehr 1898 (7.92 mm Mauser), Germany
- Enfield No. 1 Mk 3 MLE (.303 inch British), Great Britain
- Remington 700 PSS and variants (7.62 mm NATO) , United States
- Dakota Longbow T-76 (.338 Lapua Magnum), United States
- M24 SWS (Remington Model 700 Long Action) (7.62 mm NATO), United States
- USMC M40/A1/A3 (Remington Model 700 Short Action) (7.62 mm NATO), United States
- Accuracy International AW/P, Great Britain
- Accuracy International AW/M (.338 Lapua Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum), Great Britain
- SIGARMS Blaser R93 LSR2 Tactical (7.62 mm NATO, .338 Lapua Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum), Switzerland
- Izhmash SV98 (7.62 x 54R, 7.62 mm NATO), Russian
- Krag-Jørgensen, Danish model M1928 (8x58R) and Norwegian models M1923, M1925 and M1930 (6.5 x 55)
- GIAT Industries FRF2 (7.62 mm NATO), France
Large caliber sniper rifles
- Accuracy International AW50F (12.7 mm NATO (.50 BMG)), Great Britain
- Accuracy International AS-50 (12.7 mm NATO (.50 BMG)), Great Britain
- Armalite AR50 (12.7 mm NATO (.50 BMG)), United States
- Barrett XM109 (25 mm 'Cargo'), United States
- Barrett M82A1 (12.7 mm NATO (12.7 mm NATO (.50 BMG)), United States
- Cobb Manufacturing FA-50(T) (12.7 mm NATO (.50 BMG)), United States
- Steyr IWS 2000 (15.2 mm Proprietary Steyr APFSDS), Austria
- Denel NTW-20 (20 mm MG151 and 14.5 mm Russian), South Africa
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Features |
| ► | Types |
| ► | History of sniper rifles |
| ► | Future of sniper rifles |
| ► | Abridged list of sniper rifles and their calibres |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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