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