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Some more on weapons development.

By The Armorer on June 18, 2004 | | Comments (6)

This time, the XM107 Sniper rifle. Note to gun rights people: I know this brief plays into the hands of those who want to ban the .50 cal rifles altogether - the whole purpose of this rifle is long range materiel destruction. But before you excoriate me for posting it - they're already running with that meme and have this info. Save your typing skills for something else! This just gives you a window into how the Army does this stuff.

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By Chris Muir on June 18, 2004 12:39 PM
I want one...maybe two.
 
By Chris Van Dis on June 18, 2004 2:00 PM
Or you can plunk down about $5500 and get a semi-auto only version of the M2. Sorry, corporate filters won't let me get into those sites, but they are legal ( at least federally ). Personally, I don't have the money for either. :(
 
By Calliope on June 19, 2004 7:33 AM
Here you go John, I saw ~~ this ~~ and thought you'd like it. In case you haven't seen it before. ;-) Its from mASS BACKWARDS On topic though, a 50 cal sniper weapon? Wow I had no idea. I want one too. 8^)
 
By SpaceMonkey on June 20, 2004 12:40 AM
Nice. REAL NICE.
 
By BloodSpite on June 21, 2004 12:44 AM
Reminds me of my beloved Barrett in its design
 
By BloodSpite on June 21, 2004 8:41 PM
Some questions I have now that I've had some sleep: 100 rd limit per day? I know as a sniper the chances of being in a extreme fire fight situation is minor how ever it has happened (Mogadishu, for example). You could hit that in a good day at the range training your team. I saw that the weapon itself is cleared for airborne operations, but the scope is not. I saw that they are considering an alternative mount. Thats a bit unerving. A good tactical situation is to air drop a team in country and then evac after wards. But no scope for a sniper, while not immpossible, amkes their job really hard. Any thoughts?
 
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