A good sniper can damage enemy’s morale by taking out key personnel. They can stop a unit in its tracks. But for a good sniper a gun with an eagle sight, deadly impact and a monstrous fire power is essential. Today we have rounded up Top 10 Sniper Rifles of all times.
No 10. M24 (American)
| Calibre: | 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 win) |
| Operation: | Bolt Action |
| Feed: | 5-Round internal magazine |
| Weight: | 12.1 lb (5.49 kg) empty without telescope |
| Length: | 43in (1092mm) |
| Sights: | 10×42 Leupold Ultra M3A telescope sight (Mil-Dots), plus detachable emergency iron sights. (Redfield Palma International) |
| Barrel: | 416R Stainless Steel, 24″ length, 1:11.2″ twist, 5 radial land grooves |
| Stock: | HS Precision – adjustable length. |
| Max Effective Range: | 800 meters (875 yards) |
| Expected Accuracy: | 1 MOA with M118 .5 MOA with M118LR |
The M24 Sniper’s Weapon System (SWS) represents a return to bolt action sniper rifles by the US Army. As in the USMC M40A1, the M24 uses the Remington 700 action, although the reciever is a long action made for adaptation to take the .300 Winchester Magnum round. The stock (HS Precision) is made of a composite of Kevlar, graphite and fibreglass bound together with epoxy resins, and features an aluminium bedding block and adjustable butt plate. A detachable bipod (Harris) can be attached to the stocks fore-end. The metal finish is powder coated for extreme durability
The rifle had a very quick development cycle as the US Army had decided it wanted to get snipers back into the US Army and was in the process of developing the B4 identifier and the school to award it. There was a major short fall of M21′s which was the standard sniper rifle at that point of time and the Army figured it would need 10,000 sniper rifles of which they didn’t have nearly that many M21′s. So a new sniper rifle was developed at the same time and it was done in a record 22 months. The Weapon System Matrix Manager for the M24 was Major John Mende and he explains that the long action actually had nothing to do with the ability to convert to a .300 Win Mag but was a product of that quick development time. The rifle was intended to be chambered in the .30-06 as the -06 was a type classified munition for the Army unlike the .300 WM at the time. They wanted to have a high power load for the .30-06 eventually developed. As development of the system was moving forward they discovered that there was not enough .30-06 ammo in a single lot in the Army’s inventory to test and develop the system so they quickly changed to the 7.62x51mm NATO (308 Win) and left the action the same as there was not enough time for the manufacturers of the stock and floorplate to make the change to short action. They also fully believed they would later do a product improvement update and convert all the M24′s to .30-06. The fact that they could convert them to .300 Win Mag was an unexpected benefit to the SF groups and was never actually designed into the system.
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Where’s the C14 Timberwolf MRSWS (Medium Range Sniper Weapon System)? Even if it’s not in the top 2 or 3, it should at least be in the top 10.
Also, why are most of the ones on this list American?
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wow nice gun… the real sniper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL_HpqkaVKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zraGUK62a8
what of the smokin aces rifle? that, is a bad ass rifle?
How in the hell is the Cheyenne tac not the #1 sniper system em? It has far better range, accuracy, power and capabilities all around than any other system out th
Cheytac amazing gun has yet to prove itself in real combat situation.
The L115A3 has atm the record of farthest kill, actually 2 talibans in a row, at 2,700 yards o_0 … beatin the macmillan 0.50 record.
Conditions were perfect.
Why you no put L96a1????????????????????
The Chey Tac actually has proven itself in combat. It has been in use as an optional platform for snipers like myself that work as “civilian contractors” for the military and as operators that do “unsanctioned” overseas work. The L115A3 isn’t number one, because the record it holds was a result of conditions and the skill of the shooter. It doesn’t have the knockdown power, penetration and antimateriale capabilties of the 50BMG. By the way, Rob Furlong was using American ammo in that Tac .50 and was at an altitude of over 10000 ft. The guns to watch are the Barrett Bravo 98 in .338 Lapua mag and the M107A4 (Barret model 82 in .416 Barrett) The new .416 is being phased in for ops, has 96 inches less drop than the .50 BMG at 2000 yards and has the same kinetic energy at 2500 yards as the .50 has at 2000 yards. All with better penetration.
Where is the best sniper on the world – Blac Arrow ( Zastava M93 ), Serbian sniper ????
Maximum effective range: about 1800 meters(ARMOUR Vehicle)
The RT-20 was developed in the Croatia in the mid-1990s as a pure anti-materiel and anti-armor rifle. The RT-20 name means “Rucni Top, 20mm”, that is “Hand Canon, 20mm”. It is one of the most powerful anti-materiel rifles fielded by any army in the world today……..
where the hell is Black Arrow (???? ??????)?!?!?!?!
It’s the best sniper ever made..
Distance shooting is an art which can be learned by anyone with the skills of patience, perspective and personal control. But the art of a sniper is concealment and close in target recognition. It is far more effective to take out multiple targets at ranges from 50 to 150mtrs by proper concealment and appropriate weapon/munition and to be invisible to the enemy at the same time. The correct combination has to be the .22WMR hollow point powered down sub-sonic matched with a Target master Anshutz – bull barrel/silenced. Together this combination completely out does anything in the long range bracket. Sorry guys but put me in a concealed position 150 mtrs from a battalion of whoever, and they will not have an officer to question where the bullets are coming from.
A 20mm vehicle mounted canon can take out single targets at 2k mtrs., and the rest will be running like hell from the noise. But a .22 can take out multiple targets at nominal ranges without anyone knowing it… even the ones you hit!
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@taj1994, Most of them are American because we come up with the best SWS’s out there. Take the McMillan tac-338 for instance. Holds a confirmed kill at 2100 meters, which quite frankly, I don’t see a dragunov pulling off any feat that astounding anytime soon.