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2021-03-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Three Deadliest Sniper Rifles in the United States Military

[1945] These three rifles are a mix of brand-new and Cold War-era designs — but don’t let age fool you. Despite one of the designs being nearly 60 years old, it remains deadly on today’s battlefields. Here’s why.

BARRETT M82
The Barrett story has a rather strange and unique origin story. Ronnie Barrett — a photographer with no gunsmith training or experience — designed the first Barrett sniper rifle from scratch, in his garage from handmade parts. Despite the rifle’s humble beginnings, however, the design was almost immediately snapped up by several governments and non-governmental organizations, including the United States Marine Corps as well as the Irish Republican Army, or IRA.

The M82's defining feature is the massive cartridge it fires, the .50 BMG. Originally made for the M2 heavy machine gun, the BMG offers a nearly unrivaled combination of stopping power and lethality at long ranges ‐ on the M82 platform, targets as far as 1,800 meters, or over one mile, can be accurately engaged.

Perhaps the M82's only downside is its rather large size, necessary to handle the not insignificant amount of recoil generated by shooting the large .50 BMG cartridge.

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