Top 10 Sniper Rifles
10. M24 / The gun has a 7.62X51 mm(.308 win) caliber. This model is the military and police version of the Remington 700, M24 being the model named assigned by the US Army when it was adopted as the official/standard sniper in 1988. Its adoption also saw the return of bolt action snipers by the US army. 9. Knight’s Armament Company SR-25 / A semi-automatic special action sniper rifle manufactured by Knight’s Armament Company and designed Eugene Stoner. This US made sniper rifle is a modern classic. The first deployment and use of the sniper rifle was by the US navy in Somalia 1993. 8. L42 Enfield (British) / The legendary Enfield rifle. The older versions of the Enfield were inducted into the Royal Forces as early as 1890’s. L42A1 was introduced in 1970 and continued till 1990. Variants of the Enfield are still in service having successfully fought many wars. 7. M21 Sniper Weapon System / Introduced in ...