This article is a listing of major precision
rifle variants used by
snipers
A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with high-precision ri ...
from around the world.
A hunting or precision rifle equipped with a telescopic optic has been long described as a sniper rifle. Below is the list of precision rifles used by both military and law enforcement trained snipers and marksmen.
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List of books, articles and documentaries about snipers
This is a list of books, articles, and documentaries about snipers.
Books
Non-fiction
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* Craig Harrison (2015) ''The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41''. .
Fiction
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Articles
* Langewiesche, William.The Distant Executioner. V ...
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List of assault rifles
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List of battle rifles
Battle rifles are full-powered rifles, full-length, fully automatic or semi-automatic rifles that have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology wit ...
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List of carbines
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of bolt-action rifles
Bolt action, Bolt-action rifles are an evolution of the lever-action rifle, offering greater accuracy and stronger receiver (firearms), receivers. Bolt actions require the user to manually cycle the bolt (firearms), bolt after each round is fired ...
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List of straight-pull rifles
Straight-pull rifles differ from conventional bolt-action mechanisms in that the manipulation required from the user in order to chamber and extract a cartridge predominantly consists of a linear motion only, as opposed to a traditional turn-bolt ...
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List of pump-action rifles
A pump-action rifle is a rifle where the forend can be moved forward and backward in order to eject a spent round of ammunition and to chamber a new one. Pump-action mechanisms are often regarded as faster than a bolt action and somewhat faster ...
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List of rifles
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the proj ...
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List of pistols
This is a list of pistols. The list covers manually operated and semi-automatic/machine pistols:
See also
*List of firearms
*List of assault rifles
*List of machine guns
*List of multiple-barrel firearms
*List of revolvers
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Sniper equipment
The major components of sniper equipment are the precision sniper rifle, various optical scopes and field glasses, specialized ammunition and camouflage materials for the sniper’s body and equipment. A sniper’s spotter typically also wear ...
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