List of sniper rifles

This article is a listing of major precision rifle variants used by snipers 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.

Name	Manufacturer/s	Image	Cartridge/s	Origin	From (year)
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare (L96A1)	Accuracy International		7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester	United Kingdom	1982
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum	Accuracy International		.300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	United Kingdom	1996
Accuracy International AW50	Accuracy International		.50 BMG	United Kingdom	2000
Accuracy International AS50	Accuracy International		.50 BMG	United Kingdom	2007
Accuracy International AX50	Accuracy International		.50 BMG	United Kingdom	2010
AR10T	ArmaLite		7.62×51mm NATO 308 Winchester	United States
Armalite AR-50	ArmaLite		.50 BMG .416 Barrett	United States	1997
Barrett 50 Cal/M82/M107	Barrett Firearms Company		.50 BMG .416 Barrett	United States	1980
Barrett M90	Barrett Firearms Company		.50 BMG	United States	1990
Barrett M95	Barrett Firearms Company		.50 BMG	United States	1995
Barrett M98B	Barrett Firearms Company		.338 Lapua Magnum	United States	1997
Barrett M99	Barrett Firearms Company		.50 BMG .416 Barrett	United States	1999
Barrett MRAD	Barrett Firearms Company		.308 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	United States	2009
Barrett XM109	Barrett Firearms Company		25×59mm	United States	2004
Barrett XM500	Barrett Firearms Company		.50BMG	United States	2006
Blaser 93 Tactical	Blaser		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum 6.5×55mm	Germany	1993
Dragunov SVD	Izhmash		7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	1958
Dragunov SVU	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		7.62×54mmR	Russia	1994
DSR-1	DSR-precision GmbH		.308 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	Germany	2000
GOL Sniper Magnum			7.62×51mm .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	Germany
H&K HK417/G28 + M110A1/M110E1	Heckler & Koch		7.62×51mm	Germany	2005
KSVK 12.7	Degtyarev plant		12.7×108mm	Russia	1997
Modular Sniper Rifle	Remington Arms		.338 Lapua Magnum .338 Norma Magnum .300 Winchester Magnum .308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2009
M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle	Remington Arms		.300 Winchester Magnum	United States	2010
M38 DMR	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	2008
SVDK	Izhmash		9.3×64mm Brenneke	Russia	2006
SV-98	Izhmash		7.62×54mmR.338 Lapua Magnum 7.62×51mm	Russia	1998
VSS Vintorez	Tula Arms Plant		9×39mm	Soviet Union	1980s
Savage 10FP	Savage Arms Company		.223 Remington .300 Winchester Magnum .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum	United States	1956
Savage 110 BA	Savage Arms Company		.338 Lapua Magnum .300 Winchester Magnum	United States	2009
VSK-94	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		9×39mm	Russia	1994
SR-25	Knight's Armament Company		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1990
CheyTac Intervention	CheyTac Inc.		.408 CheyTac .375 CheyTac	United States	2001
Tango 51			7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester	United States
M110 Sniper Rifle	Knight's Armament Company		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2007
M21	Rock Island Arsenal Springfield Armory		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1969
M24	Remington Arms		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	United States	1988
M25	Springfield Armory		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1980s
M39 EMR	United States Marine Corps		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2008
MK 13	Accuracy International/Remington Arms		.300 Winchester Magnum	United States	2018
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle	Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2002
Remington Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle	Remington Arms Company		7.62×51mm NATO	United States
Desert Tech SRS	Desert Tech		.243 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	United States	2008
FN Ballista	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		.300 Winchester Magnum .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum	Belgium	2013
United States Marine Corps DMR	USMC Precision Weapons Section		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2001
Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle	USMC Precision Weapons Section		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2001
IST-12.7 Mubariz	Azerbaijan Defense Industry		12.7×108mm	Azerbaijan	2013
Brügger & Thomet APR308	Brügger & Thomet		7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum	Switzerland	2003
Yirtiji 7.62	Azerbaijan Defense Industry		7.62×54mm	Azerbaijan	2010
C14 Timberwolf	PGW Defence Technologies Inc.		.338 Lapua Magnum	Canada	2001
Crazy Horse rifle	Smith Enterprise Inc.		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2003
RT-20			20x110mm	Croatia	1994
Cyclone	Steel Core Designs		7.62×51mm NATO .338 Magnum .50 BMG	United Kingdom	2017
Steyr Scout	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington .243 Winchester 7mm-08 7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester .376 Steyr	Austria	1997
CZ 700	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		7.62×51mm NATO	Czech Republic	2001[1]
Bor rifle	OBR SM Tarnów		7.62×51mm NATO .338 Lapua Magnum	Poland	2005
IWI Dan	IWI		.338 Lapua Magnum	Israel	2010
Denel NTW-20	Denel Land Systems		20×82mm	South Africa	1995
D7CH			7.62×51mm NATO	Indonesia	2018
Rifle, No 4 (T)			.303 British	United Kingdom	1940s
EDM Arms Windrunner			.50 BMG	United States	2003 approx.
ZVI Falcon			12.7×108mm .50 BMG	Czech Republic	1998
FN FNAR	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2008
FN Model 30-11	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO	Belgium	1976
FN Special Police Rifle	Fabrique Nationale de Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Short Magnum	Belgium	2004
FN Tactical Sport Rifle	Fabrique Nationale de Herstal		7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester .300 Winchester Short Magnum .223 Remington	Belgium  United States	2009
FR F1	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne		7.5×54mm French 7.62×51mm NATO	France	1966
FR F2 sniper rifle	Nexter		7.62×51mm NATO	France	1984
Gewehr 98	Mauser		7.92×57mm Mauser	German Empire	1895
G3SG1 + MSG3	Heckler & Koch		7.62×51mm NATO	West Germany	1955
IDF Barak			.338 Lapua Magnum	United States  Israel	2000
Harris Gun Works M-96			.50 BMG	United States
Haskins Rifle			7.62×51mm NATO .50 BMG	United States	1981
H&K PSG1 + MSG90	Heckler & Koch		7.62×51mm NATO	West Germany	1970s
Howa M1500	Howa		.22-250 Remington .223 Remington .204 Ruger 6.5×55mm .300 Winchester Magnum .308 Winchester .30-06 Springfield .375 Ruger	Japan	1979
	IMBEL		7.62×51mm NATO	Brazil
IMBEL IA2	IMBEL		7.62×51mm NATO	Brazil	2012
Istiglal Anti-Materiel Rifle	Azerbaijani Defense Industry		12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm	Azerbaijan	2008
JS 7.62	China South Industries Group		7.62×54mmR	China	2005
Kalekalıp KNT-308	MKEK		7.62 mm	Turkey	2008
Kefefs	Elliniki Viomichania Oplon		7.62×51mm NATO	Greece	1995
L42A1	RSAF Enfield		7.62×51mm NATO	United Kingdom	1970
Light Sniper Rifle	Pakistan Ordnance Factories		7.62×51mm NATO	Pakistan	2016
Longbow T-76	Dakota Arms		.338 Lapua Magnum	United States	1997
7.62 Tkiv 85	Valmet		7.62×53mmR	Finland	1984
M40 rifle	Remington Arms		7.62×51mm NATO	United States	1966
M89SR			7.62×51mm NATO	Israel	1980s
Mauser M59	Kongsberg Gruppen		.30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO	Norway	1959
Mauser M67	Kongsberg Gruppen		7.62×51mm NATO 6.5×55mm .22 Long Rifle	Norway	1967
McMillan Tac-50			.50 BMG	United States	1980s
AMR-2	China South Industries Group		12.7×108mm	China	2000 approx.
JNG-90	MKEK		7.62×51mm NATO	Turkey	2004
Alejandro Sniper Rifle	Union de Industrias Militares		7.62×54mmR	Cuba	2002
Azb DMR MK1	POF		7.62×51mm NATO	Pakistan	2014
Blaser R93	Blaser		.22 Long Rifle .375 H&H Magnum .458 Winchester Magnum .30-06 Springfield	Germany	1993
The Marine Scout Sniper Rifle	Philippine Marine Corps		5.56×45mm NATO	Philippines	1996
OSV-96	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		12.7×108mm	Soviet Union	1990
Otto Repa SOC			.308 Winchester .338 Magnum .50 BMG	Germany
M82	Parker-Hale		7.62×51mm NATO	United Kingdom	1960s
Parker-Hale M85	Parker-Hale		7.62×51mm NATO	United Kingdom
PDSHP	STC Delta		12.7×108mm	Georgia	2012
PSR-90	Pakistan Ordnance Factories		7.62×51mm NATO .308	Pakistan	2010
Pindad SPR	Pindad		7.62×51mm NATO .50 BMG.338 Lapua Magnum	Indonesia	2005
PGM 338	PGM Précision		.338 Lapua Magnum	France
PGM Hecate II	PGM Précision		.50 BMG	France	1993
PGM Ultima Ratio	PGM Précision		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Savage 7mm-08 Remington .260 Remington 6.5×47mm Lapua 6mm BR	France
Puşca Semiautomată cu Lunetă	Fabrica de Arme Cugir SA		7.62×54mmR 7.62×51mm NATO	Romania	1974
QBU-88	China North Industries Corporation		5.8×42mm DBP87 5.56×45mm NATO	China	1990s
Remington SR-8	Remington Arms Company		.338 Lapua Magnum	United States
RC (.50 BMG)			.50 BMG	United States
S&T Motiv K14	S&T Motiv		7.62×51mm NATO	South Korea	2011
Sako TRG-42	SAKO		.260 Remington .308 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	Finland	1989
Satevari MSWP	STC Delta		.300 Winchester Magnum .300 Norma Magnum .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum .50 BMG	Georgia
SC-76 Thunderbolt			.308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO	United Kingdom
Shaher	Defense Industries Organization		14.5×114mm	Iran	2012
SIG550 Sniper	SIG Sauer		5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland	1970s-1980s
SIG Sauer SSG 2000	SIG Sauer		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum 7.5×55mm Swiss	West Germany   Switzerland	1989
SIG Sauer SSG 3000	SIG Sauer		7.62×51mm NATO	Germany   Switzerland
Siyavash			7.62×51mm NATO	Iran	2013
Sniper Support Rifle Mk 20 Mod 0	FNH USA		7.62×51mm	Belgium	2009
Solothurn S-18/100				Switzerland
SSG08	Steyr Mannlicher		.243 Winchester Super Short Magnum 7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	Austria	2008
SSG 82	VEB Fahrzeug- und Jagdwaffenwerk "Ernst Thälmann" Suhl		5.45×39mm	East Germany	1982
Steyr HS .50	Steyr Mannlicher		.50 BMG .460 Steyr	Austria	2004
Steyr SSG 69	Steyr Mannlicher		7.62×51mm NATO .243 Winchester .22-250	Austria	1969
Steyr IWS 2000	Steyr Mannlicher			Austria	1980s
T-12	MKEK		5.56×45mm NATO	Turkey
T93	205th Armory		7.62×51mm NATO	Taiwan	2003
Tabuk Sniper Rifle			7.62×39mm	Iraq	1970s
Taher	Defense Industries Organization		7.62×51mm NATO	Iran	2016
TPG-1			.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .338 Remington Ultra Magnum	Germany	2000
	Truvelo Armoury		.50 BMG	South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury		.338 Lapua Magnum	South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury		7.62×51mm NATO	South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury		14.5×114mm	South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury			South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury		20×82mm	South Africa	1994
	Truvelo Armoury			South Africa	1994
Type 97 Sniper Rifle	Arisaka		6.5×50mmSR Arisaka	Japan	1937
Type 99 sniper rifle			7.7×58mm Arisaka	Japan	1939
US Army SDM-R			5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2004
United States Navy Mk 12 SPR			5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2002
Våpensmia NM149			7.62×51mm NATO	Norway	1985
Vidhwansak	Ordnance Factories Organisation		12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm 20×82mm	India	2005
VSSK Vykhlop				Russia	2002
Walther WA 2000	Walther Arms		7.62×51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum 7.5×55mm Swiss	West Germany	1970s
WKW Wilk	[pl]		.50 BMG	Poland	2000
Yalguzag	Azerbaijani Defense Industry		7.62×51mm NATO	Azerbaijan	2011
Zastava M07	Zastava Arms		7.62×51mm NATO	Serbia	2006
Zastava M12 Black Spear	Zastava Arms		12.7×108mm .50 BMG	Serbia	2012
Zastava M76	Zastava Arms		7.92×57mm Mauser	Yugoslavia	1975
Zastava M91	Zastava Arms		7.62×54mmR	Serbia and Montenegro	1991
Zastava M93 Black Arrow	Zastava Arms		12.7×108mm .50 BMG	Serbia and Montenegro	1993

See also[]

• List of books, articles and documentaries about snipers
• List of assault rifles
• List of battle rifles
• List of carbines
• List of bolt-action rifles
• List of straight-pull rifles
• List of pump-action rifles
• List of rifles
• List of pistols

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