Steyr HS .50

Steyr HS .50
Steyr HS .50
	Steyr HS .50
Type	Anti-materiel rifle/sniper rifle
Place of origin	Austria
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	Iraq War; Syrian Civil War; Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017); Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Production history
Manufacturer	Steyr Mannlicher
Unit cost	$5,299[citation needed]
Produced	2004
Variants	HS .460; HS .50 M1
Specifications (HS .50)
Mass	12.4 kg (28.5 lbs)
Length	1,370 mm (54 inches)
Barrel length	833 mm (33 inches)
Cartridge	.50 BMG; .460 Steyr
Caliber	.50 BMG
Action	Bolt action
Effective firing range	1500–2500 m
Feed system	Single shot (HS .50, HS .460); 5 round detachable box magazine (HS .50 M1);

The Steyr HS .50 is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher. The rifle has been widely exported; in addition, Iran produces an unlicensed copy under the name AM-50 Sayyad, while Syria began producing a second unlicensed copy, dubbed the Golan S-01, in 2019.

Design and features[]

The Steyr HS .50 is a single-shot bolt-action rifle. It has no built-in magazine, and each round has to be loaded directly into the ejection port and is pushed into the chamber by the bolt. The fluted barrel is cold hammer-forged and has an effective range of up to 1,500 m. It has an adjustable bipod, a muzzle brake that reduces recoil significantly, and a Picatinny rail for the installation of various optics.

The original Steyr HS-50 was designed by Heinrich Fortmeier, on behalf of Steyr Arms.

Variants[]

HS .460[]

The HS .460 is chambered for the .460 Steyr round, developed for markets where ownership of the .50 BMG by private citizens is banned, but .46 rounds are not, such as California.

HS-50[]

The "HS-50" is a single shot bolt action .50 BMG rifle, with 2 barrel length options (29" / 33"), The rifle comes standard with a 0 MOA picatinny rail

HS-50 M1[]

The HS .50 M1 is an evolution of the HS .50. It is magazine-fed from a five-round magazine feeding horizontally left from the receiver, has a longer top Picatinny rail and more Picatinny rails on the side, an adjustable cheekpiece, a newly designed fixable bipod, and a monopod at the buttstock.

AM-50 Sayyad[]

Iran produces an unlicensed version under the name AM-50 Sayyad.^[4] Because of its wide exports, AM-50 rifles have also been sold to or captured by many groups opposed to Iran, such as Syrian rebels.^[3]

Golan S-01[]

In June 2019, media organizations affiliated with the Syrian government^[vague] reported that Syria had begun producing an unlicensed variant of the rifle, dubbed the Golan S-01, in reference to the Golan Heights. Unlike the original HS .50, the Golan S-01 fires the Soviet 12.7×108mm anti-materiel rifle cartridge.^{[citation needed]} It is slightly heavier than the HS.50, weighing in at 13.5 kg and has an effective firing range of 1,600 meters, a 100 meter improvement over the previous generation of anti-materiel rifles used by the Syrian Army. It is also 100 mm longer than the HS .50, measuring in at 1,470mm total length.^[5]