American Snipers Love Their New Rifles

FOX News ^ | April 26, 2011 | Lance M. Bacon

[george76]

The XM2010 sniper rifle is making a name for itself in Afghanistan. Officials won’t say how many are there or where they are. But at the time of the Sept. 20 contract, officials said the first 250 rifles would be ready by early December and sent directly to Afghanistan.

[MileHi]

Dang, you have to sign up to see it. Oh well.

[KoRn]

Are these the .300 Win Mags I read about them getting? Or were they 7.62 NATO)(.308)

Whatever they are, they’re fairly ugly looking. Good thing, from 1,000 meters out, the gun doesn’t really need to have much of a ‘mean factor’ when it comes to intimidating enemies. They’ll be dead before anyone downrange hears it go off. lol

[george76]

[omega4179]

[MileHi]

Oops, wrong thread

[george76]

the XM2010 transitioned from the 7.62mm NATO caliber (.308 Winchester) to a .300 Winchester Magnum.

This increased a sniper’s effective range from 800 to 1,200 meters.

[MileHi]

VERY nice. I thought I was replying to the thread about night time hog hunting. My fault for having too many tabs open.

[physcitech]

Read all about it here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM2010_Enhanced_Sniper_Rifle

[PapaBear3625]

Here it is on remingtonmilitary.com.

Pretty.

[MileHi]

Thank you

[KoRn]

.300 Win Mag is a damn awesome round! They seem to be inherently accurate, even from an out of the box cheap hunting rifle.

[Sax]

Man alive! Talk about bare bones - must be a tightly machined platform.

[al baby]

Looks like something Ron Popeil would come up with

[davetex]

ping

[al baby]

I like fresca better

[PapaBear3625]

[TweetEBird007]

300 weatherby mag is about 10 % hotter out of the muzzle, but it takes a long action.

[MortMan]

Can’t pay (attention to) your tab, eh? ;-P

[MileHi]

My Rem .308 tactical shoots better than I can hold it. That rig is almost space age. .300 Win is a great round but I would have guessed the Lapua before I read it.