Frag Out! Magazine
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BARRETT M107 - HISTORY For almost twenty year the Barrett M82A1 snip- er rifle was used by US Armed Forces (mostly by Marines as M82A1A) and special forces units. Rifle was named Special Application Scoped Rifle (SASR), and was used as an anti-materiel rifle and explosive ordnance disposal tool. In 2000's U.S. Army started research for new XM107 sniper rifle. The XM107 was originally intended to be a bolt-ac- tion sniper rifle, and the rifle Barrett M95 was origi- nally selected by the U.S. Army in a competition between such weapons. However, under the trials, the decision was made that the U.S. Army did not, in fact, require such a weapon.Then the Army decided on the Barrett Model 82, a semi-au- tomatic rifle. In 2003 it was officially adopted as the "Long Range Sniper Rifle, Caliber .50, M107". Then, in 2010 Barrett company unveiled the im- proved and lightweight version of the M107 designated as M107A1. It may be related to the Model 82A1/M107, but the M107A1 is far from a simple evolution. Driven by the demands of combat, every component was re-engi- neered to be lighter yet stronger. Designed to be used with a suppressor, this rifle al- lows you to combine signature reduction capabilities with the flawless reliability of the original Barrett Model 82A1/M107, but with a weight reduction of 2.5 kilogram (5 lbs). Advanced design and manufac- turing make the M107A1 more precise than ever. DESIGN The Barrett M107A1 is a .50 caliber, shoulder-fired, recoil-operated semi-automatic sniper rifle cham- bered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in heavy machine guns. The rifle is designed to de- stroy high value targets such as enemy personnel, vehicles or sensitive equipment on the distances up to 1800 meters, but if the selected ammunition is used, the shooter may hit the human-sized tar- get on a way longer distances. The longest record- ed sniper kill with the predecessor, the M82A1 was 2300 meters (2515 yards) in Iraq, October 2004. www.fragoutmag.com