davidtkl

Many dispute...but i still its this baby:

http://combat-missions.com/weapon-ca.../article-two-2

Trucker Mike

Personally I would rather use a M1 Grand. Can't beat the accuracy. But if you want long range I would go for the Barret 82A1 .50 cal. Just me and for the record I am not a sniper. I did fire both rifles and love em both.

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Bluesman

THIS is the best sniper rifle.

It has a ballistics computer that will actually calculate the coreolis effect, because the bullett's flight time is SOOOOO LOOOONG, the Earth's rotation could actually move the target out of the bullet's path. Okay, DAYUM!

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Bluesman

Oh, and the 408 actually has MORE hitting power than the Barrett.

gunnut

Best sniper rifle? All depends on what you want to hit and the range of your engagement.

Less than 150m? use a heavy barrel M-16. It's surprisingly accurate at that range and very easy to handle.

Longer than 800m and against material? Nothing beats a Barrett 50 cal.

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SnowLeopard

I'd go with this opinion plus a little more. Ie, how heavy the darn thing is, how far you can go into the field with it, how long you are suppose to be there with it, how fast you can run with it, etc. etc. etc.......... and what you are planning to take out with it.

Plus, what do we consider a sniper rifle to begin with?

Ie, I'm not a sniper, probably a great rifle shot, but not a sniper. One of my scenarios is: you are out on desert patrol and you come across a drug plane loading. What do you do? Take out the plane, the trucks, the burros, remove their mobility, maybe take some of them out (maybe, it's a LE and not a military scenario) and get the heck out of there. The rifle for that is the AR-10 with a 30 round magazine.

But is that a sniper rifle scenario .......... or something else?
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mig21bis

I´ll take this :

Sako TRG-42


http://www.snipercentral.com/trg21.htm

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tankervet

go to Sniper's Hide : For Serious Tactical Marksmen : Home

Nothing but the best guys over there and more information than you could imagine dealing with long range shooting, both tactical and non tactical.

urmomma158

how about the M109 anti material payload sniper rifle. Fires 25mm bullets.

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leib10

More of an anti-material rifle than a sniper rifle.

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Stan187

Though as time passes that line is sorta blurring a bit. Not THAT much blurring though, lol.

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SnowLeopard

Not sure if that was for the M109 or my scenario. If the latter, fair enough, but consider A: if it stops airplanes from flying, trucks from moving, burros from living, then it will certainly do a job on a person. AND B: then what is the single shot .50 rifle they sometimes show in SEAL films, where they are taking out plane engines at a distance? Anti-material or a sniper?
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Stan187

The SEALs could be taking out people with those. They often have, as far as I understand. But also, they were used for the likes of shooting the engines of pickup trucks that the Taliban used to get around. The question you gotta pose is, do you wanna lug around the big ol' thing if you know that your targets are people and not engine blocks of trucks? It all depends on the mission.

SnowLeopard

As I said and what I prefer to lug around is a 7.62mm/.308 type because I know it will do a job on both.
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Stan187

Agreed.