(Some of the other names that variants of the AWM go by include the AWM-F, G22-A2, L115A2 and L115A3, which are designations from the British Army.) The AXSR evolved from AI’s AXMC, which is still in production as a law enforcement product, and from the legendary AI AWM which has seen extensive service around the globe and has accounted for some of the longest verified sniper shots in history-including consecutive hits at 2,707 yards by a British Army sniper in 2009 killing two Taliban combatants manning a machine gun.
The rifle features integral ARCA rail on the handguard-which is machined to the more exacting RRS specs-and the lower portion of the magazine section, a 20 MOA NATO Stanag 4694/Mil Std 1913 rail on the action that indexes perfectly with the 20 MOA rail on the handguard, toolless adjustments for critical dimensions, and AI’s proprietary Keyslot mounting system. The AXSR is a multi-caliber rifle that uses AI’s signature flat-bottomed, six-lug magnum-length action mated to their newest chassis. I also wanted to showcase rifles that cover the spectrum of missions that today’s snipers face-which as we’ve seen, covers a lot of ground.
And I gave weight to rifles that have commercially available versions, which, happily, most of them do. It has a couple sniper rifles that are not very well known but serve an interesting niche. It includes some newly approved rifles that coming online right now. The list highlights modern rifles with proven track records that are currently in use. When pulling together this list of the best sniper rifles, I considered a few different criteria. But we also have a large number of newer systems that have quickly established good reputations on the battlefield, or that seem poised to do so in the near future. Some classic platforms-such as the USMC M40 and Soviet-Era SVD, which have both been around for more than half a century-have withstood the test of time. The result has been an explosion over the last couple decades in the number of sniper rifle systems being field by military and law enforcement around the globe.
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