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by Santaanacanyon on July 23rd, 2004

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What type of rifle do snipers in the US Army use? How is it different from the standard field rifle?

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  • by Nohbdy on October 5th, 2004

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    I am not privy to all the the sniper rifles the US military uses, the 50 callibre sniper rifle is standard. The standard field rifle right now is the m-16. most of the time a sniper will will have a bolt action rifle, a grunt's m-16 is semiautomatic or fires in 3 round bursts. The m-16 has an effective range of about 500 yards, while a skilled sniper can pick of a hostile over a mile away.

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