For decades, the limits of infantry combat were defined by how far a rifle could realistically reach. Then a handful of ...

The Army's new MK22 sniper rifle can hit targest as far off as a mile, which has forced officials at Fort Benning, Georgia to rebuild their firing ranges to be long enough. The Army is updating its ...

The U.S. military is looking to equip special operations forces with their longest-range sniper rifle ever fielded in an effort to maintain superiority against Russian and Chinese snipers in a future ...

BOISE, Idaho - The Oregon Army National Guard is modernizing its sniper capabilities with new MK 22 Precision Sniper Rifles. Sgt. Tyler Takagi, a sniper team member with the 41st Infantry Brigade ...

Modern sniper rifles are a cut above their forebears from the Second World War and Cold War. We’re talking about precision weapons that can keep a grouping the size of a dime at hundreds of meters out ...

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is in search of a new sniper rifle that would provide accuracy at record-shattering distances in a bid to keep up with the U.S. military's ...

If Lobaev’s catalog reads like a roll call of overbuilt, mile-plus problem solvers, it is because these boutique .308-to-.408 CheyTac bolt guns and suppressed urban counter-sniper rigs were engineered ...

USSOCOM Wants a Better Sniper Rifle – The United States military has set its sights on finding a better sniper rifle for its special operations forces. Last month, the U.S. Special Operations Command ...

In the mostly — but not always — good-natured world of interservice rivalries, the sister services might’ve been inclined to scoff at the notion of the U.S. Air Force having... USSOCOM Wants a Better ...

Key Points - Several historical military rifles, despite some innovative features, proved to be exceptionally poor sniper platforms. -France's Lebel 1886 suffered from off-center scope mounting due to ...

After learning to shoot as a child, a soldier used those skills to propel her to a feat in the U.S. Army. Sgt. Maciel Hay graduated as the first female active duty Army sniper. She qualified as an ...