BARRETT HITS THE MARK

ALL HAIL THE MRAD MK22—KING OF SPECIAL FORCES SNIPER RIFLES

ROBERT JORDAN

It all began back in 2016 when SOCOM announced they wanted an Advanced Sniper Rifle. The guys who wrote the specs were clearly long-distance shooters with a lot of experience under their belts. When the competition ended, Barrett was awarded the $50 million contract for a version of their MRAD (Multi-Role Adaptive Design) bolt-action repeater. Per the contract, the MK22 came with three barrels: 7.62x51mm, .300 Norma Magnum and .338 Norma Magnum. The .300 NM is for anti-personnel, the .338 NM is for defeating material/armor plating and the 7.62x51mm is simply for short range urban environments and practice with the gun while shooting rounds that don’t cost $10 each. Speaking of ammunition, this gun wasn’t designed to be fed with a box of cartridges you picked up at Wally World…

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