The Barrett M107, like previous members of the M82 line, is also referred to as the Barrett "Light Fifty". Barrett has recently been asked to develop a lightweight version of the M107 under the Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle Congressional Program and has already come up with a scheme to build important component parts such as the receiver frame and muzzle brake out of lighter-weight materials. Various changes were made to the original M82A1 to create the M107, with new features such as a lengthened accessory rail, rear grip, and monopod socket. Additionally, the weapon's weight and large muzzle brake also assist in recoil reduction. Like its predecessors, the rifle is said to have manageable recoil for a weapon of its size owing to the barrel assembly that itself absorbs force, moving inward toward the receiver against large springs with every shot. 50 caliber, shoulder-fired, semi-automatic sniper rifle. USMC scout sniper firing downrange with an M82A3 Includes lengthened accessory rail, rear grip, and monopod socket. Designation changed to apply to a product improved M82A1M variant. XM107/M107: Initially used to designate 12.7×99mm Barrett M95 bolt-action rifle.Unlike the M82A1M/M107, it does not include a rear grip and monopod socket. New production rifles built to M82A1M specifications, featuring lengthened accessory rail which is usually, but not always, raised higher up than the M82A1M/M107. M82A3: 12.7×99mm Barrett M82A3 semi-automatic rifle.Bullpup configured variant made to compensate for recoil by being shoulder-mounted. M82A2: 12.7×99mm Barrett M82A2 semi-automatic bullpup rifle.Improved variant including lengthened accessory rail. M82A1M: 12.7×99mm Barrett M82A1 semi-automatic rifle variant.Optimized for use with the Raufoss Mk 211. M82A1A: 12.7×99mm Barrett M82A1 semi-automatic rifle variant.
Improved variant including redesigned muzzle brake.
The Mexican government claimed that the Barrett M82 is one of the weapons of choice for drug cartels. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking $10 billion in damages. gun manufacturers were named in a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government in the U.S. The snipers usually fired on their targets from a distance of less than 300 metres, despite the 1,800 metres effective range of the weapons. The IRA snipers killed five soldiers and a constable with.
The IRA equipped two sniper teams with the light-fifties, later reinforced with a couple of M90s bought in the United States from an arms dealer in 1995. One of the M82s was shipped from Chicago to Dublin in pieces, where it was re-assembled. The Provisional IRA smuggled a number of M82s into Ireland from the United States in the 1980s, apparently made and sold by a gunsmith and former Barrett Firearms employee in Texas. Main article: South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997) military as the SASR-" Special Applications Scoped Rifle", and it was and still is used as an anti-materiel rifle and explosive ordnance disposal tool. About 125 rifles were initially bought by the United States Marine Corps, and orders from the Army and Air Force soon followed. In 1990, the United States armed forces purchased the M82A1 during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait and Iraq. The weapon was first sold to the Swedish Army in 1989. Overview īarrett Firearms Manufacturing was founded by Ronnie Barrett for the sole purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the powerful 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns. The M82A2 is no longer manufactured, though the XM500 can be seen as its successor.ĭespite being designated as an anti-materiel rifle, the M82 can also be deployed as an anti-personnel system. 50 BMG 12.7×99mm NATO cartridge), the weapon is classified in three variants: the original M82A1 (and M82A3) models, the bullpup M82A2 model, and the Barrett M107A1, with an attached muzzle brake (designed to accept a suppressor, and made out of titanium instead of steel). military as the M107) is a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by the American company Barrett Firearms Manufacturing.Īlso called the Light Fifty (due to its chambering of the. The Barrett M82 (standardized by the U.S. Iron sights or various optics on MIL-STD-1913 rail
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