M24 SWS – M24 Sniper Rifle

M24 SWS – M24 Sniper Rifle – M24 Rifle Weapon System (SWS) is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, The United States Army assigned the model name to this rifle after its adoption as their standard sniper rifle in NUM0. A sniper rifle with a detachable telescopic sight and other accessories is collectively referred to as a “weapon system.”

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The gun has the “long action” bolt version of the Remington 700 receiver but is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO “short action” cartridge that has an overall length of 2.750 inches (69.85 mm). An user can reconfigure the rifle for larger cartridges with an overall length of up to NUM0 inches NUM1 mm, using the “long action.”

M24 SWS – M24 Sniper Rifle

This sniper rifle originally came tapped for the Leupold Ultra M3A 10×42mm fixed-power scope, which came with a circle-shaped mil-dot glass-etched reticle. Leupold replaced this later in 1998 with the Leupold Mk 4 LR/T M1 10×40mm fixed-power scope, which has an elongated-shaped mil-dot wire reticle.

M24 SWS – M24 Sniper Rifle

The first number is the scope’s magnification (10) and the second number in millimeters (40mm) is the diameter of the objective lens.

A maximum power of 9×).

A fixed power scope offers only one magnification (e.g., 10×), while a variable power scope allows the user to adjust the focus between a range of magnifications (e.g., 3–9×, with a minimum power of 3× and a maximum power of 9×). The rifle itself comes with a detachable Harris 9–13″ 1A2-LM or Harris 9–13″ 1A2-L bipod unit.

M24 SWS – M24 Sniper Rifle

The SWS was to be replaced with the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System, a contract awarded to Knight’s Armament Company. However, the Army still continued to acquire this sniper rifle from Remington until February 2010 and upgraded to the A2 and E1 standard in many cases, continuing to serve. In April NUM1, the Army converted the final M24 SWS rifle in its arsenals to the MNUM0 Enhanced Sniper Rifle, making it the last of all the rifles upgraded to this new model.