The U.S. military appears to have fallen in love with a relatively new sniper system: The Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) bolt-action sniper rifle from Barrett Firearms. Based on the Barrett 98B ...

The MRAD will replace the current Mk13 Mod 7 sniper rifle chambered for .300 Winchester Magnum, as well as all other "bolt action sniper rifles Marine Corps," according to Marine budget documents.

Although the military’s Barrett MRAD can shoot three different cartridges, the .300 Norma Magnum is the primary. The 230-grain bullet delivers a muzzle velocity of 2,934 feet-per-second and ...

The MRAD will allow Army snipers to shoot out to 1,500 meters with the barrel chambered for .338 Norma Magnum. That's 300 meters farther than the current M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle, chambered for ...

The MRAD is chambered in the traditional sniper calibers of .308 Winchester and .300 Winchester Magnum. However, it can also easily swap into .338 Lapua Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum, 6.5 Creedmoor ...

Those documents cited a purchase of 250 MRAD rifles for the Corps. That means the decades-old M40, which has been in service midway through the Vietnam War. The M40, was scheduled to be replaced ...

The MRAD is available in a whopping 8 calibers, depending on the variant, although the MRAD MK22, which will supply the Marine Corps, Army, and SOCOM, will be available in .338 Norma Mag, .300 ...

The MRAD uses 10-round, double-stacked magazines. And like using the MRAD overall, magazine changes are simple and easy. The mag release is partly cut away and has an ambidextrous paddle-style ...