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.

Barrett Firearms is furnishing "another USSOCOM element" with a single-caliber version of the MRAD that's normally chambered in 7.62×51 mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum ...

SOCOM awarded a contract for the MRAD back in March 2019 and deliveries were scheduled to start this January, according to a Barrett company release.

Based on the company’s wildly popular 98B bolt-action rifle, the MRAD’s most important feature and biggest selling point is that it can be easily refitted to fire different cartridges at the ...

There’s no two ways about it: Barrett’s MRAD sniper rifle is a great precision gun. It’s reliable, it’s customizable, and you can easily tear it down and even change its caliber.

The MRAD rifle is chambered in .300 PRC, a different caliber than what is being asked for in the Advanced Sniper Rifle program.

Why everyone loves Barrett’s MRAD sniper rifle: It is incredibly light-weight, offers excellent accuracy, and most importantly: can be chambered in several calibers. American-Made Precision ...

Why the Army, Marines, and Special Ops All Want This New Sniper Rifle The Barrett MRAD is equipped with swappable barrels, which lets the shooter use a variety of calibers.

The Army announced this week that it has awarded a $49.9 million, five-year contract to Barrett Firearms to acquire about 2,800 MK22 Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) rifles.

A Ukrainian sniper described his switch from a hunting rifle to a US-made Barrett MRAD sniper rifle. He said the US-made Barrett had a positive effect on operations. The Barrett was more accurate ...

SOCOM previously awarded a contract to Barrett to purchase the MRAD as part of their Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR) program.