Nightcrawler
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Okay, so I'm looking for a good Designated Marksman's Rifle with which to equip my growing private army. I have a few ideas for what would work, but I thought I'd consult THR.
My criteria are as follows:
I don't think that any existing designs perfectly fit my criteria, but I'm sure an existing design could be modified to at least be very close? Which would you pick, what modifications would you do, and why?
I'm not looking for a sniper rifle, per-say. Many tip-top-accurate sniper's rifles are also high maintenance (in addition to having low capacity and being manually operated). The DMR would be issued to the more skilled shooters amongst my troops, and while they'll receive additional training they won't get the extensive stalking/camouflaging/stealth/800+ meter marksmanship traning that my sniper corps will have. (On the other hand, I'll have a lot more DMs than Snipers.) The snipers will get their own rifle, probably a bolt action of some sort.
My criteria are as follows:
- Semiautomatic operation.
- Detachable box magazines holding ten or more rounds.
- Must accept a quality scope, with a quickly detachable mount (that holds zero).
- Must have decent iron sights as back-up to the scope.
- Must be in a major caliber: 7.62x51mm preferred.
- Must be accurate enough to hit a man sized target at 600+ meters.
- It must be very reliable, even when dirty; no high-maintenance prima-donna rifles.
- It must have controls/scope setup/stock design that allow firing from either shoulder.
- It must accept a bipod; it is preferred that the bipod fold away into the handguards.
- It should be able to use a shooting sling.
- It must not weigh more than 11LBS loaded.
I don't think that any existing designs perfectly fit my criteria, but I'm sure an existing design could be modified to at least be very close? Which would you pick, what modifications would you do, and why?
I'm not looking for a sniper rifle, per-say. Many tip-top-accurate sniper's rifles are also high maintenance (in addition to having low capacity and being manually operated). The DMR would be issued to the more skilled shooters amongst my troops, and while they'll receive additional training they won't get the extensive stalking/camouflaging/stealth/800+ meter marksmanship traning that my sniper corps will have. (On the other hand, I'll have a lot more DMs than Snipers.) The snipers will get their own rifle, probably a bolt action of some sort.