The story of the M82 begins with Ronnie Barrett. Barrett, a photographer with no formal gunsmith training or experience, is said to have been inspired to design and build the M82 .50 caliber rifle ...

There’s a point every rifle shooter reaches where you start wondering whether a factory gun can ever match what the custom builders turn out. Barrel quality, trigger work, bedding, and smooth ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Variations of the M82, or copycats of it, are used around the world. One weapon system not only revolutionized the field of military sniping but also created an ...

MEXICO CITY — The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous U.S. border has alarmed Mexican officials and few weapons are as powerful as the U.S.-made M82 semi-automatic rifle increasingly ...

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is no longer looking for a new heavyweight sniper/anti-materiel rifle, at least for now. The Extreme Long Range Sniper Rifle (ELR-SR) effort had been seeking ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When you imagine a sniper rifle, chances are the gun in ...

MEXICO CITY, Aug 6 – The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous US border has alarmed Mexican officials and few weapons are as powerful as the US-made M82 semi-automatic rifle ...

MEXICO CITY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The flow of high-caliber arms smuggled across the porous U.S. border has alarmed Mexican officials and few weapons are as powerful as the U.S.-made M82 semi-automatic ...