SOCOM is officially getting its hands on the new sniper rifle everyone in the US military wants
Jared Keller
Nov 16, 2020 4:00 AM EST
After months of testing, U.S. Special Operations Command is officially picking up a cache of fresh Mk 22 Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles from Barrett.
Barrett announced on Friday that the company has received an initial production order from SOCOM and plans on commencing deliveries as soon as January 2021.
SOCOM awarded a $49.9 million contract to Barrett to adopt the MRAD — chambered in 7.62×51 mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum with the help of a conversion kit — under the command's Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR) program back in March 2019.
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