Army and Marines to Arm Snipers with Special Operations Multi-Caliber Sniper Rifle
3 Mar 2020
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
U.S. Army and Marine Corps snipers soon will be armed with a new multi-caliber sniper rifle -- chosen by U.S. Special Operations Command -- that's designed to kill enemy personnel and pierce soft-skinned vehicles.
Both services have earmarked money in their proposed fiscal 2021 budgets to buy Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc.'s Multi-Role Adaptive Design Rifle (MRAD), a bolt-action weapon that can be converted to fire 7.62x51mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum and .338 Norma Magnum ammunition.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/03/army-and-marines-arm-snipers-special-operations-multi-caliber-sniper-rifle.html
@rangerrebew Un,huh. I believe in Santa and the kindness of the left,too.
The only way they can do this is with chamber inserts or interchangeable barrels,and neither is conductive to accuracy if you make the swap in the field while sniping. For maximum accuracy,you would HAVE to fire zeroing shots to adjust the scope crosshairs to where the bullet actually goes.
Seems to me to be more of a budget idea than a tactical idea.
