My Take On The M110 anti personel Sniper Rifle
Filed under: News | By: Daz
Posted on: November 19, 2007 | 10 Comments
Here is the new M110 semi automatic sniper rifle, this rifle is designed to replace the M 24 which was the previous rifle used by the US forces.
The M24 has been used in modern conflict that has proved to have its bad points, such as its small 5 shot magazine and its single shot, bolt action loading, but yet again the Americans prove them self and bring out yet another outstanding weapon system, The M110 which has a 20 shot 7.62mm magazine with a semi auto load.
My personal opinion on the M110 is not to good though, as a sniper rifle i believe it should have a sound moderator (silencer) built on, and that video shows the amount of kick that soldier was receiving from the rifle which will hinder the grouping size or killing range, and the last thing a sniper needs is to take 2 shots.
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It shouldn’t have more kick than any 7.62mm NATO bolt action. Which before the 5.56mm was the standard NATO loading, even for Britain in its L1A1 Rifle. Since the M110 is not a burst or full auto weapon, the recoil of the heavier bullet shouldn’t be a problem for even an average trooper to handle, much less a trained sniper.
the kick of the M110 has a lot more than a standard single shot bolt action because, the M110 is a semi auto rifle which means when a shot if fired the gas fires the working parts back to pick up another round which gives a kick therefore this could result in an inaccurate rifle which could make the snipers job much harder,
the older bolt action such as the L96 is a single shot so the working parts do not shoot back therefore you only get the kick of the round leaving its casing
you are quite stupid and misinformed. the inherent design of the m110; based off of the ar10, with its straight line bore, and its bolt carrier and buffer tube design, makes it a very controllable weapon. And just for your information theres a thing on earth we call inertia. since you are too uneducated i’ll explain briefly. “every action has a equal and opposite reaction” lock it all up, and you get all recoil forces into the shoulder. Buffer it with a spring and heavy weight, and a fairly large amount of those forces are happening within the gun itself with the buffer spring compression. think of a bicycle with and without shocks, and tell me which is softer. again not to make you out to be a fool, but your statement is bogus, and you obviously dont know jack when it comes to weapons systems. so please keep your misinformation to yourself in the future.
Well, I trust the US Army’s judgement on this issue more than yours sorry to say.
In any case I don’t think the M110 will produce alot more kick than the L115A1 Rifle in 8.59mm (338 Lapua), a considerably larger round than the 7.62mm, which the British Army has fielded. But I would like to read how you will stretch the laws of mechanics and physics to overcome even that comparison.
there is no such round or rifle that the British forces use, so i really think you should do your home work and recheck your source.
the US army have had so many different weapon systems that they have tried and i would say 50% failed.the British army have a new improved version of the old rifle the L96 that will be used in theater next spring which is less complex but way more accurate than the M110 especially if its in the hands of a fully trained British Sniper.
“there is no such round or rifle that the British forces use, so i really think you should do your home work and recheck your source.”
I just did.
Have a look at this link: http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/pw/pw_sr.htm
“Selected units also field the L115A1 Long range Rifle (LRR), which fires an 8.59mm bullet, heavier than the 7.62mm round of the L96 and less likely to be deflected over extremely long ranges.”
Sniper Rifle L96
Calibre: 7.62mm
Weight: 6.5kg
Length: (adjustable) 1124-1194mm
Muzzle velocity: 838m/s
Feed: 10-round box
Effective range: 900m, harassing fire 1100m
that came from the page that you gave me!! i have first hand experience on this rifle as i served as a british sniper in Ireland and Iraq, i can reasure you that the L96 is the only rifle that the british forces use
the rifle you have related to is not currently in service in Uk, it is a rifle used and by the US.
the l115a is a rifle that will eventually be in service but untill then the British troops will have to carry on playing with the L96.
Your physics is backwards… When you fire a single shot bolt action, all of the impulse is transfered from gun to the shoulder. When you fire an autoloader, some of the recoil gasses are tapped to drive a bolt carrier backwards, the bolt carrier gives its energy to a recoil spring which gets compressed. This spreads the recoil impulse out in time. Trust me, take a 10 pound 308 bolt action and a 10 pound 308 semi-auto… your shoulder will tell you the difference
just remember ANON, the kick from 1 7.62 is not to bad on the shoulder but a semi auto, i mean come on get a grip man!!!! have you fired both or even one of the rifles??? i am not just talking from a video i no from experience in the field.
thank you for taking interest though
WOW… WOW… and WOW.
I’ve shot both a bolt action .308 and the M110 (or Mk-11, as the USMC calls it). Being a Scout/Sniper, I agree that your physics are all dicked-up.
And the recoil wouldn’t look nearly as bad on that video if that guy put some weight behind the rifle and obtained a good shooting position, as opposed to that “sitting at a table with one hand under the pistol grip and not applying pressure into the shoulder” position that guy has.
A .308 round will produce that same amount of kinetic energy no matter what rifle system it is in. How the rifle handles and transfers that energy is the only variable… and in a bolt action… it is straight back.